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'''H.M.S. ''Vengeance''''' was the sixth and last of the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Canopus Class Battleship (1897)|''Canopus'' class battleships]] to be completed, in 1902.
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==Career==
==Service==
A gunnery training ship at the Nore just prior to Great War,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 388.</ref> ''Vengeance'' was commissioned into the [[Sixth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Sixth Battle Squadron]] of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]], before joining the [[Eighth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Eighth Battle Squadron]] on 8 August, 1914.  She replaced [[H.M.S. Prince George (1895)|H.M.S. ''Prince George'']] as squadron flagship on 15 August.<ref>C.B. 1585.  p. 52.</ref>
Past her scheduled date of relief within the Channel Fleet, neither of ''Vengeance'''s 12-in turrets were operable in April 1908 owing to problems with the roller paths.  {{UK-Formidable}} was projected to relieve her temporarily in May, but her permanent relief was to be {{UK-Bulwark}}.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.  p. 1.</ref>
 
A gunnery training ship at the Nore just prior to Great War,{{NLApr14|p. 388}} ''Vengeance'' was commissioned into the {{UK-BS|6}} of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]], before joining the {{UK-BS|8}} on 8 August, 1914.  She replaced {{UK-PrinceGeorge|f=p}} as squadron flagship on 15 August.<ref>C.B. 1585.  p. 52.</ref>
 
''Vengeance'' paid off on 5 March, 1917.{{NLJan21|p. 880}}


==Torpedoes==
==Torpedoes==
In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 4 minutes, 50 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904''.  pp. 45-7.</ref>
In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 4 minutes, 50 seconds.  The best time was achieved by {{UK-Cressy}} at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[William Edmund Goodenough|William E. Goodenough]], 12 September, 1908.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 389.</ref>
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*Captain [[Bertram Hornsby Smith|Bertram H. Smith]], 15 August, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 387''a''.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leslie Creery Stuart|nick=Leslie C. Stuart|appt=8 April, 1902<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1254.</ref>|end=4 April, 1905<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1254.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|Adolphus H. Williamson]], 8 December, 1915.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 398''v''.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=4 April, 1905<ref>Adair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}}  f. 12.</ref>|end=1 August, 1905<ref>Adair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}}  f. 12.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Harry Campbell Reynolds]], .
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Campbell Reynolds|nick=Harry C. Reynolds|appt=2 August, 1905<ref>Reynolds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7589820}} f. 5.</ref>|end=14 March, 1907<ref>Reynolds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7589820}} f. 5.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Leslie Creery Stuart]], .
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Eustace Anson|nick=Charles E. Anson|appt=12 March, 1907<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 32.</ref>|end=12 September, 1908<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 647.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=William E. Goodenough|appt=12 September, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 389}}<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|end=27 November, 1908<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=27 November, 1908<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>|end=24 March, 1909<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Guy Wright Davy|nick=Edward G. W. Davy|appt=22 April, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 389}}|end=30 August, 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Humbert Grafton|nick=Ernest H. Grafton|appt=24 June, 1910<ref>Grafton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 327/660.</ref>|end=5 August, 1910<ref>Grafton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 327/660.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Godfrey Bird|nick=Frederic G. Bird|appt=30 August, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 390}}|end=30 June, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=11 July, 1911<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 390}}|end=24 August, 1912<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>|note=and for charge of Branch War College, Chatham}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Edmund Musgrave Garforth|nick=Francis E. M. Garforth|appt=16 September, 1912<ref>Garforth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/23.|D7576581}} f. 23.</ref>|end=9 January, 1913<ref>Garforth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/23.|D7576581}} f. 23.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Algernon Adam|nick=Herbert A. Adam|appt=9 January, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 388}}<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 232.</ref>|end=1 May, 1914<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 232.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Hornsby Smith|nick=Bertram H. Smith|appt=15 August, 1914<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/403.|D7602721}} f. 445.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 398''u''}}|end=30 July, 1915<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/403.|D7602721}} f. 445.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=8 December, 1915<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''v''}}|end=March, 1917<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vengeance_(1899)}}
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* [https://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Vengeance.htm Ship's Logs at Naval-History.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vengeance_(1899)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 28 August 2018

H.M.S. Vengeance (1899)
Pendant Number: N.57 (1914)
N.1A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Laid down: 23 Aug, 1898[3]
Launched: 25 Jul, 1899[4]
Completed: Apr, 1902[5]
Commissioned: 8 Apr, 1902
Sold: 1 Dec, 1921[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Vengeance was the sixth and last of the Royal Navy's Canopus class battleships to be completed, in 1902.

Service

Past her scheduled date of relief within the Channel Fleet, neither of Vengeance's 12-in turrets were operable in April 1908 owing to problems with the roller paths. Formidable was projected to relieve her temporarily in May, but her permanent relief was to be Bulwark.[7]

A gunnery training ship at the Nore just prior to Great War,[8] Vengeance was commissioned into the Sixth Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet, before joining the Eighth Battle Squadron on 8 August, 1914. She replaced H.M.S. Prince George as squadron flagship on 15 August.[9]

Vengeance paid off on 5 March, 1917.[10]

Torpedoes

In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 4 minutes, 50 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 172.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 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. p. 1.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 388.
  9. ↑ C.B. 1585. p. 52.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
  12. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1254.
  13. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1254.
  14. ↑ Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 12.
  15. ↑ Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 12.
  16. ↑ Reynolds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 5.
  17. ↑ Reynolds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 5.
  18. ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 32.
  19. ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 647.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
  21. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  22. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  23. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  24. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 389.
  26. ↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
  27. ↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 390.
  29. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 390.
  31. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  32. ↑ Garforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/23. f. 23.
  33. ↑ Garforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/23. f. 23.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 388.
  35. ↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 232.
  36. ↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 232.
  37. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/403. f. 445.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398u.
  39. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/403. f. 445.
  40. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398v.
  42. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.

Bibliography


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