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In early 1913, she was attached to the {{UK-BS|2}}, but was to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} on 30 June.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 312.</ref>
 
In early 1913, she was attached to the {{UK-BS|2}}, but was to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} on 30 June.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 312.</ref>
  
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was part of the {{UK-LCS|3}}, screening the battlecruisers under {{CaptRN}} [[John Douglas Edwards]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was one of four light cruisers of the {{UK-LCS|3}} screening the battlecruisers, operating under {{CaptRN}} [[John Douglas Edwards]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==

Revision as of 12:44, 16 October 2013

H.M.S. Falmouth (1910)
Pendant Number: 90 (1914)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Laid down: 21 Feb, 1910[3]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1910[4]
Commissioned: Sep, 1911[5]
Sold: 19 Aug, 1916
Fate: by U.63

Service

In early 1913, she was attached to the Second Battle Squadron, but was to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron on 30 June.[6]

At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers, operating under Captain John Douglas Edwards.[7]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 4 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[8]

Falmouth was lost before she could be fitted with a director.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  6. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
  7. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  8. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
  11. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 313.
  12. Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  13. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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