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==Service==
==Service==
On 10 October, 1907, a number of officers were appointed to ''Talbot'' for exercises, including [[Herbert James Ogilvy Millar|Herbert J. O. Millar]].<ref>Millar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 325.</ref>
In mid-1913, she was with Third Fleet, temporarily attached to the {{UK-DF|7}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 381.</ref>
In mid-1913, she was with Third Fleet, temporarily attached to the {{UK-DF|7}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 381.</ref>


Revision as of 20:04, 5 August 2013

H.M.S. Talbot (1895)
Pendant Number: D.61 (1914)
P.61 (Sep 1915)
P.A7 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 Mar, 1894[4]
Launched: 25 Apr, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 15 Sep, 1896[6]
Sold: 6 Dec, 1921[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

On 10 October, 1907, a number of officers were appointed to Talbot for exercises, including Herbert J. O. Millar.[8]

In mid-1913, she was with Third Fleet, temporarily attached to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

Reduced to Reserve Commission 7 October, 1913.[10]

As part of the Channel Fleet, Talbot started a refit on 10 March 1908. She was projected to emerge on 16 May[11]

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the China Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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 minutes, 48.5 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[26]

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. ↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 325.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 381.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 380.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 84.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 383a.
  23. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398n.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ 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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