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'''H.M.S. ''Superb''''' was one of three dreadnoughts of the [[Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)|''Bellerophon'' class]]. | '''H.M.S. ''Superb''''' was one of three dreadnoughts of the [[Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)|''Bellerophon'' class]]. | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Six men were injured when a hawser broke while ''Superb'' was being taken out of No. 4 basin at Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 June, 1909. The three most serious cases were taken to Haslar Naval Hospital. On 9 June she was commissioned.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 8 June, 1909. Issue '''38980''', col E, p. 9.</ref> | Six men were injured when a hawser broke while ''Superb'' was being taken out of No. 4 basin at Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 June, 1909. The three most serious cases were taken to Haslar Naval Hospital. On 9 June she was commissioned.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 8 June, 1909. Issue '''38980''', col E, p. 9.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 04:47, 6 March 2014
H.M.S. Superb (1907) | |
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Pendant Number: | 49 (1914) A0 (Jan 1918) 49 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick[2] |
Laid down: | 6 Feb, 1907[3] |
Launched: | 7 Nov, 1907[4] |
Commissioned: | 9 June, 1909 |
Sold: | 12 Dec, 1922[5] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Superb was one of three dreadnoughts of the Bellerophon class.
Contents
Career
Six men were injured when a hawser broke while Superb was being taken out of No. 4 basin at Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 June, 1909. The three most serious cases were taken to Haslar Naval Hospital. On 9 June she was commissioned.[6]
Her motto was "Ense et animo".
Equipment
The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs. Testing was completed in late 1913.[7]
Habitability
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 3 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[8]
Performance
Her tactical turning diameter was 405 yards at full speed (best of the class), with the rudder being put over in 10 seconds.[9]
Service
Superb recommissioned at Portsmouth 6 May, 1913 for service with the First Battle Squadron.[10]
She paid off at the Nore on 25 March, 1920.[11]
Jutland
- Main article: H.M.S. Superb at the Battle of Jutland
The ship was commanded by Captain Edmond Hyde Parker as part of the Fourth Battle Squadron.
Radio
By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the First Battle Squadron were all equipped with Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets.[12]
Alterations
Turrets
In October 1914, additions of screened-in positions within her turrets required the existing alternative plans for loading to be abolished, and required further alterations to support a new fall-back means of loading.[13]
Director
Superb was listed as part of the seventeen ship order in 1913 and received a director for her main battery sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[14]
It appears that her director installation was tested for Tilt on 5 September, 1916. Her aloft director's greatest tilt was 8 arcminutes on a bearing of 348 degrees. Her turrets tilts were measured as follows: [15]
- "A" 8.5 arcminutes at 344 degrees
- "P" 7.5 arcminutes at 349 degrees
- "Q" 6.0 arcminutes at 6 degrees
- "X" 3.5 arcminutes at 353 degrees
- "Y" 5.0 arcminutes at 352 degrees
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frederick C. T. Tudor, 14 March, 1909.[16]
- Captain Herbert L. Heath, 16 August, 1910.[17]
- Captain Ernest F. A. Gaunt, 22 September, 1911.[18]
- Captain George P. W. Hope, 30 April, 1913.[19]
- Captain Price V. Lewes, 28 July 1914.[20]
- Captain Rudolf W. Bentinck, 6 November, 1914.[21]
- Captain E. Hyde Parker, 20 February, 1915.[22]
- Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 2 February, 1918.[23]
- Captain Stephen H. Radcliffe, 22 June 1918.[24]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, January, 1919.[25]
- Captain Charles W. Bruton, 15 December, 1919.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 22.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 8 June, 1909. Issue 38980, col E, p. 9.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 607 of 24 Oct, 1913.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 69.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 378.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 868.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 525 of 20 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-10.
- ↑ The Director Firing Handbook. pp. 107-110.
- ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
- ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
- ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 382a.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
- ↑ Radcliffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 342.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- 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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