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In early 1913, she was attached to the {{UK-BS|2}}, but was to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} on 30 June.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 312.</ref>
 
In early 1913, she was attached to the {{UK-BS|2}}, but was to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} on 30 June.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 312.</ref>
  
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On 5 August, 1914, she lost two seamen to drowning - the first Royal Navy operational casualties in the [[Great War]].{{KindellROH2|p. 1}}
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===Battle of Jutland===
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was one of four light cruisers of the {{UK-LCS|3}} screening the battlecruisers, operating under {{CaptRN}} [[John Douglas Edwards]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was one of four light cruisers of the {{UK-LCS|3}} screening the battlecruisers, operating under {{CaptRN}} [[John Douglas Edwards]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
  

Revision as of 02:52, 21 April 2014

H.M.S. Falmouth (1910)
Pendant Number: 90 (1914)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Laid down: 21 Feb, 1910[3]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1910[4]
Commissioned: Sep, 1911[5]
Sold: 19 Aug, 1916
Fate: by U.63

Service

In early 1913, she was attached to the Second Battle Squadron, but was to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron on 30 June.[6]

On 5 August, 1914, she lost two seamen to drowning - the first Royal Navy operational casualties in the Great War.[7]

Battle of Jutland

At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers, operating under Captain John Douglas Edwards.[8]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 4 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[9]

Falmouth was lost before she could be fitted with a director.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
  7. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 1.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 313.
  13. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  14. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.

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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