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Revision as of 14:40, 7 January 2017

H.M.S. Hermes (1898)
Pendant Number: N/A[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Laid down: 30 Apr, 1897[3]
Launched: 7 Apr, 1898[4]
Commissioned: 5 Oct, 1899[5]
Torpedoed: 31 Oct, 1914[6]
Fate: by U 27 off Ruylingen Bank[7]

Service

In 1910, Hermes was the best gunnery ship of the three tested at the Cape of Good Hope Station, scoring 75.66 – well ahead of the average 46.930.[8]

Recommissioned on 7 May, 1913 and attached to the Air Service with a number of officers borne for the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8328, p. 4.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 324.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 257.
  11. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  12. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  13. ↑ Kingsford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 749.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 325.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 325.
  16. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  17. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  18. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  19. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 56.
  20. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 56.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 325.
  22. ↑ Dumas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 500.
  23. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  24. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  25. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  26. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography


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