H.M.S. Prince Rupert (1915)

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H.M.S. Prince Rupert (1915)
Pendant Number: M.07 (Apr 1915)
M.12 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Hamilton & Company[2]
Laid down: 12 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 20 May, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1915[5]
Sold: May, 1923[6]

Service

In July, 1918, Prince Rupert was serving with East Coast Forces out of the Humber, the only monitor so assigned.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 15.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397c.
  9. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  10. Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 885.
  12. Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513. Day of month not legible, but may be 21.
  13. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 885a.

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).


Lord Clive Class Monitor
  Earl of Peterborough General Craufurd General Wolfe Lord Clive  
  Prince Eugene Prince Rupert Sir John Moore Sir Thomas Picton  
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