H.M.S. Dominion (1903)
| H.M.S. Dominion (1903) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 41 (1914) 54 (Jan 1918) 41 (Apr 1918) N.90 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers[2] |
| Ordered: | 1901-02 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 23 May, 1902[4] |
| Launched: | 25 Aug, 1903[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jul, 1905[6] |
| Sold: | 9 May, 1921[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Dominion was one of eight King Edward VII class battleships. She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service in the Great War with a shifting roster of her sisters in the Third Battle Squadron.
Service
As part of the Channel Fleet, Dominion started a refit in Portsmouth on 7 April 1908. She was to have magazine cooling equipment fitted, which was supposed to take 10 weeks.[8]
She commenced an annual refit on 4 May, 1912 and finished it on 22 September, 1912.[Citation needed]
Dominion was assigned to the Third Battle Squadron upon its creation in May, 1912.
She recommissioned at Chatham on 15 October 1912.[9]
She remained with 3BS until becoming the last pre-dreadnought to be detached in April, 1918.[10] She became an accommodation ship in Chatham-Sheerness that same month.[11] She kept laying out the welcome until April, 1919.[12] In May, she fell off the Navy List.[13]
Radio
At the end of 1909, she was to receive one of eleven Short Distance Radio Sets, to be installed at her next refit behind armour near the fore bridge, intended to supplant flag signaling.{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 25}} In mid-1913, this gear was redesignated as Type 3.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain John L. Marx, 17 August 1905.[15]
- Captain Charles E. Kingsmill, 14 March, 1906.[16]
- Captain Arthur T. Stuart, May 1907.[17]
- Captain John M. de Robeck, 25 January, 1908.[18]
- Captain Morgan Singer, 25 January 1910.[19]
- Captain Joseph R. Bridson, 1 June, 1912.[20]
- Captain Henry L. Mawbey, 7 February, 1914.[21]
- Captain Adolphus H. Williamson, 11 April, 1917.[22]
- Captain Arthur G. Smith, December 1917.[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series. pp. 1-2.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 302.
- ↑ See Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy) for details on her service in 3BS.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). pp. 13,19.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 21.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 24.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 306 of 20 June, 1913.
- ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856.
- ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 301.
- ↑ Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
- ↑ Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 304.
- ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.
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