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''Weymouth'' was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity. | ''Weymouth'' was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 27 September 2012
| H.M.S. Weymouth (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 03 (1914) 0C (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
| Laid down: | 19 Jan, 1920[3] |
| Launched: | 18 Nov, 1910[4] |
| Commissioned: | Oct, 1911[5] |
| Sold: | 2 Oct, 1928[6] |
Alterations
Weymouth was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William D. Church, 15 August, 1913.[8]
- Captain John Donald Kelly, allegedly during wartime[Citation needed]
- Captain Alister F. Beal, February, 1918.[9]
- Captain George Napier Tomlin,
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 948.
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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