H.M.S. Barham (1914)
| H.M.S. Barham (1914) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 87 (Aug 1914) 10 (Jan 1918) 34 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown[2] |
| Ordered: | 1912 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 24 Feb, 1913[4] |
| Launched: | 31 Oct, 1914[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Oct, 1915 |
| Torpedoed: | 25 Nov, 1941[6] |
| Fate: | by U 331 in Mediterranean |
Career
Barham was commissioned at Clydebank on 19 August, 1915.[7]
Jutland
Differences from Class
Owing to her use as a flagship, by some point Barham had a 9-foot rangefinder for the admiral's use on top of the charthouse. When, late in the war, it was desired to provide an effective additional 9-foot instrument for torpedo control purposes, Barham was to skip getting one on the assumption this instrument would be available for the task on most occasions.[8]
Alterations
Barham was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[9]
In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[10]
Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[11][12]
Her secondary battery directors were installed in July, 1917.[13]
At some point, she and her sisters were also outfitted with Turret Control Tables, although there is no indication whether this was 1 table per ship, or 2 in the controlling turrets, or one in all four turrets.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Arthur W. Craig, 24 June, 1915.[15]
- Captain Henry Tritton Buller, April, 1918.[Citation needed]
- Captain Richard Horne, 1 October, 1918.[16]
- Captain Robin Campsie Dalglish, October 1920.[17]
- Captain Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, October 1922.[18]
- Captain Richard Augustus Sandys Hill, September 1924.[19]
- Captain Joseph Charles Walrond Henley, March 1926.[20]
- Captain James Fownes Somerville, May 1927.[21]
- Captain Hubert Seeds Monroe, December 1927.[22][23]
- Captain George Ronald Beddard Blount, February 1928.[24]
- Captain James Fownes Somerville, September 1928.[25]
- Captain Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott, c 1930-1932.[26]
- Captain Richard J. R. Scott, December 1933.[27]
- Captain Norman Atherton Wodehouse, August 1925.[28]
- Captain Henry E. Horan, July 1937.[29]
- Captain Algernon U. Willis, April 1938.[30]
- Captain Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker, January 1939.[31]
- Captain Geoffrey C. Cooke, March 1940.[32]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ Campbell. p. 42.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 177.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916. p. 38.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 60.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392i.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 787.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 403.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Scott's Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/45.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
- 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.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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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