H.M.S. Carnarvon (1903)

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H.M.S. Carnarvon (1903)
Pendant Number: 30 (1914)
P.3A (Sep 1915)
P.80 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 1 Oct, 1902[4]
Launched: 7 Oct, 1903[5]
Commissioned: 29 May, 1905[6]
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[7]
Fate: to Slough, T.C.[8]

Service

The ship completed to full complement at Devonport on 18 June, 1907.[9]

In 1908-10, at least, she was in the Second Cruiser Squadron.[10]

In or around September 1912, Carnarvon collided with King Alfred while turning over gunnery targets. Captain John Douglas Edwards of King Alfred was faulted for the mishap, as his arrangements for exchanging these materials "were not good."

In mid-1913, she was flagship to the Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets, out of Devonport.[11] During this time, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[12]

Captain William Bowden-Smith grounded her on Lichfield Shoal in June 1917. He was subjected to a Court of Enquiry on 9 June which determined he had committed an error in judgment by placing undue confidence in the navigating officer.[13]

Carnarvon was re-commissioned on 16 April, 1919.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 291.
  10. Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 291.
  12. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  13. Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 742.
  15. Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1384.
  16. Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1384.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 291.
  18. de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
  19. de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 291.
  21. Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
  22. Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
  23. Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
  24. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 291.
  25. Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
  26. D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
  27. D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 291.
  29. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 10 January, 1914. Issue 40417, col B, p. 12.
  30. Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
  31. Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392q.
  33. Hibbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 309/624.
  34. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392e.
  35. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  36. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 752.
  37. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  38. Wigram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 388.
  39. Wigram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 388.
  40. Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
  41. Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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