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*  {{CaptRN}} [[William Christopher Pakenham|William C. Pakenham]], 19 January, 1910.<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 13.</ref>
*  {{CaptRN}} [[William Christopher Pakenham|William C. Pakenham]], 19 January, 1910.<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 13.</ref>
*  Captain [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee|Charles L. Vaughan-Lee]], 1 December 1911.<ref>Vaughan-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 441.</ref>
*  Captain [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee|Charles L. Vaughan-Lee]], 1 December, 1911.<ref>Vaughan-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 441.</ref>
*  Captain [[James Clement Ley|James C. Ley]], 22 June, 1912.<ref>Ley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 74.</ref>
*  Captain [[James Clement Ley|James C. Ley]], 22 June, 1912.<ref>Ley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 74.</ref>
*  Captain [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|Wilmot S. Nicholson]], 1 December, 1916.<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 239.</ref>
*  Captain [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|Wilmot S. Nicholson]], 1 December, 1916.<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 239.</ref>
*  Captain [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler|Cole C. Fowler]], 20 March, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1917).  p. 392''n''.</ref>
*  Captain [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler|Cole C. Fowler]], 20 March, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1917).  p. 392''n''.</ref>
*  Captain [[Frederick Armand Powlett|Frederick A. Powlett]], 20 December 1918.<ref>''The Navy List for March, 1919, Corrected to the 18th February, 1919''.  p. 760.</ref>
*  Captain [[Frederick Armand Powlett|Frederick A. Powlett]], 20 December, 1918.{{NLMar19|p. 760}}
*  Captain [[Gerald William Vivian|Gerald W. Vivian]], 18 March, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 760.</ref>
*  Captain [[Gerald William Vivian|Gerald W. Vivian]], 18 March, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 760.</ref>
*  Commander [[Percy Pitts]], 21 May, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 748.</ref>
*  Commander [[Percy Pitts]], 21 May, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 748.</ref>

Revision as of 22:57, 3 May 2014

H.M.S. Collingwood (1908)
Pendant Number: 26 (1914)
42 (Jan 1918)
03 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 3 Feb, 1908[3]
Launched: 7 Nov, 1908[4]
Commissioned: 19 Apr, 1910
Sold: 12 Dec, 1922[5]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving as flagship of the First Battle Squadron.[6]

She reduced to reserve at Devonport 1 June, 1920.[7]

Jutland

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

She operated with the First Battle Squadron under the command of Captain James C. Ley.

Ship's Logs

Director

Collingwood was fitted with a director for her main battery after December, 1915 but prior to the Battle of Jutland.[8]

Habitability

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]

Spotting

In late 1913, the ship landed a Pattern 740 Zeiss stereo spotting telescope Mark II at Portsmouth in order to take on a Ross Pattern 873 model for a three-month comparative evaluation.[10]

Radio

By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the First Battle Squadron were all equipped with Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets.[11]

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. 23.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 23.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 293.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-11.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  10. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 662 of 21 Nov, 1913.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  12. ↑ Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 13.
  13. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  14. ↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.
  15. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1917). p. 392n.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 760.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 760.
  19. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 748.

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