H.M.S. Grafton (1892)
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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] |
Service
In mid-1913, she was with the Training Squadron in Queenstown.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain William Des V. Hamilton, September 1895.[8]
- Captain Edward P. Jones, May 1896.[9]
- Captain Frederic W. Fisher, October 1898.[10]
- Captain Colin R. Keppel, March 1902.[11]
- Captain Robert G. Fraser, November 1904.[12]
- Captain William O. Story, April 1905.[13]
- Captain Frederick C. A. Ogilvy, February 1906.[14]
- Captain Edward M. Phillpotts, August 1906.[15]
- Captain Charles F. Thorp, 10 January, 1907.[16]
- Captain Ronald A. Hopwood, January 1909.[17]
- Captain Constantine H. Hughes-Onslow, March 1910.[18]
- Captain Frederic Aubrey Whitehead, March 1912. [19]
- Commander Charles E. W. Pyddoke, 9 April, 1913.[20]
- Captain Hugh L. P. Heard, August 1914.[21]
- Captain Henry E. Grace, June 1915.[22]
- Captain Percy Johnson, July 1917.[23]
- Captain Percival H. Warleigh, August 1919.[24]
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.[25]
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 (July, 1913), p. 321.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Thorp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 20.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 322.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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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