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*{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|Frederick C. T. Tudor]], 14 March, 1909.<ref>Tudor Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 90.</ref>
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*Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 16 August, 1910.<ref>Heath Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 200.</ref>
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*Captain [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Ernest F. A. Gaunt]], 22 September, 1911.<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 276.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 30 April, 1913.<ref>Hope Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 44.</ref>
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*Captain [[Rudolf Walter Bentinck|Rudolf W. Bentinck]], 6 November, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 382''a''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Edmond Hyde Parker]], 20 February, 1915.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 398''l''.</ref><ref>ADM 196/43.  f. 2.</ref>
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*Captain [[Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe|Sidney R. Drury-Lowe]], 2 February, 1918.<ref>Drury-Lowe Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 214.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles William Bruton|Charles W. Bruton]], 15 December, 1919.
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==

Revision as of 18:24, 11 July 2012

H.M.S. Superb
Career Details
Pendant Number: 49 (April, 1918)[1]
Built By: Armstrong's, Elswick
Laid Down: 6 February, 1907
Launched: 7 November, 1907
Commissioned: 29 May, 1909
Sold: 12 December, 1922
Fate: Scrapped

Motto:Ense et animo

Performance

Her tactical turning diameter was 405 yards at full speed (best of the class), with the rudder being put over in 10 seconds.[2]

Jutland

Main article

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

Superb was listed as part of the seventeen ship order in 1913 and received a director for her main battery sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[11]

Fate

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. ↑ Burt. p. 69.
  3. ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
  4. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  5. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
  6. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  7. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 382a.
  8. ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398l.
  9. ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  10. ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.

Bibliography

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