H.M.S. Bulwark (1899): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Made Changes.)
(Made Changes.)
 
(69 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{|align="right" border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" width="300"
<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Bulwark'' (1899)|fate2=in Medway
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark'''''
|comm=11 Mar, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''. Wednesday, 19 March, 1902. Issue '''36719''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
|-
|fatedate=26 Nov, 1914{{DittColl|p. 30}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
|order=1898-99 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
|name=Bulwark
|-
|launch=18 Oct, 1899{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|Ordered:||27 June, 1898
|builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|-
|laid=20 Mar, 1899{{UKDockyardExpenseAccounts1902|p. 26}}
|Builders:||[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]
|fate=Exploded
|-
|pend=95 (1914){{DittColl|p. 30}}
|Laid down:||20 March, 1899
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
|-
'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1902.
|Launched:||18 October, 1899
|-
|Commissioned:||11 March, 1902
|-
|Fate:||Destroyed by internal explosion 26 November, 1914
|-
!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"|General Characteristics
|-
|Displacement:||15,366&nbsp;tons (load); 15,995&nbsp;tons (deep)
|-
|Length:||431 feet 9 in (131 m)
|-
|Beam:||75&nbsp;ft
|-
|Draught:||27&nbsp;ft 3&nbsp;in (load); 28&nbsp;ft 2&nbsp;in (deep)
|-
|Propulsion:||Two sets 3-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, two in-turning propellers
|-
|Speed:||18&nbsp;knots
|-
|Range:||5,550&nbsp;nautical miles at 10&nbsp;knots
|-
|Complement:||750; 766 as flagship, 1904
|-
|Armament:||4 × Mk IX 12&nbsp;inch guns<br />12 × Mk VII 6&nbsp;inch guns<br />16 × 12&nbsp;pdr quick-firing guns<br />2 × 12&nbsp;pdr boat and field guns<br />6 × 3&nbsp;pdr guns<br />2 × machine guns<br />4 × 18&nbsp;in submerged torpedo tubes
|-
|Aircraft:||None
|-
|Motto:||
|}


'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]].
==Service==
''Bulwark'' passed into the Fleet Reserve on 14 March, 1902,{{UKDockyardExpenseAccounts1902|p. 26}} and was commissioned at Devonport on 18 March under Captain [[Frederick Tower Hamilton|Frederick T. Hamilton]], to relieve {{UK-1RoyalOak}} in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]], where she would become flagship of the Commander-in-Chief.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 19 March, 1902.  Issue '''36719''', col D, p. 8.</ref>  On 1 May Admiral [[Compton Edward Domvile|Sir Compton E. Domvile]] hoisted his flag in her, before going on leave.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 2 May, 1902.  Issue '''36757''', col C, p. 8.</ref>  She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|Edward M. Phillpotts]], acting Flag Captain to Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]].


==Career==
In May, 1905, Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]] was appointed in command.  Paid off in March, 1907, ''Bulwark'' was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Frank Finnis]], Rear-Admiral in the Nore Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]].  Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]] took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship {{UK-1Resolution}}.
''Bulwark'' commissioned at Devonport on 18 March, 1902, under Captain [[Frederick Tower Hamilton|Frederick T. Hamilton]], to relieve [[H.M.S. Royal Oak (1892)|''Royal Oak'']] in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]], where she would become flagship of the Commander-in-Chief.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 19 March, 1902.  Issue '''36719''', col D, pg. 8.</ref>  On 1 May Admiral [[Compton Edward Domvile|Sir Compton E. Domville]] hoisted his flag in her, before going on leave.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 2 May, 1902.  Issue '''36757''', col C, pg. 8.</ref>  She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts||Edward M. Phillpotts]], acting Flag Captain to Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]].  In May, 1905, Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]] was appointed in command.  Paid off in March, 1907, ''Bulwark'' was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Frank Finnis]], Rear-Admiral in the Nore Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]].  Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]] took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship [[H.M.S. Resolution (1892)|''Resolution'']].


