Admiral Goodenough
  British Light Cruiser HMS Southampton
Coal fired boilers
Launched November 1912
Sold for scrap 1926
Admiral Goodenough (1867 to 1945)
1867 Born at Portsmouth
1880 Entered Navy as a cadet (13 years old)
1881 Promoted Sub-lieutenant HMS Northampton (14 years old)
1888 HMS Raleigh
1889 HMS Victoria and Albert. Promoted the Lieutenant
1900 Promoted to Commander. HMS resolution
1901 HMS Formidable one of the new class of Battleships
1905 Promoted to Captain, and appointed Captain of the Dartmouth Naval Training School
1907 Flag Captain to Sir John Jellicoe HMS Albermarle
1910 Commanded HMS Cochrane
1913 Promoted to Commodore HMS Southampton (Battle of Jutland)
After the Battle of Jutland Promoted to Rear Admiral HMS Orion
1919 - 1920 Admiral Superintendent Chatham Dockyard
1920 - 1922 Commander in Chief Africa Station. Promoted to Vice Admiral
1925 Promoted Full Admiral
1930 Naval Aide - de - Camp to the King
There is a portrait of him hanging in the National Gallery
He lived at Parson's Pightle,(the old rectory) unfortunatly demolished, and the site is now used by the John Fisher Rugby Football Club
Battle of Jutland 31/5/1916 (Known as the Skagerrak by the Germans)
The largest sea battle to have ever taken place
There were 200 ships involved. 151 British, (Admiral Jellicoe), and 99 German ships (Vice Admiral Scheer)
The German ships has slightly smaller guns, 12 inch, against the British
15 inch, but could fire over a much longer distance
This was 16000 yards (9.09 miles) against the British 14500 yards (8.2 miles)
If both fleets fired their guns at the same time a Grand Total of 586,658 lbs (41,904 Stone or 266,108 Kilograms {think of each Kilogram as one bag of sugar}) of ammunition would have been used
Although the sea conditions were calm, the wash from such a large number of ships churned the sea up so that it was quite rough
 Area of the Battle of Jutland
The tattered Union Battle Flag of HMS Southampton was saved and presented to a new HMS Southampton at the start of WW2
This ship was unfortunately sunk by German dive-bombers in the Malta channel on January 5th 1941
Some 15inch guns are on display outside the Imperial War Museum
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