H.M.S. Courageous (1916)

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H.M.S. Courageous (1916)
Pendant Number: 51 (Jan 1918)
94 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 28 Mar, 1915[3]
Launched: 5 Feb, 1916[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1917[5]
Torpedoed: 17 Sep, 1939[6]
Fate: by U 29[7]

Service

While working up for full-power trials off May Island on the night of 8 January, 1917, was damaged while being driven at 30 knots when the wind force was 6-8 (Strong Breeze to a Gale). The damage was:

The forecastle deck between the breakwater and "A" turret was severely buckled, and the side plating buckled between upper and forecastle deck; also the oil-fuel tanks and reserve feed tanks and reserve feed tanks were reported to be leaking.

Stiffening was worked into both Courageous and her sister ship Glorious at the first opportunity.[8]

She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.[9]

She paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 27 June, 1924.[10]

Courageous commissioned at Devonport on 21 February, 1928 for service in the Mediterranean. She embarked a Headquarters Flight under Wing Commander R. Leckie in addition to Flights 404, 407, 445, 446, 463 and 464.[11]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 August, 1930.[12]

She was involved in a collision with the destroyer Winchester in 1931.[13]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 May, 1933. By mid-1934, she had Fighter Squadrons 800 and 802, Torpedo Bomber Squadrons 810 and 811, and Search/Reconnaissance Squadrons 820, 821 and 823 embarked.[14]

She completed to Full Complement on 2 June 1936 for service in the Home Fleet.[15]

Alterations

Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  8. Records of Warship Construction during the War. 1914—1918. Volume I. ADM 1/8547/430. f. 102.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 752.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 228.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  13. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1934). pp. 225-6.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). pp. 225-6.
  16. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 767.
  18. Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  19. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  20. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 767.
  21. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  22. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  23. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  24. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 752.
  25. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 5, 1920, Issue 42299, p.21.
  26. D'Aeth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 49.
  27. D'Aeth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 49.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 743.
  29. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  30. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  31. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  32. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  33. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 228.
  34. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  35. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  36. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  37. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  38. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 226.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  40. Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  41. Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 225.
  43. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/46. f. 194.
  44. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 225.
  45. Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  46. Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  47. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 269.
  48. Norfolk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/164. f. 164.
  49. Norfolk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/164. f. 164.
  50. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

See Also


Courageous Class Battlecruiser
  Courageous Glorious  
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