==Commanding Officers==
On 4 June, 1912, Captain [[Herbert Chatterton]] commissioned ''Bulwark'' at Chatham, for service in the {{UK-BS|5}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 4 June, 1912.  Issue '''39916''', col C, p. 6.</ref>
Dates of appointment given:


*{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Tower Hamilton|Frederick T. Hamilton]], 18 March, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 5 March, 1902.  Issue '''36707''', col E, pg. 5.</ref>
==Loss==
*{{CommRN}} (Acting Flag Captain) [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|Edward M. Phillpotts]], 24 February, 1905.
At 07:55 on 26 November the ''Bulwark'' was destroyed while lying at No. 17 buoy in Kethole Reach.<ref>07:55 is the time given in the report of the Court of Inquiry. Rear-Admiral ''Prince of Wales'', [[Bernard Currey]], reported 07:53. Vice-Admiral ''Lord Nelson'', [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Sir Cecil Burney]], reported 07:50.</ref> The [https://www.cwgc.org/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission database] gives 787 deaths that day.
*Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]], 1 May, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 April, 1905.  Issue '''37689''', col C, pg. 8.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]], 12 February, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 February, 1907.  Issue '''38253''', col E, pg. 6.</ref>
A Court of Inquiry was ordered by the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, Admiral [[Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|Sir Richard Poore, Bart.]], on the same day of the disaster. Rear-Admiral [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Ernest F. A. Gaunt]], commanding the [[Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham|Chatham Naval Barracks]], served as President. Captains [[Charles Edward Le Mesurier|Charles E. Le Mesurier]] of {{UK-Cornwallis}} and [[John Garnet Armstrong|John G. Armstrong]] of {{UK-1London}} were the other members. It assembled at Chatham and took evidence from survivors and others on the 27th,<ref>Poore to [[Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]] [[Morgan Singer]]. Telegram of 26 November, 1914. {{TNA|ADM 116/1370.}}</ref> and reported on 28 November:
*Captain [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|Arthur C. Leveson]], .
 
*Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott|Robert F. Scott]], .
<blockquote>We desire to point out that this enquiry is not exhaustive but has been hastened to report as soon as possible the cause of the explosion on board; more information might be gained if time were given for the survivors to be sufficiently recovered to sustain a searching examination. Also an exhaustive technical enquiry is required into the cordite supplied to H.M.S. "BULWARK" and the probable result of this cordite some of which was 13 years old having been probably exposed for hours at a time to a temperature considerably over 70° Fahrenheit.<ref>Gaunt et al. to Poore. 2170/050 of 28 November, 1914. {{TNA|ADM 116/1370.}}</ref></blockquote>
*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], .
 
*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], .
After surveying the available evidence they found that the ship was sunk "by the explosion of the after- and possibly fore- magazines and shell rooms". Whilst lamenting "It is probable that the actual cause of the ignition of the cordite will never be discovered", they ascertained that a number of 6-inch cordite charges had been left uncovered in the fore ammunition cross passages, and that some of these charges may have been in contact with the bulkhead.
*Captain [[Edmund Hyde Smith|Edmund H. Smith]], .
 
*Captain [[Herbert Chatterton]], .  
<blockquote>From the evidence of eye witnesses it appears as though the first explosion was in the after cross passage; there is no direct evidence as to cordite being loose in this after cross passage but Able Seaman Anderson, R.N.R. stated that a pal who was working aft said that they were doing the same sort of thing that he was.</blockquote>
*Captain [[Guy Lutley Sclater|Guy L. Sclater]], 17 November, 1913.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 287.</ref>
 
It was noted that this was not reflected in the evidence, as "the survivors when interviewed in bed in hospital were mostly in a terrible state, their voices were low and the shorthand writer did not always catch as much as the two members of the Court sitting close to the sufferer". As to why cordite was possibly exposed to danger:
 
<blockquote>The Court regretfully comes to the conclusion that blame is attributable to the dead Officers responsible for the Gunnery Department of the ship for allowing cordite charges not in cases and uncovered to be left in the ammunition cross passages when the men went to their breakfast.<ref>Ibid.</ref></blockquote>
 
==Radio==
At the end of 1909, she was to receive one of eleven [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set|Short Distance Radio Sets]], to be installed at her next refit behind armour near the fore bridge, intended to supplant flag signaling.{{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 25}}  She apparently did not have this equipment in December, 1912, though such gear may have become standard equipment for battleships sometime afterward.{{ARTS1912|W/T Appendix, p. 8}}  In mid-1913, this gear was redesignated as '''Type 3'''.{{AWO1913|306 of 20 June, 1913}}
 
==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 2 minute, 2 seconds, later improved to 1 minute 35 seconds.  The best time was achieved by ''Cressy'' at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}
 
