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| H.M.S. King George V | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 70 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Built By: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
| Laid Down: | 16 January, 1911 |
| Launched: | 9 October, 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 16 November, 1912 |
| Sold: | December, 1926 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Alterations
In 1913, King George V was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war with a light aloft tower atop her spotting top.[2] A letter at the National Maritime Museum seems to indicate that the fitting of the director tower was well underway on at the end of January at Portsmouth and that the same alteration could be copied for Ajax, Audacious and the Iron Duke class.[3]
In October, 1914, it was decided that King George V should receive an Open Director Sight for each of her turrets. They were fitted between April 1916 and June 1917.[4]
Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[5][6]
Rangefinders
When in 1918 it was desired to give each capital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, King George V proposed one aft of the after funnel, which required a platform between No. 3 searchlight towers, on a transversing mounting to permit forward arcs. This would leave the 9-foot rangefinder on the bridge for use by the admiral and the secondary battery.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain George H. Baird, 7 March, 1913,[8] in command at start of war.[9]
- Captain Frederick Laurence Field, in command at the Battle of Jutland[Citation needed]
- Captain John W. L. McClintock, 1 December, 1916.[10]
- Captain Alexander V. Campbell, 5 April, 1918.[11]
- Captain Arthur J. Davies, 18 March, 1919.[12]
- Captain Mark Edward Frederic Kerr, .
Jutland
The ship, as flagship to Vice-Admiral Thomas Jerram's Second Battle Squadron, led the First Division, the left-most upon which the Grand Fleet deployed. Captain Frederick Field was in command.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10. Audacious, which likely had the same configuration, is shown with her tower as described at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Letter in D'Eyncourt Papers at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library, DEY/27
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 38.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 177.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 343.
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations, Volume I, p. 438.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1917). p. 394x.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 826.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 March, 1919. Issue 42050, col F, pg. 21.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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