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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|Dudley R. S. de Chair]], 27 July, 1911.<ref>De Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 259.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|Dudley R. S. de Chair]], 27 July, 1911.<ref>De Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Edmund Goodenough|William E. Goodenough]], 10 August, 1912.<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 433.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Edmund Goodenough|William E. Goodenough]], 10 August, 1912.<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Walter Smith|George W. Smith]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 312.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Walter Smith|George W. Smith]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 312.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|The Honourable Edward S. Fitzherbert]], 29 June, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 293.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|The Honourable Edward S. Fitzherbert]], 29 June, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 293.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|A. Dudley P. R. Pound]], 24 October, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 393''e''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|A. Dudley P. R. Pound]], 24 October, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 393''e''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Wilfred Tomkinson]], July 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Wilfred Tomkinson]], July 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|Charles P. Beaty-Pownall]], 15 November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 761.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|Charles P. Beaty-Pownall]], 15 November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 761.</ref>
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*Captain [[Robert Arthur Hornell]], February 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert Arthur Hornell|Robert A. Hornell]], February 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill|The Honourable Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill]], 15 May, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 761.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill|The Honourable Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill]], 15 May, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 761.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Francis Alexander Clutterbuck|Francis A. Clutterbuck]], 14 July, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (December, 1920).  p. 748.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Francis Alexander Clutterbuck|Francis A. Clutterbuck]], 14 July, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (December, 1920).  p. 748.</ref>

Revision as of 06:09, 31 July 2013

H.M.S. Colossus (1910)
Pendant Number: 93 (1914)
43 (Jan 1918)
24 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Scott, Greenock[2]
Laid down: 8 Jul, 1909[3]
Launched: 9 Apr, 1910[4]
Commissioned: 8 Aug, 1911
Sold: Jul, 1928[5]
Fate: Scrapped


Service

Colossus was commissioned at Devonport on 8 August, 1911, by Captain Dudley R. S. de Chair for service in the Second Division of the Home Fleet.[6]

From at least December 1912, she served in the First Battle Squadron, remaining there until June 1916, when she was transferred to the Fourth Battle Squadron to become that formations second flagship. In June 1917, she relinquished her flag role within the squadron, but she resumed it in October 1917. In February 1919, she was sent to Devonport when the Fourth was disestablished.[7]

Jutland

Main article: H.M.S. Colossus at the Battle of Jutland

Fate

Colossus was Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 4 March, 1919.[8]

Colossus was placed on the disposal list in July, 1921 but was reprieved in September for service as a Boys' Training Ship. She was paid off in May, 1922 but recommissioned again in January, 1924 as an accommodation ship for the Training Ship Impregnable. She was paid off again in January, 1928 and sold to Alloa SB Company in July. She left Devonport under tow on 15 August and arrived at Rosyth for breaking up on 5 September.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  6. ↑ "The New Battleship Colossus" (News). The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1911. Issue 39659, col C, p. 7.
  7. ↑ See First Battle Squadron and Fourth Battle Squadron pages for references.
  8. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 749.
  9. ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
  10. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  11. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 293.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393e.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 761.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 761.
  18. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 748.

Bibliography


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