H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
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| H.M.S. Repulse (1916) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 54 (Jan 916) 0A (Jan 1918) 26 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank (Ship no. 443)[2] |
| Laid down: | 25 Jan, 1915[3] |
| Launched: | 8 Jan, 1916[4] |
| Commissioned: | Aug, 1916[5] |
| Sunk: | 10 Dec, 1941[6] |
| Fate: | off Malaya |
Construction & Service
Repulse was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 — one month after she entered service.[7]
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.[8]
In 1923, in test firings of her submerged tubes, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.[9]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 December, 1924.[10]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the Battle Cruiser Squadron supporting the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
Re-commissioned on 14 October, 1932. In early 1933, she was soon to reduce, being left in the care of Commander P. L. Neville.[12]
Completed to full complement on 14 April, 1936.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Cyril T. M. Fuller, 2 August, 1916[14] – September, 1917[15]
- Captain John S. Dumaresq, 24 September, 1917[16] – 6 November, 1917[17]
- Captain William H. D. Boyle, 6 November, 1917[18]
- Captain A. Dudley P. R. Pound, 18 October, 1920[19] – 18 April, 1922[20]
- Captain Frederic C. Dreyer, 18 April, 1922[21] – 21 November, 1923[22]
- Captain Henry W. Parker, 21 November, 1923[23] – 31 December, 1924[24]
- Captain Herbert W. W. Hope, November, 1924[25] – 4 June, 1926[26]
- Captain Edward R. G. R. Evans, 4 June, 1926[27][28] – 15 September, 1927[29]
- Captain Theodore J. Hallett, 15 September, 1927[30][31][32]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, 21 April, 1928[33] – 26 November, 1929[34]
- Captain Gerald C. Dickens, 26 November, 1929[35] – 17 August, 1931[36]
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 17 May, 1931[37] – c. mid 1932[38]
- Commander Philip L. Neville, 9 June, 1932[39][40] – 21 April, 1933[41]
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 2 January, 1936[42] – 19 December, 1938
- Captain Ernest J. Spooner, 19 December, 1938[43] – 18 June, 1940
- Captain William G. Tennant, 18 June, 1940 – 8 December, 1941 (ship sunk under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
- ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. Footers.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 853.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1927. p. 54.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 264.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397h.
- ↑ Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397k.
- ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 892.
- ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
- ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
- ↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/369. f. 417.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 262.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 287.
- ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
- ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Inferred from next appointment. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 26, 1932, Issue 46143, p.19.
- ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/29. f. 381.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 266.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 321.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 186176006X. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557500681. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Johnston, Ian (2011). Clydebank Battlecruisers: Forgotten Photographs from John Brown's Shipyard. South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing, Pen & Sword Books. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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