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*Captain [[Arthur Craig Waller|Arthur W. Craig]], 24 June, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 392''i''.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Craig Waller|Arthur W. Craig]], 24 June, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 392''i''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Henry Tritton Buller]], April, 1918.{{CN}}
 
*Captain [[Henry Tritton Buller]], April, 1918.{{CN}}
 
*Captain [[Richard Horne]], 1 October, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 787.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Richard Horne]], 1 October, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 787.</ref>
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*Captain [[Norman Atherton Wodehouse]], postwar.
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*Captain [[Robin Campsie Dalglish]], October 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott]], c 1930-1932.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7919007&queryType=1&resultcount=1 Scott's Service Records ADM 196/45.]</ref>
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*Captain [[Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble]], October 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Hubert Seeds Monroe]],<ref>ADM 196/43. f. 403.</ref>
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*Captain [[Richard Augustus Sandys Hill]], September 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Joseph Charles Walrond Henley]], March 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[James Fownes Somerville]], May 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Hubert Seeds Monroe]], December 1927.{{MackieRNW}}<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 403.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Ronald Beddard Blount]], February 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[James Fownes Somerville]], September 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott]], c 1930-1932.<ref>Scott's Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.</ref>
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*Captain Richard J. R. Scott, December 1933.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Norman Atherton Wodehouse]], August 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Henry E. Horan, July 1937.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Algernon U. Willis, April 1938.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker]], January 1939.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Geoffrey C. Cooke, March 1940.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 20:02, 17 October 2012

H.M.S. Barham (1914)
Pendant Number: 87 (Aug 1914)
10 (Jan 1918)
34 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: 1912 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Feb, 1913[4]
Launched: 31 Oct, 1914[5]
Commissioned: 1 Oct, 1915
Torpedoed: 25 Nov, 1941[6]
Fate: by U 331 in Mediterranean


Career

Barham was commissioned at Clydebank on 19 August, 1915.[7]

Jutland

Main article

Differences from Class

Owing to her use as a flagship, by some point Barham had a 9-foot rangefinder for the admiral's use on top of the charthouse. When, late in the war, it was desired to provide an effective additional 9-foot instrument for torpedo control purposes, Barham was to skip getting one on the assumption this instrument would be available for the task on most occasions.[8]

Alterations

Barham was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[9]

In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[10]

Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[11][12]

Her secondary battery directors were installed in July, 1917.[13]

At some point, she and her sisters were also outfitted with Turret Control Tables, although there is no indication whether this was 1 table per ship, or 2 in the controlling turrets, or one in all four turrets.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  7. ↑ Campbell. p. 42.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 177.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
  11. ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916. p. 38.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 60.
  13. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  14. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  15. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392i.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 787.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 403.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Scott's Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/45.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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