H.M.S. Roxburgh (1904)

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H.M.S. Roxburgh (1904)
Pendant Number: 86 (1914)
3A (Jan 1918)
N.34 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 13 Jun, 1902[4]
Launched: 19 Jan, 1904[5]
Commissioned: 5 Sep, 1905[6]
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[7]
Fate: to Slough T.C.[8]

Service

In December 1907, she collided with a steamboat of H.M.S. Magnificent. Lowly Sub-Lieutenant Percy Ralph Passawer Percival of Roxburgh was blamed in the incident, which is somewhat unusual. That same month, command of the ship was being turned over from Captain The Hon. Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe to Morgan Singer, but the incident is not mentioned in either man's Service Record.[9]

As part of the Channel Fleet, Roxburgh was to start refitting in Devonport in September 1908, after Hampshire rejoined the Fleet.[10]

In early August 1909 while the cruiser was in Plymouth Sound, £500 of public money was found to be missing from the ship. A forensic inquiry into her books was so extensive that she was unable to sail for Bantry on 8 August as ordered. It was believed that a large quantity of gold had been removed from her safe quite recently.[11] This was similar to a larger theft that had occurred in the Indomitable in May 1909.[12]

Roxburgh was completed to full crew at Devonport on 12 February, 1913 for service in the Third Cruiser Squadron.[13]

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[14]

On 21 June, 1915, Roxburgh was torpedoed off May Island by U 38. Botha, Fearless and destroyers of the First Destroyer Flotilla escorted her back into Rosyth under her own power.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The confusion between Hickman and Vivian is noted.

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. ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  10. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 7 Aug. 1909, p. 7.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 26 May 1909, p. 9.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 368.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  15. ↑ Diary of Alec S. Tempest.
  16. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
  17. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
  18. ↑ Ashe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/39. f. 42.
  19. ↑ Ashe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/39. f. 42.
  20. ↑ Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 130/264.
  21. ↑ Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 130/264.
  22. ↑ Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
  23. ↑ Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
  24. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 8 January, 1910. Issue 39164, col A, p. 5.
  25. ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
  26. ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 368.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 368.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
  30. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  31. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  32. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  33. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  35. ↑ Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 196.
  36. ↑ Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 196.
  37. ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397k-r.
  39. ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
  40. ↑ Hickman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/218. f. 224.
  41. ↑ Hickman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/218. f. 224.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397p.
  43. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  44. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, April 8, 1919, Issue 42069, p.18.
  45. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44 f. 44.
  46. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44 f. 44.

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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