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|Builders:||[[H.M. Dockyard, Devonport]]
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|Laid down:||[[20 March]], [[1899]]
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|Launched:||[[18 October]], [[1899]]
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|Commissioned:||[[11 March]], [[1902]]
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|Fate:||Destroyed by internal explosion [[26 November]], [[1914]]
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'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] battleship of the [[Royal Navy]].  Of the ''London'' Sub-Class, she formed part of the backbone of the navy before the advent of the dreadnought battleship in [[1906]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
She commissioned at Devonport in March, [[1902]] under Captain [[F.T. Hamilton]] for duty in the Mediterranean, where she flew the flag of Admiral Sir [[C.E. Domville]] from [[1 May]].  She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander [[Edward M. Phillpotts]], acting Flag Captain to Admiral Lord [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Bereford|Charles Beresford]].  In May, 1905 Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|O.de B. Brock]] was appointed to command.  Paid off in March, 1907 ''Bulwark'' was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral [[F. Finnis]], Rear-Admiral [[Nore Division]], [[British Home Fleet|Home Fleet]].  Captain [[B.M. Chambers]] took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship [[HMS Resolution (1892)|''Resolution'']].
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She commissioned at Devonport in March, 1902 under Captain [[Frederick Tower Hamilton|Frederick T. Hamilton]] for duty in the Mediterranean, where she flew the flag of Admiral [[Compton Edward Domvile|Sir Compton E. Domville]] from 1 May.  She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts||Edward M. Phillpotts]], acting Flag Captain to Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]].  In May, 1905 Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]] was appointed in command.  Paid off in March, 1907 ''Bulwark'' was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Frank Finnis]], Rear-Admiral in the Nore Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]].  Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]] took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship [[H.M.S. Resolution (1892)|''Resolution'']].
  
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Revision as of 10:18, 15 November 2010

H.M.S. Bulwark
Career Details
Ordered: 27 June, 1898
Builders: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 20 March, 1899
Launched: 18 October, 1899
Commissioned: 11 March, 1902
Fate: Destroyed by internal explosion 26 November, 1914
General Characteristics
Displacement: 15,366 tons (load); 15,995 tons (deep)
Length: 431 feet 9 in (131 m)
Beam: 75 ft
Draught: 27 ft 3 in (load); 28 ft 2 in (deep)
Propulsion: Two sets 3-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, two in-turning propellers
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 5,550 nautical miles at 10 knots
Complement: 750; 766 as flagship, 1904
Armament: 4 × Mk IX 12 inch guns
12 × Mk VII 6 inch guns
16 × 12 pdr quick-firing guns
2 × 12 pdr boat and field guns
6 × 3 pdr guns
2 × machine guns
4 × 18 in submerged torpedo tubes
Aircraft: None
Motto:

H.M.S. Bulwark was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.

She commissioned at Devonport in March, 1902 under Captain Frederick T. Hamilton for duty in the Mediterranean, where she flew the flag of Admiral Sir Compton E. Domville from 1 May. She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander |Edward M. Phillpotts, acting Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. In May, 1905 Captain Osmond de B. Brock was appointed in command. Paid off in March, 1907 Bulwark was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral Frank Finnis, Rear-Admiral in the Nore Division, Home Fleet. Captain Bertram M. Chambers took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship Resolution.

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.

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