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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Rattlesnake'' participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1891 under the command of Lieutenant [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]]. These ended on 5 August, and on the 27th, the T.B.D. was paid off out of commission at Portsmouth, passing into the A Division of the Steam Reserve.{{NMI|Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415}} | ''Rattlesnake'' participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1891 under the command of Lieutenant [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]]. These ended on 5 August, and on the 27th, the T.B.D. was paid off out of commission at Portsmouth, passing into the A Division of the Steam Reserve.{{NMI|Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415}} | ||
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+ | In April, 1896, she was transferred from A Division to B Division of the Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth to receive her annual overhaul.{{NMI|Tuesday, Apr 21, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34870}} | ||
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+ | Specially commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 June, 1897 for service with the mobilized fleet.{{NMI|Thursday, May 13, 1897; pg. 6; Issue 35202}} | ||
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+ | She was one of twenty torpedo gunboats assembled alongside a great many other vessels at Spithead on 22 June 1897 for the Jubilee Review.{{NMI|Monday, May 17, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35205}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=11 July, 1893|end=21 August, 1893|note=lent for manoeuvres}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=11 July, 1893|end=21 August, 1893|note=lent for manoeuvres}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Fenton|nick=Thomas C. Fenton|appt=18 July, 1894|end=1 September, 1894|note=for manoeuvres}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Fenton|nick=Thomas C. Fenton|appt=18 July, 1894|end=1 September, 1894|note=for manoeuvres}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|end=9 July, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|end=9 July, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|note=participating in the Review at Spithead}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Ernest Fraser Worthington|nick=Henry E. F. Worthington|appt=1901|end=13 January, 1902|note=there is some confusion with {{UK-Spanker}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Ernest Fraser Worthington|nick=Henry E. F. Worthington|appt=1901|end=13 January, 1902|note=there is some confusion with {{UK-Spanker}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 23:19, 29 May 2018
H.M.S. Rattlesnake (1886) | |
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Builder: | Lairds[1] |
Laid down: | 16 Nov, 1885[2] |
Launched: | 11 Sep, 1886[3] |
Completed: | May, 1887[4] |
Sold: | 1910[5] |
The torpedo gunboat H.M.S. Rattlesnake was completed for the Royal Navy in 1887 — her first of this type of vessel.
Service
Rattlesnake participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1891 under the command of Lieutenant Frederick Tower Hamilton. These ended on 5 August, and on the 27th, the T.B.D. was paid off out of commission at Portsmouth, passing into the A Division of the Steam Reserve.[6]
In April, 1896, she was transferred from A Division to B Division of the Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth to receive her annual overhaul.[7]
Specially commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 June, 1897 for service with the mobilized fleet.[8]
She was one of twenty torpedo gunboats assembled alongside a great many other vessels at Spithead on 22 June 1897 for the Jubilee Review.[9]
Captains
- Lieutenant & Commander Gerald L. King-Harman, 28 April, 1887 – 12 September, 1887
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Thomas F. W. Ingram, 20 September, 1887 – 10 January, 1890
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Arthur W. Torlesse, 14 May, 1890[10][11] – 1 December, 1890[12]
- Commander Henry D. Barry, c. mid July, 1890[13] – 20 August, 1890[14] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick T. Hamilton, 8 July, 1891[15] – 20 August, 1891 (lent for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Lewis Bayly, 21 July, 1892 – c. 18 August, 1892[Inference] (lent for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Lewis Bayly, 11 July, 1893 – 21 August, 1893 (lent for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Thomas C. Fenton, 18 July, 1894 – 1 September, 1894 (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant in Command Robert E. R. Benson, 15 June, 1897[16] – 9 July, 1897[17] (participating in the Review at Spithead)
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry E. F. Worthington, 1901 – 13 January, 1902 (there is some confusion with Spanker)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 21, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34870.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 13, 1897; pg. 6; Issue 35202.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 17, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35205.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 244.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 20, 1890; pg. 5; Issue 33095.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
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).
- Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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