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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.
'''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==
==Service==
''Swiftsure'' recommissioned at Portsmouth on 26 March, 1913 to become flagship of the East Indies station.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 379.</ref>
''Swiftsure'' was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 26 March, 1913 to become flagship of the East Indies station.{{NLApr14|p. 379}}


''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>
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>
 
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.{{NLNov17|p. 398''c''}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Swiftsure''">
*{{CaptRN}} [[|Ernest James Fleet|Ernest J. Fleet]], June 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
{{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 [[Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway|Archibald A. C. Galloway]], September 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
{{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>}}
*Captain [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Christopher G. F. M. Cradock]], July 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
{{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>}}
*Captain [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]], 5 August, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 380.</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>}}
*Captain [[Cyril Everard Tower|Cyril E. Tower]], 8 February, 1910.<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 32.</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}}
*Captain [[Raymond Andrew Nugent|Raymond A. Nugent]], 25 April 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 379.</ref>
{{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>}}
*Captain [[Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy]], 14 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 383.</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]]}}
*Captain [[Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|Henry F. G. Talbot]], August 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
{{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}}
* Commander R.N.R. [[Francis Joseph Stenson|Francis J Stenson]], R.D., and for command of {{UK-Hibernia}}, 9 November, 1917.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 912a}}
{{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}}
</div name=fredbot:capts>
{{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}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Swiftsure.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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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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