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==Service==
==Service==
She recommissioned on 14 March 1913 to join Second Fleet at Portsmouth.  In July, she was ordered to join the {{UK-LCS|2}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), pp. 340-1.</ref>
In November, 1915, the ship was temporarily attached to the [[Grand Fleet]].<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915) p. 10.</ref>
In November, 1915, the ship was temporarily attached to the [[Grand Fleet]].<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915) p. 10.</ref>


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*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles H. Morgan]], August 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles H. Morgan]], August 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Charles Blois Miller]], January 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Charles Blois Miller]], 9 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 340.</ref>
* Captain [[Edward Reeves]], 9 July, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 340.</ref> in command at outbreak of war.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 440}}
* Captain [[Edward Reeves]], 9 July, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 340.</ref> in command at outbreak of war.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 440}}
* Captain [[Gerald William Vivian]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Gerald William Vivian]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 20:05, 14 July 2013

H.M.S. Liverpool (1909)
Pendant Number: 44 (1914)
80 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Laid down: 17 Feb, 1909[3]
Launched: 30 Oct, 1909[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1910[5]
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[6]

Service

She recommissioned on 14 March 1913 to join Second Fleet at Portsmouth. In July, she was ordered to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[7]

In November, 1915, the ship was temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.[8]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 4 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), pp. 340-1.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915) p. 10.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 340.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 340.
  13. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • 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).


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