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*{{CaptRN}} [[Cecil Frederick Dampier|Cecil F. Dampier]], 16 November, 1908.<ref>Dampier Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 497.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Cecil Frederick Dampier|Cecil F. Dampier]], 16 November, 1908.<ref>Dampier Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 497.</ref>
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*Captain [[Fawcet Wray]], 6 January, 1913.<ref>''Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 300''b''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Fawcet Wray]], 6 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 300''b''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], October, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''h''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''h''.</ref>
 
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* Captain [[Stanley Venn Ellis]],  

Revision as of 15:37, 21 August 2012

H.M.S. Defence
Career Details
Pendant Number: [1]
Built By:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned: 9 February, 1909
Sold:
Fate: Lost at Jutland
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 16,100 tons (full load)
Length: 490 feet (p.p.) 519 feet (o.a.)
Beam: 75 feet 6 inches
Draught: 25 feet
Propulsion: 2 sets of 4 cylinder triple expansion engines
Speed: 23 knots
Range: 8,150 miles at 10 knots
Complement: 755
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 9.2 in/45 Mk X (30.5 cm) guns on six single Mk V mountings
  • 10 × 7.5 in/50 Mk II or Mk V guns on single Mk II mountings
  • 16 × 12 pdr guns
  • 5 × 18 in (45 cm) Whitehead torpedoes

Career

Defence commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron at the Nore.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 44.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 February, 1909. Issue 38879, col C, pg. 11.
  3. ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300b.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393h.

Bibliography

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