H.M.S. Antelope (1893)
H.M.S. Antelope (1893) | |
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Builder: | Devonport[1] |
Ordered: | Naval Defence Act |
Laid down: | 21 Oct, 1889[2] |
Launched: | 12 Jul, 1893[3] |
Completed: | 18 Jul, 1894[4] |
Sold: | 27 May, 1919[5] |
H.M.S. Antelope was one of 11 torpedo gunboats of the Alarm class.
Service
In August 1891, her construction continued after a fifteen month hiatus. The Times was by now referring to the entire Sharpshooter class as being "notoriously unsuccessful."[6]
On 19 January 1894, she was taken outside Plymouth breakwater for an eight hours trial of her machinery. Despite very low expectations, this trial delivered 17 knots in heavy seas and a force five wind.[7]
Unlike her surviving sisters, Antelope was not converted to a minesweeper during the first decade of the twentieth century. Instead reduced to harbour service in 1910, first as a tender to Mercury to support submarines,[8], she commissioned at Pembroke Dock on 25 June, 1910[9] and eventually served at Devonport as a training ship. She was sold to T. R. Sales for breaking up on 27 May, 1919.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Scott W. A. H. Gray, 18 July, 1894[11] – 1 October, 1894 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Commander Herbert Lyon, 24 July, 1895[12] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
- Lieutenant & Commander Joseph R. Bridson, 8 July, 1896[13] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Commander George F. Glennie, 15 June, 1897 – 26 July, 1897 (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Commander Oliver A. Stokes, 4 May, 1899[14][15] – 4 May, 1902[16] (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Commander Henry A. Phillipps, 4 May, 1902[17] – 23 August, 1902
- Commander William C. M. Nicholson, 10 September, 1902[18][19] – 30 November, 1904[20]
- Commander Frederic W. Dean, 30 November, 1904[21] – 2 January, 1905[22]
- Lieutenant & Commander Joseph A. Shuter, 21 June, 1910[23] – 18 April, 1912[24]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 14, 1891; pg. 8; Issue 33403.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 20, 1894; pg. 5; Issue 34166.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 24, 1910; pg. 8; Issue 39228.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 224.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1243.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1243.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 225.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 273.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 214.
- ↑ Dean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/39. f. 41.
- ↑ Dean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/39. f. 41.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 278.
- ↑ Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
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