Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Defence (1907)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(fix names of ship captain offices)
Line 30: Line 30:
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Harvey Bruce|nick=Henry H. Bruce|appt=12 January, 1911<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 85.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Harvey Bruce|nick=Henry H. Bruce|appt=12 January, 1911<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 85.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Fawcet Wray|nick=Fawcet Wray|appt=6 January, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 300''b''}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Fawcet Wray|nick=Fawcet Wray|appt=6 January, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 300''b''}}}}
−
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=October, 1914<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>}}
+
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=October, 1914<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 393''h''}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stanley Venn Ellis|nick=Stanley V. Ellis|appt=January, 1916{{MackieRNW}}|end=31 May, 1916|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stanley Venn Ellis|nick=Stanley V. Ellis|appt=January, 1916{{MackieRNW}}|end=31 May, 1916|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
 
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
{{TenureListEnd}}

Revision as of 19:02, 2 June 2014

H.M.S. Defence (1907)
Pendant Number: 05 (1914)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1904-05 Programme[3]
Laid down: 22 Feb, 1905[4]
Launched: 24 Apr, 1907[5]
Commissioned: 9 Feb, 1909[6]
Sunk: 31 May, 1916[7]
Fate: at Battle of Jutland

Service

Defence commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron at the Nore.[8]

She recommissioned at Devonport on 14 February, 1911.[9]

In mid-1913, she was serving as flagship of the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[10]

In late July 1914, the ship received one of five Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinders purchased for evaluation, possibly of a new model.[11]

Radio

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 February, 1909. Issue 38879, col C, p. 11.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 299.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 299.
  11. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 219 of 31 July 1914.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  13. ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  14. ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  15. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 85.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300b.
  17. ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393h.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Minotaur Class Armoured Cruiser
  Defence Minotaur Shannon  
<– Warrior Class Major Cruisers (UK) Invincible Class –>
Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Defence_(1907)&oldid=114895"