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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Princess Royal'' (1911)|fate2=Scrapped |comm=14 Nov, 1912<ref>Notes on the event contained in Bridges Papers. National Maritime Museum. BRG/1/1.</ref> |fatedate=19 Dec, 1922{{DittColl|p. 35}} |order=1909 Programme{{Conways1906|pp. 28-9}} |name=Princess Royal |launch=29 Apr, 1911{{DittColl|p. 35}} |builder=[[Vickers]]{{DittColl|p. 35}} |laid=2 May, 1910{{Conways1906|p. 29}} |fate=Sold |pend=29 (1914)<br>95 (Jan 1918)<br>68 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 35}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Princess Royal''''' was a battle cruiser of the [[Royal Navy]] which saw active service throughout the First World War. ==Service== ''Princess Royal'' was commissioned at Devonport on 14 November, 1912, for service in the {{UK-BCS|1}},<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 15 November, 1914. Issue '''40057''', col F, p. 12.</ref> with a Portsmouth crew.<ref>Notes on the event contained in Bridges Papers. National Maritime Museum. BRG/1/1.</ref> Her crew gave a concert in Cromarty in support of The Seamen & Marines' Orphanage Home in Portsmouth and The Cottage Hopital in Cromarty on 29 August, 1913. It had two parts and 16 musical numbers, concluding with a sketch entitled "A Day in Bed", written by Leading Signaller J. R. James.<ref>Clerk Albert F. B. Bridges's ticket No. 6 is located in the Bridges Papers. BRG/1/1.</ref> There were athletic sports the next day involving the whole of the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, organised by a general committee presided over by Captain [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|Chatfield]] of ''Lion''.<ref>Bridges Papers. National Maritime Museum. BRG/1/1.</ref> ===Great War=== ''Princess Royal'' arrived in Halifax on 21 November, 1914, and was attached to the [[North America and West Indies Station]] until 25 December, when she proceeded to Scapa Flow.<ref>Report of 10 June, 1914. Hornby Papers. National Maritime Museum. PHI/206A.</ref> On 21 September, 1915, Lieutenant [[John Edward Lake Bashford|John E. L. Bashford]] was appointed to her as torpedo officer. An interpreter in German, he would remain in her until 31 May, 1919. He was scolded for losing a torpedo in June, 1918 and in the next month subjected to a court of inquiry for causing delays in firing torpedoes owing to imprecise verbal orders.<ref>Bashford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 10. Found in our PDF for Edward Sidney Graham.</ref> ===Jutland=== According to the [[Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]], [[Morgan Singer]], ''Princess Royal's'' repairs after Jutland were delayed until 15 July by non-delivery of an armour plate.<ref>Untitled account of the Great War. Singer Papers. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. RNMN/SINGER. f. 6.</ref> ===Post-War=== ''Princess Royal'' paid off on 31 May, 1919.{{NLAug19|p. 886}} She was manned by a Reserve Complement at Rosyth on 13 February, 1920 under command of {{CommRN}} [[Francis Edward Byrne|Francis E. Byrne]].{{NLDec20|p. 847-9}} ==Radio== Sometime before 1913, she may have also had a [[Type 3 Wireless Set|Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set]], but it was to be replaced by a [[Type 10 Wireless Set|Type 10 Cruiser Auxiliary set]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} ==Rangefinders== At the start of the war, ''Princess Royal'' had two 9-foot rangefinders{{INF}} in turrets, and fewer than five in total. As it had been approved that all capital ships should have one in each turret, more likely followed soon.{{UKTH23|p. 32, 33}} ==Alterations== In 1913, ''Princess Royal'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director, but installation seemed delayed for a considerable time. It was fitted sometime after December, 1915, but was in place for the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKTH28|pp. 9-10}} In October, 1914, it was decided that ''Princess Royal'' should receive 2 [[Open Director Sight]]s to be fitted in her "B" and "X" turrets. They were fitted between April 1916 and June 1917.{{UKTH28|p. 18}} In May, 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that ''Lion'' and ''Princess Royal'' should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the [[Lion_Class_Battlecruiser_(1910)|class page]]. ''Princess Royal'''s system was available by September, 1918, but it is not known if or when they were fitted.{{UKTH28|pp. 18-9}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Princess Royal''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-PrincessRoyal|f=p}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Osmond de B. Brock|appt=1 August, 1912<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 49.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=February, 1915<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 49.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=17 February, 1915<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 249.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 397''c''}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=John D. Kelly|appt=June, 1917<ref>Kelly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 166.</ref>|ass=8 July, 1917<ref>Kelly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 166.</ref>|end=June, 1917<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe|nick=Sidney R. Drury-Lowe|appt=9 October, 1917<ref>Drury-Lowe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 214.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''d''}}|note=temporary|end=30 December, 1917<ref>Drury-Lowe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 214.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=John D. Kelly|appt=30 December, 1917<ref>Kelly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 166.</ref>}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Royal_(1911)}} *[http://dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ships/HMS_Queen_Mary/ 3D Model of ''Queen Mary''] available for licensing, adaptable to ''Princess Royal'' {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} *{{FCHMShips}} *{{ParkesBritishBattleships}} *{{RobertsBattlecruisers}} {{refend}} {{Footer Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Princess Royal}} {{CatShipBattlecruiser|UK}}

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