==Alterations==
In 1913 it was approved that ''Bulwark'' receive a [[Mark III Dumaresq]], Pattern 760.  Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.<ref>Admiralty Weekly Orders.  "283.&mdash;Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760&mdash;Supply of, to certain Ships."  N.S. 2066/13.&mdash;6.6.1913.  The National Archives.  ADM 182/4.</ref>
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Bulwark''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=18 March, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 5 March, 1902.  Issue '''36707''', col E, p. 5.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=10 February, 1905<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 335.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=24 February, 1905<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 170.</ref>|end=1 January, 1906<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 170.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Osmond de B. Brock|appt=1 May, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 288}}<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 April, 1905.  Issue '''37689''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|end=11 February, 1907<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 49.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=12 February, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 February, 1907.  Issue '''38253''', col E, p. 6.</ref><ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Arthur C. Leveson|appt=3 January, 1908{{NLJan08|p. 288}}<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 472.</ref>|end=13 June, 1908<ref>Leveson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 472.</ref>|note=temporary, and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Falcon Scott|nick=Robert F. Scott|appt=30 May, 1908<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 501.</ref>|ass=13 June, 1908<ref>Superseded his predecessor that date.  Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=24 March, 1909<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 501.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=24 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 288}}<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>|end=1 March, 1910<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=1 March, 1910<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.|}} f. 129.</ref>|end=18 March, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 February, 1910.  Issue '''39195''', col C, p. 7.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Price Webley Hope|nick=George P. W. Hope|appt=18 March, 1910<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=25 March, 1911<ref>Hope Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 23/44.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Hyde Smith|nick=Edmund H. Smith|appt=25 March, 1911<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 295.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 289.  Date is 24th in here}}|end=11 September, 1911<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 295.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Chatterton|nick=Herbert Chatterton|appt=4 June, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 4 June, 1912.  Issue '''39916''', col C, p. 6.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 289}}|end=17 November, 1913<ref>Chatterton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D8115498}} f. 170.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Lutley Sclater|nick=Guy L. Sclater|appt=17 November, 1913{{NLDec14|p. 287}}<ref>Sclater Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/20.}} f. 21.</ref>|end=26 November, 1914{{KindellROH2|p. 50}}<ref>Sclater Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/20.}} f. 21.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel exploded}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bulwark_(1899)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
Line 67: Line 70:
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
{{refbegin}}
*{{BibDittmarColledge}}
*{{UKDockyardExpenseAccounts1902}}
*{{BibParkesBritishBattleships}}
*{{DittColl}}
*{{BattleshipsWWI}}
*{{ParkesBritishBattleships}}
{{refend}}
{{refend}}


{{Template:London Class (1899)}}
{{Footer London Class Battleship (1899)}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulwark}}
 
{{CatShipPreDreadnought|UK}}
 
{{CatShipLostAccident|UK}}

Latest revision as of 19:41, 30 December 2022

H.M.S. Bulwark (1899)
Pendant Number: 95 (1914)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1898-99 Programme[3]
Laid down: 20 Mar, 1899[4]
Launched: 18 Oct, 1899[5]
Commissioned: 11 Mar, 1902[6]
Exploded: 26 Nov, 1914[7]
Fate: in Medway

H.M.S. Bulwark was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy completed in 1902.

Service

Bulwark passed into the Fleet Reserve on 14 March, 1902,[8] and was commissioned at Devonport on 18 March under Captain Frederick T. Hamilton, to relieve Royal Oak in the Mediterranean, where she would become flagship of the Commander-in-Chief.[9] On 1 May Admiral Sir Compton E. Domvile hoisted his flag in her, before going on leave.[10] She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander Edward M. Phillpotts, acting Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.

In May, 1905, Captain Osmond de B. Brock was appointed in command. Paid off in March, 1907, Bulwark was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral Frank Finnis, Rear-Admiral in the Nore Division, Home Fleet. Captain Bertram M. Chambers took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship Resolution.

On 4 June, 1912, Captain Herbert Chatterton commissioned Bulwark at Chatham, for service in the Fifth Battle Squadron.[11]

Loss

At 07:55 on 26 November the Bulwark was destroyed while lying at No. 17 buoy in Kethole Reach.[12] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission database gives 787 deaths that day.

