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H.M.S. Penelope (1914) | |
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Pendant Number: | 8A (1914) 92 (Jan 1918) 17 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers[2] |
Ordered: | Sep, 1912[3] |
Laid down: | 1 Feb, 1913[4] |
Launched: | 25 Aug, 1914[5] |
Commissioned: | Dec, 1914[6] |
Sold: | Oct, 1924[7] |
Fate: | to Stanlee[8] |
H.M.S. Penelope was one of eight Arethusa class light cruisers completed for the [{Royal Navy]].
Service
Penelope commissioned on 10 December, 1914.[9]
Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 29 June, 1920.[10]
Alterations
Penelope was fitted with a director in April, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Hubert Lynes, 1 December, 1914[12] – after January, 1917[13]
- Captain Wion de M. Egerton, July, 1917[14]
- Captain L. R. Oliphant, 6 January, 1918[15]
- Captain Gregory G. C. Wood-Martin, 11 January, 1919[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396n.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 828-9.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396n.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 77.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 866.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 866.
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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