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Dates of appointment given:
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|Arthur Bromley]], 8 September, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 767.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|Arthur Bromley]], 8 September, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919).  p. 767.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Charles Blois Miller]], in command at end of war.{{CN}}
 
*Captain [[Charles Blois Miller]], in command at end of war.{{CN}}
 
*Captain [[Harold Douglas Briggs]], November 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Harold Douglas Briggs]], November 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Aubrey Lambert]], March 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Aubrey Lambert]], March 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Henry John Studholme Brownrigg]], April 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Henry John Studholme Brownrigg]], April 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
 
More data at Colin Mackie's website.{{MackieRNW}}
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 16:07, 11 January 2014

H.M.S. Courageous (1916)
Pendant Number: 51 (Jan 1918)
94 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 28 Mar, 1915[3]
Launched: 5 Feb, 1916[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1917[5]
Torpedoed: 17 Sep, 1939[6]
Fate: by U 29[7]

Service

While working up for full-power trials off May Island on the night of 8 January, 1917, was damaged while being driven at 30 knots when the wind force was 6-8 (Strong Breeze to a Gale). The damage was:

The forecastle deck between the breakwater and "A" turret was severely buckled, and the side plating buckled between upper and forecastle deck; also the oil-fuel tanks and reserve feed tanks and reserve feed tanks were reported to be leaking.

Stiffening was worked into both Courageous and her sister ship Glorious at the first opportunity.[8]

She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.[9]

Alterations

Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  8. Records of Warship Construction during the War. 1914—1918. Volume I. ADM 1/8547/430. f. 102.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 752.
  10. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
  11. The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 767.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 752.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

See Also


Courageous Class Battlecruiser
  Courageous Glorious  
<– Renown Class Major Cruisers (UK) H.M.S. Furious –>