Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Valiant (1914)"
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− | ''Valiant'' was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 10.</ref> | + | ''Valiant'' was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 10.</ref> Her secondary battery directors were installed in April, 1917.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref> |
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 10:39, 27 September 2009
H.M.S. Valiant | |
Career | Details |
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Pendant Number: | 43 (April, 1918)[1] |
Built By: | Fairfield, Govan |
Laid Down: | 31 January, 1913 |
Launched: | 4 November, 1914 |
Commissioned: | 19 February, 1916 |
Sold: | 19 March, 1948 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Motto: | Valiant yet Vigilant |
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Valiant had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Contents
Alterations
Valiant was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[2] Her secondary battery directors were installed in April, 1917.[3]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships