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Revision as of 20:11, 14 September 2012

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]

Jutland

Main article

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.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Letter in D'Eyncourt Papers at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library, DEY/27
  4. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
  6. ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 38.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 177.
  8. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 343.
  10. ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
  11. ↑ Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1917). p. 394x.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 826.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (August, 1919). p. 825.

Bibliography


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