H.M.S. Immortalité (1887)
| H.M.S. Immortalité (1887) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard [1] |
| Laid down: | 18 Jan, 1886[2] |
| Launched: | 7 Jul, 1887[3] |
| Commissioned: | Jul, 1889[4] |
| Sold: | 1 Jan, 1907[5] |
H.M.S. Immortalité was one of 7 armoured cruisers of the Orlando class.
Service
She was commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1890.[6] Later that month, she participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 under the command of either Arthur D. Fanshawe or William Wiseman (their Service Records contradict a newspaper account) as part of the Hostile Fleet tasked with threatening British trade routes. Aurora was the other ship in this command ambiguity.[7]
Immortalité was the second British warship to arrive at Manila (the first was the gunboat Linnet) after the American victory at the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May, 1898. She arrived on 7 May and Commodore George Dewey was "especially greatful for the understanding attitude" of her commanding officer, Captain Edward Chichester, during the coming weeks.[8]
In 1902, she was in Sheerness, serving as a gunnery training ship, tender to Wildfire.[9]
On 7 April, 1904, while under the command of Archibald Peile Stoddart, she collided with the floating workshop Temeraire off the Tyne while attempting to take the latter under tow. Both returned to harbour in a damaged condition.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Richard H. Hamond, 18 July, 1889[11][12] – 7 September, 1889[13] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889)
- Captain Sir William Wiseman, Bart., 1 July, 1890[14] – 23 August, 1892
- Captain Alexander G. McKechnie, 23 August, 1892[15]
- Captain Edward Chichester, 19 November, 1895[16]
- Captain Arthur A. C. Galloway, 10 July, 1900[17] – 22 August, 1900[18] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1900)
- Captain Sackville H. Carden, 21 May, 1901[19] – 1902 (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Captain Archibald P. Stoddart, 16 October, 1902[20] – 12 May, 1904[21]
- Captain William O. Boothby, 6 May, 1904[22] – 18 January, 1905[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 227.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
- ↑ Braisted. U.S. Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909. pp. 33, 35.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 268.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 08, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37363.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
- ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
- ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 260.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, 5 July, 1900. Issue 36186, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Galloway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 139/276.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 268.
- ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 589.
- ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 589.
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
Bibliography
- Braisted, William Reynolds (1958). The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (2008 reprint edition) (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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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