H.M.S. Defence (1907)

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H.M.S. Defence (1907)
Pendant Number: 05 (1914)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1904-05 Programme[3]
Laid down: 22 Feb, 1905[4]
Launched: 24 Apr, 1907[5]
Commissioned: 9 Feb, 1909[6]
Sunk: 5 Jul, 1918[7]
Fate: at Battle of Jutland


Career

Defence commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron at the Nore.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 February, 1909. Issue 38879, col C, p. 11.
  9. ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300b.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393h.
  13. ↑ 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).


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