Devonport in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Devonport in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records6 event labels3 people1911–1923

Historical events in Devonport

1911

17 November 1911

Launch

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Liberal Party Government

Launches the Centurion

1914

November 1914

Devonport Battlecruiser Repairs Accelerated

John Arbuthnot Fisher · World War, 1st

Fisher insists repairs and preparation of Invincible and Inflexible be accelerated for immediate South Atlantic service.

11 November 1914

Battlecruiser Sailing Deadline Enforced

John Arbuthnot Fisher · World War, 1st

Fisher refuses to delay the South Atlantic force and requires the battlecruisers to sail even with workmen still aboard.

11 November 1914

Falklands Hunting Force Departs

John Arbuthnot Fisher · World War, 1st

Invincible and Inflexible leave Devonport under Sturdee on the mission Fisher had organised after Coronel.

11 November 1914

South Atlantic Battlecruiser Dispatch

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

The Admiralty sends Invincible and Inflexible south under Admiral Sturdee to hunt Admiral von Spee after Coronel.

1923

Member of Parliament

Hore-Belisha · Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Devonport

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