H.M.S. Dauntless (1918)

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H.M.S. Dauntless (1918)
Pendant Number: 71 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Laid down: 3 Jan, 1917[3]
Launched: 10 Apr, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 26 Nov, 1918[5]
Sold: Feb, 1946[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Dauntless was completed with a gunnery director installation.[7]

Dauntless was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[8]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 February, 1926.[9]

Commissioned at Bermuda on 30 November, 1928.[10]

Dauntless was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1930.[11]

Dauntless was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 July, 1932 for duty on the America and West Indies Station.[12]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.[13]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 (10?) August, 1936.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 230, 231.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 231.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 229.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  15. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.
  17. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
  21. Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  22. Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  23. Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  24. Macpherson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/133. f. 537.
  25. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  26. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
  28. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
  29. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  33. Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  34. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  35. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
  36. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
  37. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
  38. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
  39. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  40. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  42. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  43. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
  45. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • 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.


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