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Revision as of 16:07, 26 September 2014

H.M.S. Terrible (1895)
Pendant Number: P.70 (1914)
P.A9 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thomson, Clydebank[2]
Laid down: 1894[3]
Launched: 27 May, 1895[4]
Commissioned: 24 Mar, 1898[5]
Sold: Jul, 1932[6]
Fate: to Cashmore[7]

Service

In early 1913, operating with Third Fleet. In July, ordered to Pembroke Dock.[8]

In 1920, Terrible replaced Hindostan, 80, as Fisgard III, part of the establishment at Portsmouth for training engine room artficers apprentices.

Torpedoes

In October 1898, the ship became one of the first in the Royal Navy to receive torpedoes fitted for gyroscopes, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot. Though there were three torpedoes, only two gyros were initially supplied:[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 384.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  10. Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 449.
  11. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1120.
  12. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1160.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
  16. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 August, 1907. Issue 38400, col E, p. 5.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  19. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  20. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 384.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 381.
  23. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398p.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.

Bibliography

  • 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).
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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