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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 1 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 397''e''.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 1 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 397''e''.</ref>
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*Captain  [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], December 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain  [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], 15 February, 1917.<ref>Chatfield Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 346.</ref>
 
*Captain  [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], 15 February, 1917.<ref>Chatfield Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 346.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Matthew Robert Best|Matthew R. Best]], 8 April, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 888.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Matthew Robert Best|Matthew R. Best]], 8 April, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 888.</ref>
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*Captain  [[Geoffrey Blake]], June 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain  [[Charles Morton Forbes]], June 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain  [[George Knightley Chetwode]], May 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain  [[Humphrey Thomas Walwyn]], March 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain  [[Thomas Norman James]], December 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain  [[Wilfred Allan Egerton]], May 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Robert C. Davenport, May 1930.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Stephen St. L. Moore, January 1933.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Edward Leigh Stuart King]], April 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Claud B. Barry, October 1940.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain H. Geoffrey Norman, April 1943.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Robert M. Ellis, February 1945.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:06, 17 October 2012

H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)
Pendant Number: 10 (Aug 1914)
97 (Jan 1918)
00 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1912 Programme[3]
Laid down: 21 Oct, 1912[4]
Launched: 16 Oct, 1913[5]
Commissioned: 22 Dec, 1914
Sold: 19 Mar, 1948[6]
Fate: Scrapped


Myths and Rumours

According to R. L. B. Cunliffe, on her Quarter-Deck Queen Elizabeth had a highly-polished coal shovel, beneath which was the caption: "Lest we forget."

In 1917 Queen Elizabeth carried a Sopwith 1½ Strutter aircraft, number A-6006.

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Owing to her use as a flagship, by some point Queen Elizabeth had a 9-foot rangefinder for the admiral's use on the bridge. When, late in the war, it was desired to provide an effective additional 9-foot instrument for torpedo control purposes, Queen Elizabeth was to skip getting one on the assumption this instrument would be available for the task on most occasions.[7]

Directors and Gun Groups

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Unlike her sisters which had pedestal-mounted directors for their secondaries, Queen Elizabeth's 6-in guns were supported by a pair of tripod-mounted directors[8] situated port and starboard high on her forward superstructure[9].

The broadside-mounted secondary guns were in port and starboard groups, and either were laid and fired locally or under the control of the director on their side.

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Though Queen Elizabeth eventually was listed as having a Mark IV* table like her sisters, it is possible that she was originally given a Mark IV Dreyer table which was later upgraded to the Mark IV* standard[10].

Alterations

Queen Elizabeth received a director sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[11]

In March, 1915, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. It is uncertain when they were installed, but it was likely before January, 1917.[12]

By the end of 1915, she (along with Warspite) had been equipped with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in her TCT.[13]

She received a temporary director system for her secondary battery in November-December, 1916 which was replaced by a proper one in March, 1917.[14]

At some point, she and her sisters were also outfitted with Turret Control Tables, although there is no indication whether this was 1 table per ship, or 2 in the controlling turrets, or one in all four turrets.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 177.
  8. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook. p. 143.
  9. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook. p. 91.
  10. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  12. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
  13. ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916. p. 38.
  14. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  15. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 397e.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Chatfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 346.
  19. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 888.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
  • 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.
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • 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.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).


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