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| H.M.S. Champion (1915) | |
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| Pendant Number: | C8 (1914) 37 (Jan 1918) 25 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
| Laid down: | 9 Mar, 1914[3] |
| Launched: | 29 May, 1915[4] |
| Commissioned: | Dec, 1915[5] |
| Sold: | 28 Jul, 1934[6] |
Service
At the end of 1920, she was at reduced complement.[7]
Alterations
Champion was fitted with a director in January, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[8]
At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her TS.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain James Uchtred Farie, November 1915.[10]
- Captain Hugh Justin Tweedie, April 1917.[11]
- Captain Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton, November, 1917.[12]
- Captain Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster, 7 April 1919.[13]
- Captain Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin, April 1921.[14]
- Captain Patrick E. Palmer, May 1922.[15]
- Captain Everard J. Hardman-Jones, April 1923.[16]
- Captain Errol Manners, May 1925.[17]
- Captain John S. G. Fraser, December 1925.[18]
- Captain John H. Young, November 1927.[19]
- Captain Eric R. Bent, October 1928.[20]
- Captain Richard M. Welby, October 1929.[21]
- Captain Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, April 1930.[22]
- Captain Maitland W. S. Boucher, December 1931.[23]
- Captain Arthur M. Peters, December 1932.[24]
- Captain Norman Atherton Wodehouse, ?.[Fact Check]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 745.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 756.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 744.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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.
- 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.
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