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'''H.M.S. ''Swiftsure''''' was originally built for Chile as ''Constitucion''; she was purchased along with sister {{UK-Triumph}} on 3 December, 1903.{{DittColl|p. 31}}  As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.
  
 
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''Swiftsure'' served in the East Indies until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 31.</ref>  She paid off on 26 April, 1917.{{NLNov17|p. 398''c''}}
 
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Revision as of 00:05, 1 February 2015

H.M.S. Swiftsure (1903)
Pendant Number: P.05 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Ordered: Purchased 3 Dec, 1903[3]
Laid down: 26 Feb, 1902[4]
Launched: 12 Jan, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1904[6]
Sold: 18 Jun, 1920[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Swiftsure was originally built for Chile as Constitucion; she was purchased along with sister Triumph on 3 December, 1903.[8] As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.

Service

Swiftsure was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 26 March, 1913 to become flagship of the East Indies station.[9]

Swiftsure served in the East Indies until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.[10] She paid off on 26 April, 1917.[11]

Alterations

In mid-1913 it was approved that these ships receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, each was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[12]

In 1918, Swiftsure was converted to a blockship at Chatham Royal Dockyard, but was never used as such.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 39.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 39.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 379.
  10. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.
  12. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 283 of 6 June, 1913.
  13. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 89.
  17. ↑ Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 89.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 380.
  19. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  20. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  21. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 379.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 383.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398m.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 912a.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. 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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