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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Horace Lambert Alexander Hood]], 5 December, 1908 - 31 December, 1909.{{CN}}
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Richard Henry Peirse]], December 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes]] in command as of May 1912 operating with the [[Fourth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fourth Battle Squadron]].{{CN}}
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*Captain [[Montague Edward Browning]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy]], February 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Horace Lambert Alexander Hood]], 5 December, 1908.{{CN}}
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* Captain [[George Alexander Ballard]], December 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes]], June 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Maurice Woollcombe]], 1 October, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 296.</ref><ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''b''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Maurice Woollcombe]], 1 October, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 296.</ref><ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''b''.</ref>
*Captain [[Herbert William Richmond|Herbert W. Richmond]], 26 October, 1915 operating with the [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Third Battle Squadron]]<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 393''e''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Herbert William Richmond|Herbert W. Richmond]], 26 October, 1915 operating with the {{UK-BS|3}}<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 393''e''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Arthur Gordon Smith]], April 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Arthur Gordon Smith]], April 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[George Ronald Beddard Blount|George R. B. Blount]], 1 November, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 762.</ref>
 
*Captain [[George Ronald Beddard Blount|George R. B. Blount]], 1 November, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 762.</ref>
*Captain [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy]],
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*Captain [[Alfred Astley Ellison]], September 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[George Alexander Ballard]],  
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 22:06, 16 October 2012

H.M.S. Commonwealth (1903)
Pendant Number: 31 (1914)
44 (Jan 1918)
31 (Apr 1918)
N.88 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 17 Jun, 1902[4]
Launched: 13 May, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1905[6]
Sold: 18 Nov, 1921[7]
Fate: Scrapped in Germany[8]


Alterations

Directors were ordered only for Commonwealth and her sister Zealandia on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment. Commonwealth's director was installed in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was not completed.[9] It appears that Commonwealth was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 296.
  16. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393b.
  17. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393e.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 762.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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