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==Construction and Acceptance==
==Construction and Acceptance==

Revision as of 21:48, 24 September 2012

H.M.S. Indomitable (1907)
Pendant Number: 77 (1914)
75 (Jan 1918)
05 (Apr, 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield, Govan[2]
Laid down: 1 Mar, 1906[3]
Launched: 16 Mar, 1907[4]
Commissioned: 25 Jun, 1908[5]
Sold: 1 Dec, 1921[6]
Fate: Scrapped


Construction and Acceptance

When in December 1906 Indomitable's anchor and hawsepipe arrangements seemed problematic in mock-up, Lusitania was fitting out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for Inflexible and Indomitable.[7]

Construction Costs, pounds Sterling[8]
Hull and fittings 801,066
Propelling and Machinery 476,539
Hydraulics and Air Compressing 325,708
Gun mountings 12,979
Total 1,617,791

Radio

Indomitable received the first sea-going Service Mark II radio set, and conducted range tests to Vernon while on her voyage to Quebec in 1908.[9]

Main Battery

Indomitable incorporated new turret training engines controlled by a single wheel which proved a great advance over earlier equipment. The new gear showed "marked reduction in throw-off and good control of starting, stopping and creep with little effort on the handwheel.[10]

Alterations

In 1913, Indomitable was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between December, 1915 and the Battle of Jutland.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Jutland

See Reports

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 24.
  3. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 15.
  4. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 24.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
  8. ↑ Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
  9. ↑ ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 14.
  10. ↑ Brooks. Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland, p. 46.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11.
  12. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 April, 1908. Issue 38623, col E, p. 9.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 336.
  15. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395j.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 394q.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 819.

Bibliography


Invincible Class Battlecruiser
  Indomitable Inflexible Invincible  
<– Minotaur Class Major Cruisers (UK) Indefatigable Class –>


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