H.M.S. Earl of Peterborough (1915)
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Pendant Number: | M.04 (Apr 1915) M.09 (Sep 1915) M.01 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Harland & Wolff, Belfast[2] |
Laid down: | 16 Jan, 1915[3] |
Launched: | 28 Aug, 1915[4] |
Commissioned: | Oct, 1915[5] |
Sold: | 8 Nov, 1921[6] |
Fate: | Broken up[7] |
H.M.S. Earl of Peterborough was a big gun monitor of the Lord Clive class used by the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Service
Reduced to Shipkeeping Party on 6 June, 1919.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Hugh G. Somerville, 28 June, 1915[9][10] – 1 June, 1919[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Nelson Wheelwright, 7 May, 1919 – 27 May, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 765.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 782.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
Bibliography
- Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)
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