H.M.S. Russell (1901)
| H.M.S. Russell (1901) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 23 (1914)[1] |
| Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1898 Supplemental Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 11 Mar, 1899[4] |
| Launched: | 19 Feb, 1901[5] |
| Completed: | Feb, 1903[6] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Feb, 1903[7] |
| Mined: | 27 Apr, 1916[8] |
| Fate: | off Malta[9] |
Completed in 1903, H.M.S. Russell was the first of six battleships of her class to be commissioned in the Royal Navy.
Service
Russell was launched at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 19 February, 1901, by Mrs. McLaren, wife of Charles McLaren, chairman of the Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company.[10]
Russell commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, to relieve the Canopus in the Mediterranean.[11]
She recommissioned at Sheerness on 13 August, 1912.[12] She received a refit at Gibraltar and then proceeded to The Nore, arriving on 10 January, 1913. Once there, the crew received twenty days combined Christmas and refitting leave.[13]
Russell served in the Fourth Battle Squadron in 1913.[14] At the end of the year, she was serving as flagship to Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at the Nore.[15]
Russell served in the Great War under the exclusive command of Captain William Bowden-Smith until she was sunk by a minefield laid by U 73 off Malta in April, 1916. The sweeping sloop Nasturtium and the hired yacht Aegusa would be sunk by the same minefield later in the same day.[16]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, 19 February, 1903[17][18] – 6 April, 1904[19]
- Captain Francis R. Pelly, 7 April, 1904[20] – 8 May, 1904[21]
- Captain Thomas H. Martyn Jerram, 18 April, 1904[22][23] – December, 1905[Inference]
- Captain Robert S. Lowry, 6 December, 1905[24] – 16 November, 1906[25]
- Captain Frederick A. Warden, 16 November, 1906[26] – 10 August, 1907[27]
- Captain Arthur D. Ricardo, 10 August, 1907[28][29] – 29 July, 1909[30]
- Captain William F. De Salis, 31 July, 1909[31] – 20 February, 1911[32]
- Captain Stuart Nicholson, 11 February, 1911[33] – 27 March, 1911[34]
- Captain George W. Smith, 3 March, 1911[35][36] – 20 March, 1913[37]
- Captain Herbert A. S. Fyler, 20 March, 1913[38] – 5 December, 1913[39]
- Captain William Bowden-Smith, 5 December, 1913[40] – 27 April, 1916[41] (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 232.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 369.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 11, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 722 of 12 Dec, 1913.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 193-4.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 9 February, 1903. Issue 36999, col E, p. 8.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.
- ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 65.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 370.
- ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
- ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
- ↑ Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/604. f. 1377.
- ↑ Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/604. f. 1377.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 370.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 232.
- ↑ De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 345.
- ↑ De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 345.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 370.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
- ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
- ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397t.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 58.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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