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*Captain [[John Edmund Drummond|John E. Drummond]], 31 October, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 333.</ref>
 
*Captain [[John Edmund Drummond|John E. Drummond]], 31 October, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 333.</ref>
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*Captain [[Stanhope Hawke|The Honourable Stanhope Hawke]], 25 July, 1915.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 394''r''.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 17:45, 5 February 2011

H.M.S. Illustrious
Career Details
Pendant Number: P.97 (April, 1918)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered: 1893
Laid down: 11 March, 1895
Launched: 17 September, 1896
Commissioned: 10 May, 1898
Sold: 18 June, 1920
Fate: Scrapped in 1922
General Characteristics
Displacement: 14,560 - 14,890 tons (normal)
15,730 - 16,060 tons (fully loaded)
Length: 390 feet
Beam: 75 feet
Draught: 26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: 2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp. 4 Yarrow boilers
Speed: 16.1 knots
Range: 4,700 miles at 10 knots
Complement: 673
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 12"/35 Mark VIII guns in twin BIII (Whitworth) mountings
  • 2 × BL 9.2"/50 Elswick Pattern 'E' guns in single Mark IX mountings
  • 6 × BL 6"/49 Mark XVIII guns in single Mark IV mountings

Illustrious commissioned at Chatham on 10 May, 1898, Captain Sir Richard Poore in command.[1]

On 26 June, 1911, while coaling at Spithead, a coal explosion took place which injured a Chief Stoker and two stokers, who were taken to Haslar Naval Hospital with burns.[2]

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 11 May, 1898. Issue 35513, col E, pg. 9.
  2. ↑ "Exchange of Flagships" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 27 June, 1911. Issue 39622, col G, pg. 16.
  3. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 333.
  4. ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 394r.

Bibliography

  • 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).
  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.

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