A Court of Inquiry was ordered by the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bart., on the same day of the disaster. Rear-Admiral Ernest F. A. Gaunt, commanding the Chatham Naval Barracks, served as President. Captains Charles E. Le Mesurier of Cornwallis and John G. Armstrong of London were the other members. It assembled at Chatham and took evidence from survivors and others on the 27th,[13] and reported on 28 November:

We desire to point out that this enquiry is not exhaustive but has been hastened to report as soon as possible the cause of the explosion on board; more information might be gained if time were given for the survivors to be sufficiently recovered to sustain a searching examination. Also an exhaustive technical enquiry is required into the cordite supplied to H.M.S. "BULWARK" and the probable result of this cordite some of which was 13 years old having been probably exposed for hours at a time to a temperature considerably over 70° Fahrenheit.[14]

After surveying the available evidence they found that the ship was sunk "by the explosion of the after- and possibly fore- magazines and shell rooms". Whilst lamenting "It is probable that the actual cause of the ignition of the cordite will never be discovered", they ascertained that a number of 6-inch cordite charges had been left uncovered in the fore ammunition cross passages, and that some of these charges may have been in contact with the bulkhead.

From the evidence of eye witnesses it appears as though the first explosion was in the after cross passage; there is no direct evidence as to cordite being loose in this after cross passage but Able Seaman Anderson, R.N.R. stated that a pal who was working aft said that they were doing the same sort of thing that he was.

It was noted that this was not reflected in the evidence, as "the survivors when interviewed in bed in hospital were mostly in a terrible state, their voices were low and the shorthand writer did not always catch as much as the two members of the Court sitting close to the sufferer". As to why cordite was possibly exposed to danger:

The Court regretfully comes to the conclusion that blame is attributable to the dead Officers responsible for the Gunnery Department of the ship for allowing cordite charges not in cases and uncovered to be left in the ammunition cross passages when the men went to their breakfast.[15]

Radio

At the end of 1909, she was to receive one of eleven Short Distance Radio Sets, to be installed at her next refit behind armour near the fore bridge, intended to supplant flag signaling.[16] She apparently did not have this equipment in December, 1912, though such gear may have become standard equipment for battleships sometime afterward.[17] In mid-1913, this gear was redesignated as Type 3.[18]

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 2 minute, 2 seconds, later improved to 1 minute 35 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[19]

Alterations

In 1913 it was approved that Bulwark receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[20]

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. 37.
  4. ↑ Navy (Dockyard Expense Accounts). 1902–1903. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 19 March, 1902. Issue 36719, col D, p. 8.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  8. ↑ Navy (Dockyard Expense Accounts). 1902–1903. p. 26.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 19 March, 1902. Issue 36719, col D, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 2 May, 1902. Issue 36757, col C, p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 4 June, 1912. Issue 39916, col C, p. 6.
  12. ↑ 07:55 is the time given in the report of the Court of Inquiry. Rear-Admiral Prince of Wales, Bernard Currey, reported 07:53. Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, Sir Cecil Burney, reported 07:50.
  13. ↑ Poore to Director of Naval Ordnance Morgan Singer. Telegram of 26 November, 1914. The National Archives. ADM 116/1370.
  14. ↑ Gaunt et al. to Poore. 2170/050 of 28 November, 1914. The National Archives. ADM 116/1370.
  15. ↑ Ibid.
  16. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  17. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. W/T Appendix, p. 8.
  18. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 306 of 20 June, 1913.
  19. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
  20. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Orders. "283.—Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760—Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.—6.6.1913. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  21. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 5 March, 1902. Issue 36707, col E, p. 5.
  22. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
  23. ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
  24. ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 288.
  26. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 April, 1905. Issue 37689, col C, p. 8.
  27. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
  28. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 February, 1907. Issue 38253, col E, p. 6.
  29. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 288.
  31. ↑ Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 472.
  32. ↑ Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 472.
  33. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 501.
  34. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 501.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 288.
  36. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  37. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  38. ↑ Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 129.
  39. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 February, 1910. Issue 39195, col C, p. 7.
  40. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  41. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
  42. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 289. Date is 24th in here.
  44. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
  45. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 4 June, 1912. Issue 39916, col C, p. 6.
  46. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 289.
  47. ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
  48. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 287.
  49. ↑ Sclater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/20. f. 21.
  50. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 50.
  51. ↑ Sclater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/20. f. 21.

Bibliography

  • Navy (Dockyard Expense Accounts). 1902–1903. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1904.
  • 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).


London Class Pre-dreadnought
Bulwark London Venerable Prince of Wales Queen
<– Formidable Class Battleships (UK) Duncan Class –>
Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Bulwark_(1899)&oldid=333537"