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==Career==
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''Lowestoft'' commissioned at Chatham on 21 April, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 351.</ref>
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
 
In November 1914, ''Lowestoft'' along with 2 unnamed units of the ''Arethusa'' and ''Caroline'' classes yet under construction should be given experimental gunnery directors.  The mixed 4-in and 6-in batteries along with difficulty in making a rigid platform and percussion firing for the 4-in guns presented difficulties.  It is not known when or even if her director was installed, as these experiments were delayed by the priority placed on fitting directors to capital ships.  She was, however, eventually given a director in February, 1918<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'' pp. 11-12.</ref>
 
In November 1914, ''Lowestoft'' along with 2 unnamed units of the ''Arethusa'' and ''Caroline'' classes yet under construction should be given experimental gunnery directors.  The mixed 4-in and 6-in batteries along with difficulty in making a rigid platform and percussion firing for the 4-in guns presented difficulties.  It is not known when or even if her director was installed, as these experiments were delayed by the priority placed on fitting directors to capital ships.  She was, however, eventually given a director in February, 1918<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'' pp. 11-12.</ref>
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==Commanding Officers==
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Dates of appointment given:
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy|Theobald W. B. Kennedy]], 20 November, 1913.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 351.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 04:14, 16 May 2011

H.M.S. Lowestoft
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 17 (1914)
83 (Jan 1918)
none (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Laid Down:
Launched: 23 April, 1913
Commissioned:
Sold: 8 January, 1931
Fate: Broken up? Ward, Milfordhaven

Career

Lowestoft commissioned at Chatham on 21 April, 1914.[2]

Alterations

In November 1914, Lowestoft along with 2 unnamed units of the Arethusa and Caroline classes yet under construction should be given experimental gunnery directors. The mixed 4-in and 6-in batteries along with difficulty in making a rigid platform and percussion firing for the 4-in guns presented difficulties. It is not known when or even if her director was installed, as these experiments were delayed by the priority placed on fitting directors to capital ships. She was, however, eventually given a director in February, 1918[3]

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 351.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919 pp. 11-12.
  4. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 351.

Bibliography

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