H.M.S. Gloucester (1909)

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H.M.S. Gloucester (1909)
Pendant Number: 58 (1914)
68 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Laid down: 15 Apr, 1909[3]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1909[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1910[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward, Briton Ferry[7]

H.M.S. Gloucester fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.

Service

She recommissioned at Devonport on 30 January, 1913 to become the flagship of Second-in-Command, Mediterranean.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 320.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 320.
  11. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 320.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • 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).


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