H.M.S. Hercules (1910)

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H.M.S. Hercules (1910)
Pendant Number: 47 (1914)
69 (Jan 1918)
54 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer, Hebburn[2]
Laid down: 30 Jul, 1909[3]
Launched: 10 May, 1910[4]
Commissioned: 31 Jul, 1911
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[5]
Fate: Scrapped


Alterations

In 1913, Hercules was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.[6]

By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of Walker's Instruments, presumably for trial.[7]

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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. 26.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  6. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 60.
  8. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 329.
  9. Corbett. Naval Operations, Volume I, p. 438.
  10. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 394n.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395c.
  12. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 812.
  13. The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 812.

Bibliography


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