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H.M.S. Royal Sovereign (1915)
Pendant Number: 59 (Aug 1914)
5A (Jan 1918)
89 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Laid down: 15 Jan, 1914[4]
Launched: 29 Apr, 1915[5]
Commissioned: May, 1916[6]
Sold: 5 Apr, 1949[7]
Fate: Scrapped


Construction

The keel plate was laid by Mrs. Heath, wife of the Admiral-Superintendent on Thursday, 15 January, 1914.[8]

Service

In 1947 Archangelsk had the following 15" rounds - 693 AP, 97 HE, 53 Practice and 16 Training. There were 150 radar-assisted practice shoots during the handing-over period in 1944.

Alterations

In March, 1915, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[9]

Her secondary battery directors were installed in March, 1917.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 January, 1914. Issue 40422, col E, p. 54.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 397t.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 899.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 899.
  14. ↑ Wikipedia

Bibliography

  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).


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