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Visitors to Mount’s Bay
1919
The Atlantic Fleet set off on
a Tour of the Ports of Britain.
Orders for Cruise of the Atlantic Fleet
Dates given for September 1919
Group 1
QUEEN ELIZABETH, LION and VENOMOUS
Portland 1st
Torbay 6th
Ilfracombe 10th QUEEN ELIZABETH alone
Swansea 10th LION alone
Llandudno 13th
Ardrossan 17th
Oban 22nd
Scapa 30th
Group 2
BARHAM,
WARSPITE and VALIANT
MALAYA was on call, so may not have joined the Group.
Portland
1st
Swanage
and Bournemouth 6th
Penzance
13th-19th
Aberystwith
Holyhead 20th
Tail of
Bank, Clyde 25th
Scapa
30th
Group 3
REVENGE, RESOLUTION and RAMILLIES
Joined by ROYAL OAK from 12th
Portland 1st
Folkestone 7th
Deal 10th RESOLUTION only
Margate 10th REVENGE and RAMILLIES
Yarmouth 14th
Scarborough 22nd
Invergordon 30th
Vice Admiral Sir S R Fremantle is on the REVENGE.
Group A
FEARLESS and three K class submarines
Portland 1st
Weston-super-Mare 7th
Belfast 12th
Dunoon and Campbeltown 17th
Oban 24th
Scapa 30th
Group B
ITHURIEL and three K class submarines
Portland 1st
Douglas and Ramsay 7th
Geenock 13th
Ardrossan Tobermorey Rothesay Lamlash 20th
Scapa 30th
Commodore(D) in CASTOR with WOLSEY, WINCHESTER, WHITLEY and SPLENDID
will visit ports independently ( Falmouth ).
CARYSFORT will proceed to Harwich and PHAETON to Rosyth, to wait for
FLENSBURG.
This Autumn cruise, as well as being a
public relations event,
was also spent in war exercises.
WARSPITE obviously enjoyed her stay in
Mount’s Bay, as later events testify.
HMS
WARSPITE
Queen
Elizabeth Class
Displacement
30,600 tons; 640 ft x 90 ft x 30 ft;
Geared
turbines; 80,000 hp; 4 shafts; 25 knots
Cost
£2,500,000
Completed
March 1915 Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, Britain
Fourteen
battle honours
1946
Sold out of the Royal Navy
23rd
April 1947 Went aground in Mounts Bay, Cornwall, en route to the
breakers. More here …. HMS WARSPITE
HMS
VALIANT
Queen
Elizabeth Class
Launched
4 Nov 1914 Fairfield (Govan, Glasgow)
Displacement
27,500 tons; 33,000 full load
640 ft x
90 ft x 33 ft; 80,000 hp; 25 knots
Cost
£2,550,000
Completed
Jan 1916
Sold for
breaking up 19 Mar 1948
HMS VALIANT and WARSPITE
Picture taken by a second cousin, with her new Carbine
camera.
Unfortunately, the two pictures of Barham are missing,
but all the pages are dated September 1919.
Her brother was a crew member on HMS BARHAM.
HMS Barham
HMS
BARHAM
Later
Queen Elizabeth Class
Displacement
31,100 tons; 640 ft x 104 ft x 33 ft; 75,000 hp; 25 knots
Cost
£2,470,000
Completed
October 1915
Carried
aircraft
25th
November 1941 Torpedoed and Sunk by U-331,
off
Sollum ( Egypt ), with the loss of 900 lives.
For more information on the loss of the BARHAM
www.the-weatherings.co.uk/pccship0244.htm
HMS Barham
Queen
Elizabeth Class
Decks
were remarkably clear, and internal arrangements were very spacious. They were considered
to be the finest group of capital ships ever produced by any nation and were
the ideal fast battleship.
For more information go to
www.worldwar1.co.uk/battleship/hms-queen-elizabeth.html
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Raymond
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