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'''H.M.S. ''Commonwealth''''' was one of eight [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'' class battleships]]. She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service in the Great War with a shifting roster of her sisters in the {{UK-BS|3}}. | '''H.M.S. ''Commonwealth''''' was one of eight [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'' class battleships]]. She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service in the Great War with a shifting roster of her sisters in the {{UK-BS|3}}. | ||
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+ | ==Construction== | ||
+ | The contract date of delivery for the ship had originally been 6 September, 1904, and was then extended to 28 February, 1905. She was eventually delivered on 13 July, 1905.<ref>''Appropriation Account, 1905–1906''. p. 184.</ref> | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Then part of the Channel Fleet, ''Commonwealth'' started a refit in Devonport on 22 May 1908.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.</ref> | Then part of the Channel Fleet, ''Commonwealth'' started a refit in Devonport on 22 May 1908.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.</ref> | ||
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+ | ''Commonwealth'' reduced to Nucleus Crew under the command of [[Oswald William Ormsby]] at Devonport on 7 December, 1910.{{NLApr11|p. 295}} | ||
''Commonwealth'' completed to full crew at Sheerness on 14 May, 1912.{{NLApr14|p. 297}} and was immediately assigned to the {{UK-BS|3}} upon its creation, remaining with the Squadron until January, 1918 when she was detached for miscellaneous duties "in Home Waters or on detached service".<ref>See [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)]] for details on her service in 3BS.</ref> | ''Commonwealth'' completed to full crew at Sheerness on 14 May, 1912.{{NLApr14|p. 297}} and was immediately assigned to the {{UK-BS|3}} upon its creation, remaining with the Squadron until January, 1918 when she was detached for miscellaneous duties "in Home Waters or on detached service".<ref>See [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)]] for details on her service in 3BS.</ref> | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Montague E. Browning|appt=28 May, 1907<ref>Browning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 124.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Montague E. Browning|appt=28 May, 1907<ref>Browning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 124.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=1 February, 1908<ref>Mundy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 189.</ref>|end=4 December, 1908<ref>Mundy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 189.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=1 February, 1908<ref>Mundy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 189.</ref>|end=4 December, 1908<ref>Mundy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 189.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood|appt=5 December, 1908<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 114.</ref>|end=31 December, 1909<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 114.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood|appt=5 December, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 294}}<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 114.</ref>|end=31 December, 1909<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 114.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Alexander Ballard|nick=George A. Ballard|appt=31 December, 1909<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>|end=December, 1910<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Alexander Ballard|nick=George A. Ballard|appt=31 December, 1909<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>|end=December, 1910<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald William Ormsby|nick=Oswald W. Ormsby|appt=9 December, 1910<ref>Ormsby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>|end=16 May, 1911<ref>Ormsby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>|note=under Nucleus Crew}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Francis Benwell|nick=William F. Benwell|appt=16 May, 1911<ref>Benwell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}} f. 215.</ref>|end=6 June, 1911<ref>Benwell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}} f. 215.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Price Vaughan Lewes|nick=Price V. Lewes|appt=6 June, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 294}}<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref>|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Price Vaughan Lewes|nick=Price V. Lewes|appt=6 June, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 294}}<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref>|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maurice Woollcombe|nick=Maurice Woollcombe|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Woollcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 504.</ref>|end=26 October, 1915<ref>Woolcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 504.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maurice Woollcombe|nick=Maurice Woollcombe|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Woollcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 504.</ref>|end=26 October, 1915<ref>Woolcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 504.</ref>}} | ||
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Commonwealth.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Commonwealth.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | ||
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H.M.S. Commonwealth (1903) | |
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Pendant Number: | 31 (1914) 44 (Jan 1918) 31 (Apr 1918) N.88 (Jun 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1901-02 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 17 Jun, 1902[4] |
Launched: | 13 May, 1903[5] |
Completed: | Mar, 1905[6] |
Commissioned: | Mar, 1905[7] |
Sold: | 18 Nov, 1921[8] |
Fate: | Scrapped in Germany[9] |
H.M.S. Commonwealth was one of eight King Edward VII class battleships. She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service in the Great War with a shifting roster of her sisters in the Third Battle Squadron.
Construction
The contract date of delivery for the ship had originally been 6 September, 1904, and was then extended to 28 February, 1905. She was eventually delivered on 13 July, 1905.[10]
Service
Then part of the Channel Fleet, Commonwealth started a refit in Devonport on 22 May 1908.[11]
Commonwealth reduced to Nucleus Crew under the command of Oswald William Ormsby at Devonport on 7 December, 1910.[12]
Commonwealth completed to full crew at Sheerness on 14 May, 1912.[13] and was immediately assigned to the Third Battle Squadron upon its creation, remaining with the Squadron until January, 1918 when she was detached for miscellaneous duties "in Home Waters or on detached service".[14]
She was paid off in March, 1918,[15] returning to commission in April,[16] and assigned to the Northern Patrol in May.[17]
She left the Northern Patrol for "Miscellaneous Service" in December, 1918.[18] This nebulous assignment continued until July, 1919, when she was made a gunnery training ship at Invergordon.[19]
Alterations
Directors were ordered only for Commonwealth and her sister Zealandia on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment. Commonwealth's director was installed in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was not completed.[20] It appears that Commonwealth was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service.
Radio
By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the Third Battle Squadron were all equipped with Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets.[21]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain James Startin, 31 January, 1905[22] – 29 December, 1905[23]
- Captain Richard H. Peirse, 28 December, 1905[24] – 27 May, 1907[25]
- Captain Montague E. Browning, 28 May, 1907[26]
- Captain Godfrey H. B. Mundy, 1 February, 1908[27] – 4 December, 1908[28]
- Captain The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood, 5 December, 1908[29][30] – 31 December, 1909[31]
- Captain George A. Ballard, 31 December, 1909[32] – December, 1910[33]
- Commander Oswald W. Ormsby, 9 December, 1910[34] – 16 May, 1911[35] (under Nucleus Crew)
- Commander William F. Benwell, 16 May, 1911[36] – 6 June, 1911[37]
- Captain Price V. Lewes, 6 June, 1911[38][39] – 1 October, 1913[40]
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 1 October, 1913[41] – 26 October, 1915[42]
- Captain Herbert W. Richmond, 26 October, 1915[43][44] – 26 April, 1917[45]
- Captain Arthur G. Smith, 26 April, 1917[46] – 17 August, 1917[47]
- Captain Arthur G. Smith, April, 1918[48] – 15 November, 1918[49]
- Captain George R. B. Blount, 1 November, 1918[50] – 30 September, 1920[51]
- Captain Alfred A. Ellison, 30 September, 1920[52] – c. April, 1922[53]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 267.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Appropriation Account, 1905–1906. p. 184.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 295.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 297.
- ↑ See Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy) for details on her service in 3BS.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 19.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 19.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 19.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 14.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
- ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 189.
- ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 189.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 294.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 114.
- ↑ Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 114.
- ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
- ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
- ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
- ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
- ↑ Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
- ↑ Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 294.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
- ↑ Woolcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393e.
- ↑ Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 288.
- ↑ Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 288.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 762.
- ↑ Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 749.
- ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 516.
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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