H.M.S. Warrior (1905)

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H.M.S. Warrior (1905)
Pendant Number: 18 (1914)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 Nov, 1903
Launched: 25 Nov, 1905[4]
Commissioned: 1 Jun, 1907
Sunk: 1 Jun, 1916[5]

The name ship for her class of four armoured cruisers, H.M.S. Warrior was commissioned by Captain Waymouth at Pembroke on 1 June, 1907.[6]

Construction & Delivery

Warrior was launched by Lady Windsor in bad weather that did not discourage a large public audience on 25 November, 1905 at Pembroke Dock in the Number 5 Slipway. She was projected to cost 1,183,946.[7]

Service

On 5 February 1907, a projectile fired from Warrior struck the village of Selsey. The Admiralty expressed severe displeasure toward Captain Arthur William Waymouth for having disregarded a circular letter of 14 January which outlined precautions that would have made such an accident impossible.[8]

In early 1913, Warrior was serving in the Second Cruiser Squadron.[9]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 July 1913.[10]

Battle of Jutland

Main article: H.M.S. Warrior at the Battle of Jutland

Radio

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for the ship.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 3 June, 1907. Issue 38349, col A, p. 6.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 27 Nov. 1905, p. 10.
  8. Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87/137. f. 138.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 396.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 396.
  11. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  12. Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  13. Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 443.
  14. Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 396.
  16. Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
  17. Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  18. Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  19. Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  20. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 396.
  21. Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43 f. 199.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399g.
  23. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
  24. Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
  25. Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.


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