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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Captain [[Thomas Drummond Gilbert]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
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*{{CaptRN}} [[William John Standly Alderson]], October 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Lake Cochrane]], August 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Thomas Drummond Pratt]], January 1915,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
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*Captain [[Henry Lake Cochrane]], August 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Cyril Asser]], 1 July, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 945''a''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cyril Asser]], 1 July, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 945''a''.</ref>
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*Captain [[William John Standly Alderson]],
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*Captain [[Arthur Beckett Hughes]], March 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Hugh T. England]], December 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Egerton W. Isaacson]], November 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[William N. Custance]], November 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 21:06, 22 October 2012

H.M.S. Yarmouth (1911)
Pendant Number: 95 (Feb 1915)
1C (Jan 1918)
72 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Laid down: 27 Jan, 1910[3]
Launched: 12 Apr, 1911[4]
Commissioned: Apr, 1912[5]
Sold: 2 Jul, 1929[6]


Alterations

Yarmouth 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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 945a.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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