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Revision as of 15:06, 18 September 2012

H.M.S. Champion
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: C8 (1914)
37 (Jan 1918)
25 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Hawthorn Leslie
Laid Down:
Launched: 29 May, 1915
Commissioned:
Sold:
Fate:

Alterations

Champion was fitted with a director in January, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[2]

At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her TS.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 48.
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
  3. Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.
  4. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 756.

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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