H.M.S. Dauntless (1918)

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H.M.S. Dauntless (1918)
Pendant Number: 71 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer[2]
Laid down: 3 Jan, 1917[3]
Launched: 10 Apr, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 26 Nov, 1918[5]
Sold: Feb, 1946[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Dauntless was completed with a gunnery director installation.[7]

Dauntless was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[8]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 230, 231.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  10. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.
  12. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
  19. Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  20. Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  21. Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 230.
  23. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  24. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  25. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  29. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  31. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  32. Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  33. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  34. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  38. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  39. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  40. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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