H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)

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H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)
Pendant Number: M.03 (Apr 1915)
M.08 (Sep 1915)
M.07 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Laid down: 9 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 10 Jun, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1915[5]
Sold: Oct, 1927[6]

Service

Paid off 26 November, 1918.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Construction

Lord Clive received a very high priority for receiving directors, and the order for her equipment was completed in 1915.[10]

18-inch Monitor

Along with General Wolfe and Prince Eugene, Lord Clive received an 18-inch gun in 1918. The order for her updated bombardment director equipment was completed by October, 1918 and most likely fitted that month.[11][Inference]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
  8. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 148.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 13.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 14.

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.
  • 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.


Lord Clive Class Monitor
  Earl of Peterborough General Craufurd General Wolfe Lord Clive  
  Prince Eugene Prince Rupert Sir John Moore Sir Thomas Picton  
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