H.M.S. Monarch (1911)
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H.M.S. Monarch | |
Career | Details |
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Pendant Number: | 60 (April, 1918)[1] |
Built By: | Armstrong's, Elswick |
Laid Down: | 1 April, 1910 |
Launched: | 30 March, 1911 |
Commissioned: | 27 April, 1912 |
Sunk: | 20 January, 1925 |
Fate: | Expended as target |
Main Armament
Monarch was built with 13.5-inch Mk II mountings for her guns.[2]
Alterations
In 1913, Monarch was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war.[3]
By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of Walker's Instruments, presumably for trial.[4]
In 1916 or soon thereafter, she would have received Evershed Bearing Indicators for her main battery, as approved in 1916.[5]
Jutland
Fate
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles Lionel Napier, 23 January, 1912.[6]
- Captain Edmund H. Smith, 16 June, 1913,[7] in command at start of war.[8]
- Captain Frederick L. Field, 17 September, 1915.[9]
- Captain George H. Borrett, 16 December, 1915.[10] In command at Battle of Jutland.
- Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 7 April, 1918.[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
- ↑ Hodges. The Big Gun. p. 62.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships. pp. 9-10.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 145.
- ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 72.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 358.
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations, Volume I, p. 438.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396c.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 396cc.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 847.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Corbett, Sir Julian S. (1920). Naval Operations. Volume I. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
- 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.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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