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]

In late July 1914, the ship received one of five Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinders purchased for evaluation, possibly of a new model.[9]

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. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 219 of 31 July 1914.
  10. Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300b.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393h.
  14. 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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