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''Princess Royal's'' repairs after the [[Battle of Jutland]] were delayed until 15 July by non-delivery of an armour plate.<ref>Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.  RNMN/SINGER.  Singer Accouunt.  f. 6.</ref>
 
''Princess Royal's'' repairs after the [[Battle of Jutland]] were delayed until 15 July by non-delivery of an armour plate.<ref>Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.  RNMN/SINGER.  Singer Accouunt.  f. 6.</ref>
  
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==Post-Jutland==
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==Post-War==
 
''Princess Royal'' paid off on 31 May, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 886.</ref> She was manned by a Reserve Complement at Rosyth on 13 February, 1920 under command of {{CommRN}} [[Francis E. Byrne]].<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 847-9.</ref>
 
''Princess Royal'' paid off on 31 May, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 886.</ref> She was manned by a Reserve Complement at Rosyth on 13 February, 1920 under command of {{CommRN}} [[Francis E. Byrne]].<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 847-9.</ref>
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==Rangefinders==
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At the start of the war, ''Princess Royal'' had two 9-foot rangefinders{{INF}} in turrets, and fewer than five in total.  As it had been approved that all capital ships should have one in each turret, more likely followed soon.{{UKTH23|p. 32, 33}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==

Revision as of 16:31, 13 June 2013

H.M.S. Princess Royal (1911)
Pendant Number: 29 (1914)
95 (Jan 1918)
68 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1909 Programme[3]
Laid down: 2 May, 1910[4]
Launched: 29 Apr, 1911[5]
Commissioned: 14 Nov, 1912[6]
Sold: 19 Dec, 1922[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Princess Royal was commissioned at Devonport with a Portsmouth crew on 14 Nov, 1912 under Captain Osmond de B. Brock.[8]

Career

Her crew gave a concert in Cromarty in support of The Seamen & Marines' Orphanage Home in Portsmouth and The Cottage Hopital in Cromarty on 29 August, 1913. It had two parts and 16 musical numbers, concluding with a sketch entitled "A Day in Bed", written by Leading Signaller J. R. James.[9] There were athletic sports the next day involving the whole of the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, organised by a general committee presided over by Captain Chatfield.[10]

Jutland

Princess Royal's repairs after the Battle of Jutland were delayed until 15 July by non-delivery of an armour plate.[11]

Post-War

Princess Royal paid off on 31 May, 1919.[12] She was manned by a Reserve Complement at Rosyth on 13 February, 1920 under command of Commander Francis E. Byrne.[13]

Rangefinders

At the start of the war, Princess Royal had two 9-foot rangefinders[Inference] in turrets, and fewer than five in total. As it had been approved that all capital ships should have one in each turret, more likely followed soon.[14]

Alterations

In 1913, Princess Royal was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director, but installation seemed delayed for a considerable time. It was fitted sometime after December, 1915, but was in place for the Battle of Jutland.[15]

In October, 1914, it was decided that Princess Royal should receive 2 Open Director Sights to be fitted in her "B" and "X" turrets. They were fitted between April 1916 and June 1917.[16]

In May, 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that Lion and Princess Royal should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the class page. Princess Royal's system was available by September, 1918, but it is not known if or when they were fitted.[17]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 28-9.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 29.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  6. ↑ Notes on the event contained in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  8. ↑ Notes on the event contained in Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  9. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges's ticket No 6 is contained with his papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  10. ↑ Albert Francis Barclay Bridges papers at The Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum. [BRG 1/1]
  11. ↑ Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. RNMN/SINGER. Singer Accouunt. f. 6.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 886.
  13. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 847-9.
  14. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 32, 33.
  15. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships. pp. 9-10.
  16. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships. p. 18.
  17. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships. pp. 18-9.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 375a.
  19. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  20. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  21. ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  22. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.

Bibliography


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