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*Captain [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Sturdee]], November 1903.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick C. D. Sturdee]], November 1903.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Richard Henry Peirse]], November 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Richard Henry Peirse|Richard H. Peirse]], November 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Herbert Lyon]], December 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Herbert Lyon]], December 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry Holland Torlesse]], March 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry Holland Torlesse|Henry H. Torlesse]], March 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Drury St. Aubyn Wake]], November 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Drury St. Aubyn Wake|Drury St. A. Wake]], 6 November 1906.<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 125.</ref>
*Captain [[Seymour Elphinstone Erskine|Seymour E. Erskine]], 12 January, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 282.</ref>
*Captain [[Seymour Elphinstone Erskine|Seymour E. Erskine]], 12 January, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 282.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]], December 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]], December 1908.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 18:30, 29 July 2013

H.M.S. Bedford (1901)
Builder: Fairfield, Govan[1]
Ordered: 1899-1900 Programme[2]
Laid down: 19 Feb, 1900[3]
Launched: 31 Aug, 1901[4]
Commissioned: 11 Nov, 1903[5]
Sold: 21 Aug, 1910[6]
Fate: 21 Jan 1910?[7]


One of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class completed between 1903 and 1904.

Alterations

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 7 minutes, 40 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[15]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 125.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 282.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ 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.
  • 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).


Monmouth Class Armoured Cruiser
Bedford Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Donegal
Essex Kent Lancaster Monmouth Suffolk
<– Drake Class Major Cruisers (UK) Devonshire Class –>


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