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− | * {{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|Frederick C. T. Tudor]], 14 March, 1909.<ref>Tudor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 90.</ref> | + | * {{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|Frederick C. T. Tudor]], 14 March, 1909.<ref>Tudor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 90.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 16 August, 1910.<ref>Heath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 200.</ref> | + | * Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 16 August, 1910.<ref>Heath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 200.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Ernest F. A. Gaunt]], 22 September, 1911.<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 276.</ref> | + | * Captain [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Ernest F. A. Gaunt]], 22 September, 1911.<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 276.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 30 April, 1913.<ref>Hope Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 44.</ref> | + | * Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 30 April, 1913.<ref>Hope Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 44.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes|Price V. Lewes]], 28 July 1914.<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref> | + | * Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes|Price V. Lewes]], 28 July 1914.<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Rudolf Walter Bentinck|Rudolf W. Bentinck]], 6 November, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 382''a''.</ref> | + | * Captain [[Rudolf Walter Bentinck|Rudolf W. Bentinck]], 6 November, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 382''a''.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Edmond Hyde Parker|E. Hyde Parker]], 20 February, 1915.<ref>Parker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 2.</ref> | + | * Captain [[Edmond Hyde Parker|E. Hyde Parker]], 20 February, 1915.<ref>Parker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 2.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe|Sidney R. Drury-Lowe]], 2 February, 1918.<ref>Drury-Lowe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 214.</ref> | + | * Captain [[Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe|Sidney R. Drury-Lowe]], 2 February, 1918.<ref>Drury-Lowe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 214.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|Stephen H. Radcliffe]], 22 June 1918.<ref>Radcliffe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 342.</ref> | + | * Captain [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|Stephen H. Radcliffe]], 22 June 1918.<ref>Radcliffe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 342.</ref> |
− | * Captain [[Francis George Gillilan Chilton|Francis G. G. Chilton]], January, 1919.{{MackieRNW}} | + | * Captain [[Francis George Gillilan Chilton|Francis G. G. Chilton]], January, 1919.{{MackieRNW}} |
− | * Captain [[Charles William Bruton|Charles W. Bruton]], 15 December, 1919. | + | * Captain [[Charles William Bruton|Charles W. Bruton]], 15 December, 1919. |
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Revision as of 17:27, 28 April 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
Service
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".
Superb recommissioned at Portsmouth 6 May, 1913 for service with the First Battle Squadron.[7]
Great War
On 24 October, 1915, Superb was transferred from the First Battle Squadron to the Fourth Battle Squadron, exchanging places with Template:UK=Agincourt. She returned from refit at Cromarty on the 28th.[8]
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.
Post-War
She paid off at the Nore on 25 March, 1920.[9]
Equipment
The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs. Testing was completed in late 1913.[10]
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.[11]
Performance
Her tactical turning diameter was 405 yards at full speed (best of the class), with the rudder being put over in 10 seconds.[12]
Radio
By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the First Battle Squadron were all equipped with Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets.[13]
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.[14]
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.[15]
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: [16]
- "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.[17]
- Captain Herbert L. Heath, 16 August, 1910.[18]
- Captain Ernest F. A. Gaunt, 22 September, 1911.[19]
- Captain George P. W. Hope, 30 April, 1913.[20]
- Captain Price V. Lewes, 28 July 1914.[21]
- Captain Rudolf W. Bentinck, 6 November, 1914.[22]
- Captain E. Hyde Parker, 20 February, 1915.[23]
- Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 2 February, 1918.[24]
- Captain Stephen H. Radcliffe, 22 June 1918.[25]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, January, 1919.[26]
- 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.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 378.
- ↑ Add MS 49000. f. 266.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 868.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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