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|launch=10 Apr, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 62}} | |launch=10 Apr, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 62}} | ||
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|laid=3 Jan, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 62}} | |laid=3 Jan, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 62}} | ||
|fate=Sold | |fate=Sold | ||
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''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|pp. 230, 231}} | ''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|pp. 230, 231}} | ||
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+ | Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 February, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 231}} | ||
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+ | Commissioned at Bermuda on 30 November, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 230}} | ||
''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 229}} | ''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 229}} | ||
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+ | ''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 July, 1932 for duty on the [[America and West Indies Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 229}} | ||
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 228}} | She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 228}} | ||
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+ | She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 (10?) August, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 228}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|nick=Frederick P. Loder-Symonds|appt=16 October, 1918<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 774}}|end=28 May, 1919<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|nick=Frederick P. Loder-Symonds|appt=16 October, 1918<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 774}}|end=28 May, 1919<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Horace Pilcher|nick=Cecil H. Pilcher|appt=28 May, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 757}}|end=31 March, 1921}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Horace Pilcher|nick=Cecil H. Pilcher|appt=28 May, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 757}}|end=31 March, 1921}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gilbert Owen Stephenson|nick=Gilbert O. Stephenson|appt=March, 1921 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gilbert Owen Stephenson|nick=Gilbert O. Stephenson|appt=31 March, 1921|end=15 August, 1922}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wolfran Round-Turner|nick=Charles W. Round-Turner|appt=15 August, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 231}}|end=c. October, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 231}}<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wolfran Round-Turner|nick=Charles W. Round-Turner|appt=15 August, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 231}}|end=c. October, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 231}}<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Edward Dannreuther|nick=Hubert E. Dannreuther|appt=14 October, 1924<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>|end=October, 1926<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Edward Dannreuther|nick=Hubert E. Dannreuther|appt=14 October, 1924<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>|end=October, 1926<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Douglas Worsley Macpherson|nick=Kenneth D. W. Macpherson|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen Dowell Tillard|nick=Stephen D. Tillard|appt=2 October, 1926|ass=21 October, 1926|end=26 April, 1927}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Douglas Worsley Macpherson|nick=Kenneth D. W. Macpherson|appt=26 April, 1927<ref>Macpherson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/133.|}} f. 537.</ref>|end=1928}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=30 November, 1928<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=18 March, 1929<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=30 November, 1928<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=18 March, 1929<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry Ruthven Moore|appt=February, 1930 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry Ruthven Moore|appt=25 February, 1930|end=30 October, 1930}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=18 September, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 230}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=18 September, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 230}}|end=27 July, 1932<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|ass=20 October, 1930<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|note=vice Moore, assumed command 20 October}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=27 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 229}}|end=1935{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=27 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 229}}|end=1935{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=2 April, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=12 July, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=assumed command upon her return to commission}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=2 April, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=12 July, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=assumed command upon her return to commission}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thew Rust|nick=Henry T. Rust|appt=20 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Alfred Beal|nick=Noel A. Beal|appt=11 July, 1935|end=20 July, 1935|note=temporary}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thew Rust|nick=Henry T. Rust|appt=20 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=March, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee|nick=Sir Lionel A. D. Sturdee|appt=March, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>|end=15 September, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 267}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee|nick=Sir Lionel A. D. Sturdee|appt=March, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>|end=15 September, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 267}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Delamain Morris|nick=Frank D. Morris|appt=19 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 228}}|end=1 July, 1938|note=end date's month may be read wrongly}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=George Dunbar Moore|nick=George D. Moore|appt=February, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=George Dunbar Moore|nick=George D. Moore|appt=February, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Graham Hewitt|nick=John G. Hewitt|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Graham Hewitt|nick=John G. Hewitt|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Newton J. W. William-Powlett|appt=October, 1942{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Newton J. W. William-Powlett|appt=4 October, 1942<ref>William-Powlett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/159.|}} f. 159.</ref>|end=1 August, 1943<ref>William-Powlett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/159.|}} f. 159.</ref>}} |
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:54, 24 May 2022
H.M.S. Dauntless (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | 71 (Nov 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2] |
Laid down: | 3 Jan, 1917[3] |
Launched: | 10 Apr, 1918[4] |
Commissioned: | 26 Nov, 1918[5] |
Sold: | Feb, 1946[6] |
Fate: | Broken up |
Service
Dauntless was completed with a gunnery director installation.[7]
Dauntless was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[8]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 February, 1926.[9]
Commissioned at Bermuda on 30 November, 1928.[10]
Dauntless was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1930.[11]
Dauntless was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 July, 1932 for duty on the America and West Indies Station.[12]
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.[13]
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 (10?) August, 1936.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, 16 October, 1918[15][16] – 28 May, 1919[17]
- Captain Cecil H. Pilcher, 28 May, 1919[18] – 31 March, 1921
- Captain Gilbert O. Stephenson, 31 March, 1921 – 15 August, 1922
- Captain Charles W. Round-Turner, 15 August, 1922[19] – c. October, 1924[20][21]
- Captain Hubert E. Dannreuther, 14 October, 1924[22] – October, 1926[23]
- Captain Stephen D. Tillard, 2 October, 1926 – 26 April, 1927
- Captain Kenneth D. W. Macpherson, 26 April, 1927[24] – 1928
- Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 30 November, 1928[25] – 18 March, 1929[26]
- Captain Henry Ruthven Moore, 25 February, 1930 – 30 October, 1930
- Captain John G. P. Vivian, 18 September, 1930[27] – 27 July, 1932[28] (vice Moore, assumed command 20 October)
- Captain Charles O. Alexander, 27 July, 1932[29] – 1935[30]
- Commander Edward S. F. Fegen, 2 April, 1935[31][32] – 12 July, 1935[33] (assumed command upon her return to commission)
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel A. Beal, 11 July, 1935 – 20 July, 1935 (temporary)
- Commander Henry T. Rust, 20 July, 1935[34] – March, 1936[35]
- Captain Sir Lionel A. D. Sturdee, March, 1936[36] – 15 September, 1936[37][38]
- Commander Frank D. Morris, 19 August, 1936[39] – 1 July, 1938 (end date's month may be read wrongly)
- Captain George D. Moore, February, 1939[40] – May, 1941[41]
- Captain John G. Hewitt, May, 1941[42] – October, 1942[43]
- Captain Newton J. W. William-Powlett, 4 October, 1942[44] – 1 August, 1943[45]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 230, 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
- ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
- ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
- ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
- ↑ Macpherson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/133. f. 537.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
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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