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'''H.M.S. ''Doris''''' was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine [[Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)|''Eclipse'' class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
In mid-1913, she was operating with the Third Fleet out of Devonport.{{NLJul13|p. 303}}
Early in the war, she was part of the {{UK-CS|11}}, which was itself part of the Third Fleet.


==Radio==
==Radio==
In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine <b>not</b> noted as having or being slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|pp. 111-112}}  Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.{{INF}}
In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine <b>not</b> noted as having or being slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|pp. 111-112}}  Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.{{INF}}
==Alterations==
In 1902 the ship was rearmed with a single calibre main battery of 6-in B.L. guns in place of the existing mixed battery of 6-in and 4.7-in Q.F. guns. <ref>War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign) Part II (Quarterly Return) October 1915 {{TNA|ADM 186/15.|C2487925}} p. 9.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
* {{CaptRN}} [[George Le Clerc Egerton]], May 1897.{{MackieRNW}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Doris''">
* Captain [[Reginald Charles Prothero]], 27 April, 1898.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 26 April, 1898.  Issue '''35500''', col B, p. 14.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Lucius Fanshawe Royle|nick=Henry L. F. Royle|appt=15 June, 1897|end=29 July, 1897|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
* Captain [[Frederick Robert William Morgan]], June 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=George Le C. Egerton|appt=29 December, 1897<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 16.</ref>|end=9 June, 1898<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 16.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Arthur Wartensleben Ewart]], June 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Charles Prothero|nick=Reginald C. Prothero|appt=27 April, 1898<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 26 April, 1898.  Issue '''35500''', col B, p. 14.</ref>|end=31 May, 1901{{NMI|Saturday, June 1, 1901, Issue 36470, p.8}}}}
*Captain [[Stuart St. John Farquhar|Stuart St. J. Farquhar]], 27 November, 1906.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 302.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Lowther Grant|nick=William L. Grant|appt=4 January, 1901<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>|end=16 March, 1901<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Spencer Allen Hickley]], November 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Robert William Morgan|nick=Frederick R. W. Morgan|appt=May, 1902<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 37.</ref>|end=9 June, 1904<ref>Morgan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 37.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Michael Henry Hodges]], July 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Wartensleben Ewart|nick=Arthur W. Ewart|appt=10 June, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 303}}<ref>Ewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 49.</ref>|end=27 November, 1906<ref>Ewart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 49.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Philip Streatfeild]], December 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart St. John Farquhar|nick=Stuart St. J. Farquhar|appt=27 November, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 302}}|end=27 November, 1908<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 301</ref>}}
* Captain [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall]], 6 September 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 303.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Spencer Allen Hickley|nick=Spencer A. Hickley|appt=27 November, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 302}}<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602446}} f. 108.</ref>|end=July, 1910<ref>Hickley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602446}} f. 108.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Frank Larken]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 305.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=19 July, 1910<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 302}}|end=8 December, 1911<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Thomas Leigh Goldie]], October 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Streatfeild|nick=Philip Streatfeild|appt=7 December, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 303}}|end=28 August, 1913<ref>Streatfeild Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/260.|D7602592}} ff. 285, 286.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=6 September, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 303}}|end=15 May, 1914<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Seymour Fisher Rowe|nick=Seymour F. Rowe|appt=20 June, 1914{{NLJul14|p. 303}}|end=1 August, 1914{{NLJul14|p. 303}}{{NLDec16|p. 393''r''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Larken|nick=Frank Larken|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLAug17|p. 393''e''}}|end=c. 9 October, 1917{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Leigh Goldie|nick=Thomas L. Goldie|appt=9 October, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''e''}}|end=22 December, 1918}}
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==Torpedoes==
==Torpedoes==
In October 1898, the ship became one of the first in the [[Royal Navy]] to receive torpedoes fitted for gyroscopes, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot:{{ARTS1898|p. 42}}
In October 1898, the ship became one of the first in the [[Royal Navy]] to receive torpedoes fitted for gyroscopes, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot:{{ARTS1898|p. 42}}
* two [[18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedo]]es, one H.B. type from R.G.F. and one S.L. type from Whitehead
* two {{Torp|18-in Mark IV|UK}}es, one H.B. type from R.G.F. and one S.L. type from Whitehead


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 5 minutes, 4 seconds in one trial and 5:12 in a second.  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}}
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 5 minutes, 4 seconds in one trial and 5:12 in a second.  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}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Doris_(1896)}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Doris_(1896)}}
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 15:53, 28 January 2022

H.M.S. Doris (1896)
Pendant Number: D.59 (1914)
P.47 (Sep 1915)
none (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 29 Aug, 1894[4]
Launched: 3 Mar, 1896[5]
Commissioned: 18 Nov, 1897[6]
Sold: 20 Feb, 1919[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Doris was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In mid-1913, she was operating with the Third Fleet out of Devonport.[8]

Early in the war, she was part of the Eleventh Cruiser Squadron, which was itself part of the Third Fleet.

Radio

In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine not noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9] Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.[Inference]

Alterations

In 1902 the ship was rearmed with a single calibre main battery of 6-in B.L. guns in place of the existing mixed battery of 6-in and 4.7-in Q.F. guns. [10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Torpedoes

In October 1898, the ship became one of the first in the Royal Navy to receive torpedoes fitted for gyroscopes, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot:[39]

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 5 minutes, 4 seconds in one trial and 5:12 in a second.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[40]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 303.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. pp. 111-112.
  10. ↑ War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign) Part II (Quarterly Return) October 1915 The National Archives. ADM 186/15. p. 9.
  11. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 16.
  12. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 16.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 26 April, 1898. Issue 35500, col B, p. 14.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, June 1, 1901, Issue 36470, p.8.
  15. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  16. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  17. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 37.
  18. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 37.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 303.
  20. ↑ Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  21. ↑ Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 302.
  23. ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 301
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 302.
  25. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
  26. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
  27. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 302.
  29. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 303.
  31. ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 303.
  33. ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 303.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 303.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393r.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393e.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393e.
  39. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  40. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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