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| + | ''Prince Eugene'' received a very high priority for receiving directors, and the order for her equipment was completed in 1915.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 13.</ref> | ||
| − | [[ | + | ==18-inch Monitor== |
| + | Along with [[H.M.S. General Wolfe (1915)|''General Wolfe'']] and [[H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)|''Lord Clive'']], ''Prince Eugene'' received an 18-inch gun in 1918. Orders for her updated bombardment director equipment were completed by October, 1918, but unlike her sisters, this equipment was never fitted.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 14.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Footnotes== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
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| + | *{{BibBuxton1978}} | ||
| + | *{{BibDittmarColledge}} | ||
| + | *{{GilbertChurchill}} | ||
| + | *{{BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919}} | ||
| + | </small> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Ship]] | ||
[[Category:RN Monitor]] | [[Category:RN Monitor]] | ||
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| + | {{Lord Clive Class (1915)}} | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 1 October 2009
In Command
- Captain Ernest Wigram
Gunnery Officer during War, William Lindsay Jackson
Construction
Prince Eugene received a very high priority for receiving directors, and the order for her equipment was completed in 1915.[1]
18-inch Monitor
Along with General Wolfe and Lord Clive, Prince Eugene received an 18-inch gun in 1918. Orders for her updated bombardment director equipment were completed by October, 1918, but unlike her sisters, this equipment was never fitted.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 13.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 14.
Bibliography
- Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gilbert, Martin (1971). Winston S. Churchill: The Challenge of War 1914–1916. III. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0395131537.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
