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Revision as of 17:47, 24 September 2012
| H.M.S. Grafton (1892) | |
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| Pendant Number: | A8 (1914) N.23 (Sep 1915) N.53 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall[2] |
| Laid down: | 1 Jan, 1890[3] |
| Launched: | 30 Jan, 1892[4] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Oct, 1894[5] |
| Sold: | 1 Jul, 1920[6] |
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Charles F. Thorp, 10 January, 1907.[7]
- Captain Edward Montgomery Phillpotts,
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, in three trials the ship's crew was able to do this in 4:45 (port), 5:29 (starboard), and 1:41 (port). The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 322.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904, pp. 45-7.
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).
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