H.M.S. Cæsar (1896)
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
| Ordered: | 1893 |
| Laid down: | 25 March, 1895 |
| Launched: | 2 September, 1896 |
| Commissioned: | 13 January, 1898 |
| Sold: | 8 November, 1921 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Germany |
H.M.S. Cæsar was a Majestic class battleship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921. She was the third British warship named for the Roman soldier Julius Cæsar.
Career
| Pendant Numbers.[1] | |
| 1914 | D.27 |
| September, 1915 | P.02 |
| January, 1918 | P.10 |
Cæsar was commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 January, 1898, by Captain John P. Pipon, C.B., C.M.G., with a complement of 757 officers and men for service on the Mediterranean Station.[2]
By the First World War, Cæsar was allegedly capable of only nine knots maximum speed.[3]
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, the ship's crew was able to do this in 5 minutes, 45 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[4]
Radio
By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[5]
- Captain Price V. Lewes, 9 August, 1910.[6]
- Captain Edward W. E. Wemyss, 4 June, 1912.[7]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 29.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 January, 1898. Issue 35412, col B, pg. 8.
- ↑ Transcript of interview with Paymaster Rear-Admiral Keith MacL. Lawder in possession of the University of Leeds Library. f. 3.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 288.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.
