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Hallo

Hat jemand einen Lebenslauf über die beiden britischen WWI Monitore "Marshall Ney" und "Marshall Soult" parat. Beide waren noch bis nach WWII im Dienst der Royal Navy, allerdings nicht mehr als Monitor.

auf einigen Seiten im WEB gibt es zwar ein paar Informationen, aber die Zeit nach WWI ist spärlich beschrieben und es bleiben viele Lücken

Einsätze in WWI sind natürlich auch willkommen


viele Grüße
Axel

Servus Axel,

hier wieder eine der schönen Zusammenfassungen von Richard:

HMS Marshal Ney,built by Palmer,launched 17/6/1915.Renamed HMS Vivid (base ship)6/1922;HMS Drake 1/1/1934;HMS Aluania II 1947.Arrived at Milford Haven for breaking up,6/10/1957.

HMS Marshal Ney was a Royal Navy Marshal Ney class monitor constructed in the opening years of the First World War. Laid down as HMS M13, she was named for the French general of the Napoleonic Wars Marshal Michel Ney.

Designed for inshore operations along the sandbank strewn Belgian coastline, HMS Marshal Soult was equipped with two massive 15" naval guns. Originally, these guns were to have been stripped from one of the battlecruisers HMS Renown and HMS Repulse after they were redesigned. However the guns were not ready, and guns intended for the battleship HMS Ramillies were used in lieu.

The diesel engines used by the ships were a constant source of technical difficulty, restricting their use. Marshal Ney in particular was, in the words of Jane's Fighting Ships, "practically a failure", on account of her MAN diesel engines being so unreliable. In 1916, her 15" barbette was stripped off and given to HMS Erebus, which was launched in the same year. HMS Marshal Ney was then rearmed with a single 9.2 inch gun and four 6 inch guns, for service as a guardship for The Downs. She engaged German destroyers during a raid on Ramsgate in April 1917.

During 1919, HMS Marshal Ney was used as a base ship at Queensborough, before being disarmed and becoming a depot ship at Fort Blockhouse from 1920. Renamed HMS Vivid in June, 1922, she then served as a stoker training ship until 1957. She was again renamed HMS Drake in January 1934, and HMS Alaunia II in 1947. She arrived at the Ward shipyards at Milford Haven on 6 October 1957 for breaking up.