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She recommissioned at Devonport on 30 January, 1913 to become the temporary flagship of Second-in-Command, Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 320.</ref>
 
She recommissioned at Devonport on 30 January, 1913 to become the temporary flagship of Second-in-Command, Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 320.</ref>
  
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was part of the {{UK-LCS|3}}, screening the battlecruisers under {{CaptRN}} [[William Frederick Blunt]].{{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}} [[William Frederick Blunt]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
  
 
She paid off in charge of a Naval Shipkeeping Party at Devonport on 31 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 780}}
 
She paid off in charge of a Naval Shipkeeping Party at Devonport on 31 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 780}}

Revision as of 12:45, 16 October 2013

H.M.S. Gloucester (1909)
Pendant Number: 58 (1914)
68 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Laid down: 15 Apr, 1909[3]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1909[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1910[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward, Briton Ferry[7]

H.M.S. Gloucester fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.

Service

She recommissioned at Devonport on 30 January, 1913 to become the temporary flagship of Second-in-Command, Mediterranean.[8]

At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers, operating under Captain William Frederick Blunt.[9]

She paid off in charge of a Naval Shipkeeping Party at Devonport on 31 March, 1920.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 320.
  9. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 320.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 320.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • 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).


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