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'''H.M.S. ''Swiftsure''''' was originally built for Chile as ''Constitucion''; she was purchased along with sister {{UK-Triumph}} on 3 December, 1903.{{DittColl|p. 31}}  As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.


==Service==
''Swiftsure'' was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 26 March, 1913 to become flagship of the East Indies station.{{NLApr14|p. 379}}


Originally built for Chile as ''Constitucion'', she was purchased along with sister [[H.M.S. Triumph (1903)|''Triumph'']] on 3 December, 1903.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge. ''British Warships: 1914-1919''. p. 31.</ref> As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.
At 3am on the night of 28 January 1915, while in the Suez Canal supporting ground forces, ''Swiftsure'' switched on her searchlights to engage enemies attacking a friendly outpost.  She opened fire with 7.5-in lyddite shells at 7.05am, ceasing fire at 7.40 when the enemy retreated.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Swiftsure.htm Transcribed ships log].</ref>


==Service==
On 10 August, 1915, a gun aboard ''Swiftsure'' accidentally fired and caused casualties on a transport.  A Court of Enquiry found that gunnery {{LCommRN}} [[Cuthbert Winthrop Swithinbank]] had permitted the gun to remain loaded after the gun crew had fallen out.  He received an expression of the Vice-Admiral's dissatisfaction with his neglect of duty.<ref>Swithinbank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>
''Swiftsure'' served in the East Indies until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 31.</ref>  She paid off on 26 April, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 398''c''.</ref>
 
''Swiftsure'' served in the East Indies until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 31.</ref>  She paid off on 26 April, 1917.{{NLNov17|p. 398''c''}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
In 1913 it was approved that ''Swiftsure'' 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>
In mid-1913 it was approved that these ships receive a [[Mark III Dumaresq]], Pattern 760.  Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, each was to surrender a Mark I instrument.{{AWO1913|283 of 6 June, 1913}}


In 1918, ''Swiftsure'' was converted to a [[Blockship|blockship]] at [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]], but was never used as such.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 31.</ref>
In 1918, ''Swiftsure'' was converted to a [[Blockship|blockship]] at [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]], but was never used as such.{{DittColl|p. 31}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]], 5 August, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 380.</ref>
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*Captain [[Cyril Everard Tower|Cyril E. Tower]], 8 February, 1910.<ref>Tower Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 32.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest James Fleet|nick=Ernest J. Fleet|appt=21 June, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 381}}|end=22 September, 1905|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy]], 14 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 383.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway|nick=Arthur A. C. Galloway|appt=22 September, 1905<ref>Galloway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 139/276.</ref>|end=1 July, 1906<ref>Galloway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 139/276.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|nick=Christopher G. F. M. Cradock|appt=17 July, 1906<ref>Cradock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579040}}  f. 89.</ref>|end=6 August, 1908<ref>Cradock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579040}}  f. 89.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Cecil F. Thursby|appt=5 August, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 380}}<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>|end=14 February, 1910<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Everard Tower|nick=Cyril E. Tower|appt=8 February, 1910<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 32.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 380}}|ass=14 February, 1910<ref>Inferred from discharge of predecessor.  Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>|end=19 January, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. P. Hornby|appt=19 January, 1912<ref>Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 338.</ref>|end=14 May, 1912<ref>Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 338.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt|nick=Guy R. A. Gaunt|appt=2 July, 1912<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. 161.</ref>|end=August, 1912|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1912]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=27 August, 1912{{NavAppts|29 Aug. 1912, p. 2}}|end=14 February, 1913|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=1 March, 1913<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|end=17 March, 1913<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Preston|nick=Lionel G. Preston|appt=19 March, 1913<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>|end=April, 1913<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Temple Marshall|nick=Herbert J. T. Marshall|appt=25 March, 1913<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>|end=c. 24 April, 1913<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Raymond Andrew Nugent|nick=Raymond A. Nugent|appt=25 April, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 379}}|end=14 April, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 379}}{{NLApr15|p. 398''m''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy|nick=Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy|appt=14 April, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''m''}}|end=11 August, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|nick=Henry F. G. Talbot|appt=10 August, 1915<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''m''}}|end=26 April, 1917<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander R.N.R.|name=Francis Joseph Stenson|nick=Francis J. Stenson|appt=9 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 912''a''}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-Hibernia}}}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1903)}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Swiftsure.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1903)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 16:32, 16 January 2021

H.M.S. Swiftsure (1903)
Pendant Number: P.05 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2]
Ordered: Purchased 3 Dec, 1903[3]
Laid down: 26 Feb, 1902[4]
Launched: 12 Jan, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1904[6]
Sold: 18 Jun, 1920[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Swiftsure was originally built for Chile as Constitucion; she was purchased along with sister Triumph on 3 December, 1903.[8] As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.

Service

Swiftsure was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 26 March, 1913 to become flagship of the East Indies station.[9]

At 3am on the night of 28 January 1915, while in the Suez Canal supporting ground forces, Swiftsure switched on her searchlights to engage enemies attacking a friendly outpost. She opened fire with 7.5-in lyddite shells at 7.05am, ceasing fire at 7.40 when the enemy retreated.[10]

On 10 August, 1915, a gun aboard Swiftsure accidentally fired and caused casualties on a transport. A Court of Enquiry found that gunnery Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert Winthrop Swithinbank had permitted the gun to remain loaded after the gun crew had fallen out. He received an expression of the Vice-Admiral's dissatisfaction with his neglect of duty.[11]

Swiftsure served in the East Indies until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.[12] She paid off on 26 April, 1917.[13]

Alterations

In mid-1913 it was approved that these ships receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, each was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[14]

In 1918, Swiftsure was converted to a blockship at Chatham Royal Dockyard, but was never used as such.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 39.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 39.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 379.
  10. ↑ Transcribed ships log.
  11. ↑ Swithinbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/49. f. ?.
  12. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.
  14. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 283 of 6 June, 1913.
  15. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 381.
  17. ↑ Galloway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 139/276.
  18. ↑ Galloway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 139/276.
  19. ↑ Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 89.
  20. ↑ Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 89.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 380.
  22. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
  23. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
  24. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 380.
  26. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  27. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  28. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  29. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Aug. 1912, p. 2.
  30. ↑ Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  31. ↑ Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  32. ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  33. ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  34. ↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
  35. ↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 379.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 379.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398m.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398m.
  40. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398m.
  42. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 912a.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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