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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|Hugh F. P. Sinclair]], August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916)p. 397''g''.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|Hugh F. P. Sinclair]], 12 September, 1916.<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 368.</ref>
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*Captain [[Michael Henry Hodges|Michael H. Hodges]], 13 August, 1917.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43f. 471.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Craig Waller|Arthur W. Craig]], 17 April, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 891.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Craig Waller|Arthur W. Craig]], 17 April, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 891.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard|Hugh L. P. Heard]], 7 January, 1919.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 7 January, 1919.  Issue '''41991''', col C, p. 3.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard|Hugh L. P. Heard]], 7 January, 1919.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 7 January, 1919.  Issue '''41991''', col C, p. 3.</ref>
*Captain [[Ernest Augustus Taylor|Ernest A. Taylor]], 14 January, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 891.</ref>
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*Captain [[Ernest Augustus Taylor|Ernest A. Taylor]], 14 January, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 891.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Sidney Robert Bailey|Sidney R. Bailey]], 19 December, 1927.<ref>Bailey Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/47.  f. 218.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Sidney Robert Bailey|Sidney R. Bailey]], 19 December, 1927.<ref>Bailey Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/47.  f. 218.</ref>
  

Revision as of 03:52, 12 September 2012

Career Details
Pendant Number: 23 (April, 1918)[1]
Built By: Fairfield, Govan
Laid Down: 25 January, 1915
Launched: 4 March, 1916
Commissioned: 20 September, 1916
Sold: 19 March, 1948
Fate: Scrapped

Alterations

Renown was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in October, 1916 — one month after she entered service.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar & Colledge.
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
  3. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  4. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  5. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 891.
  6. "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 7 January, 1919. Issue 41991, col C, p. 3.
  7. The Monthly Navy List (August, 1919). p. 891.
  8. Bailey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 218.

Bibliography


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