H.M.S. Yarmouth (1911)
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| 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] |
H.M.S. Yarmouth was one of four Weymouth class light cruisers. She was completed in 1912.
Service
Yarmouth commissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1912.[7]
In mid-1913, she was active in the Mediterranean.[8]
At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers under Captain Thomas Drummond Pratt. Yarmouth acted as the linking ship between the L.C.S. and Lion.[9]
She recommissioned with Reserve Complement on 8 December, 1920.[10]
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.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William John Standly Alderson, 10 October, 1911.[12]
- Captain Henry Lake Cochrane, 10 August 1913.[13]
- Captain Thomas Drummond Pratt, January 1915,[14] in command at the Battle of Jutland.[15]
- Captain Henry Lake Cochrane, August 1917.[16]
- Captain Cyril Asser, 1 July, 1918.[17]
- Captain Arthur Beckett Hughes, 1 March, 1919.[18]
- Captain Hugh T. England, December 1923.[19]
- Captain Egerton W. Isaacson, November 1925.[20]
- Captain William N. Custance, November 1926.[21]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 398.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 7, 33, 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
- ↑ The Navy List, (April, 1914). p. 398.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 945a.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 902-945.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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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