H.M.S. London (1899)

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H.M.S. London (1899)
Pendant Number: 70 (1914)
81 (Jan 1918)
N.41 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1898-99 Programme[3]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1898[4]
Launched: 21 Sep, 1899[5]
Commissioned: 7 Jun, 1902
Sold: 4 Jun, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. London was completed in mid-1902, one of five battleships in her class.

Service

On 6 June, 1902, the London was inspected by Rear-Admiral Pelham Aldrich (Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard) and passed into the Fleet Reserve. The following day she was commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1902, by Captain James E. C. Goodrich. It was announced that she would fly the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, Sir Charles Hotham, at the planned Naval Review to mark the coronation of King Edward VII, and then proceed to the Mediterranean Station.[7] In the end, the Naval Review wasn't held, and London was ordered to the Mediterranean on 3 July.[8]

London collided with a ship named Don Benito on 11 May 1912 in dense fog. A Court of Inquiry called into question the controversial reliance on sound signalling in this incident.[9]

She recommissioned at Devonport on 18 February 1914.[10]

London paid off on 27 October, 1916.[11] She recommissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1918.[12]

Alterations

In 1913 it was approved that London receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 7 June, 1902. Issue 36788, col C, p. 9.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 2 July, 1902. Issue 36809, col F, p. 7.
  9. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 302 of 20 June 1913.
  10. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 341.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395ww.
  12. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 834.
  13. Admiralty Weekly Orders. "283.—Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760—Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.—6.6.1913. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  14. Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue 38293, col C, p. 5.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 296.
  20. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 341.
  21. Chatfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 346.
  22. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  23. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 349.
  26. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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