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Gunnery Officer during War, [[William Lindsay Jackson]]. | |||
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*Captain [[Ernest Wigram]], | |||
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Along with [[H.M.S. General Wolfe (1915)|''General Wolfe'']] and [[H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)|''Lord Clive'']], ''Prince Eugene'' received an 18-inch gun in 1918. Orders for her updated bombardment director equipment were completed by October, 1918, but unlike her sisters, this equipment was never fitted.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 14.</ref> | Along with [[H.M.S. General Wolfe (1915)|''General Wolfe'']] and [[H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)|''Lord Clive'']], ''Prince Eugene'' received an 18-inch gun in 1918. Orders for her updated bombardment director equipment were completed by October, 1918, but unlike her sisters, this equipment was never fitted.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 14.</ref> | ||
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Prince_Eugene_(1915)}} | |||
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Revision as of 18:24, 26 July 2012
Gunnery Officer during War, William Lindsay Jackson.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Ernest Wigram,
Construction
Prince Eugene received a very high priority for receiving directors, and the order for her equipment was completed in 1915.[1]
18-inch Monitor
Along with General Wolfe and Lord Clive, Prince Eugene received an 18-inch gun in 1918. Orders for her updated bombardment director equipment were completed by October, 1918, but unlike her sisters, this equipment was never fitted.[2]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gilbert, Martin (1971). Winston S. Churchill: The Challenge of War 1914–1916. III. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0395131537.
- Template:FireControlInHMShips1919
