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Revision as of 17:52, 24 September 2012

H.M.S. Penelope (1914)
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]


Career

Penelope commissioned on 10 December, 1914.[9]

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.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). 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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