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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Hubert Lynes]], 1 December, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 396''n''.</ref> | *{{CaptRN}} [[Hubert Lynes]], 1 December, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 396''n''.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton]], July 1917.{{MackieRNW}} | *Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton]], July 1917.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
*Captain [[Laurence Richard Oliphant|L. R. Oliphant]], 6 January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 866.</ref> | *Captain [[Laurence Richard Oliphant|L. R. Oliphant]], 6 January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 866.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin]], 11 January, 1919.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 866}} | *Captain [[Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin]], 11 January, 1919.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 866}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Penelope_(1914)}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Penelope_(1914)}} | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Revision as of 15:54, 7 January 2014
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]
- Captain Wion de Malpas Egerton, July 1917.[13]
- Captain L. R. Oliphant, 6 January, 1918.[14]
- Captain Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin, 11 January, 1919.[15]
See Also
{refend}}
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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 866.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly 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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