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Revision as of 19:36, 4 June 2014

H.M.S. London (1899)
Pendant Number: 70 (1914)
81 (Jan 1918)
N.41 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1898-99 Programme[3]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1898[4]
Launched: 21 Sep, 1899[5]
Commissioned: 7 Jun, 1902
Sold: 4 Jun, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. London was completed in mid-1902, one of five battleships in her class.

Service

On 6 June, 1902, the London was inspected by Rear-Admiral Pelham Aldrich (Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard) and passed into the Fleet Reserve. The following day she was commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1902, by Captain James E. C. Goodrich. It was announced that she would fly the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, Sir Charles Hotham, at the planned Naval Review to mark the coronation of King Edward VII, and then proceed to the Mediterranean Station.[7] In the end, the Naval Review wasn't held, and London was ordered to the Mediterranean on 3 July.[8]

London collided with a ship named Don Benito on 11 May, 1912 in dense fog. A Court of Inquiry called into question the controversial reliance on sound signalling in this incident.[9] She was reduced at Sheerness on 13 May, 1912.[10]

She recommissioned at Devonport on 18 February 1914.[11]

In April and May 1915, she was helping bombard shore positions at Gallipoli. On 10 October, she reported on her methods of indicating the point of aim.[12]

London paid off on 27 October, 1916.[13] She recommissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1918.[14]

Alterations

In 1913 it was approved that London receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 7 June, 1902. Issue 36788, col C, p. 9.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 2 July, 1902. Issue 36809, col F, p. 7.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 302 of 20 June 1913.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 341.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 341.
  12. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8440/335, Enclosure 2.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395ww.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 834.
  15. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Orders. "283.—Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760—Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.—6.6.1913. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  16. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Story Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1236.
  20. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  21. ↑ Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 296.
  22. ↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.
  23. ↑ Chatfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 346.
  24. ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 341.
  26. ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 52.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395n.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 834.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 834.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.


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