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Revision as of 17:48, 9 September 2012

H.M.S. Swiftsure
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: P.05 (Jan 1918)[1]
Built By: Armstrong's, Elswick
Laid Down: 26 February, 1902
Launched: 12 January, 1903
Commissioned: June, 1904
Sold: 18 June, 1920
Fate: Scrapped

Originally built for Chile as Constitucion, she was purchased along with sister Triumph on 3 December, 1903.[2] As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.

Service

Swiftsure served in the East Indies until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.[3] She paid off on 26 April, 1917.[4]

Alterations

In 1913 it was approved that Swiftsure receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[5]

In 1918, Swiftsure was converted to a blockship at Chatham Royal Dockyard, but was never used as such.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  4. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 398c.
  5. Admiralty Weekly Orders. "283.—Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760—Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.—6.6.1913. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  7. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 380.
  8. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  9. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 383.

Bibliography



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