H.M.S. Doris (1896)
| H.M.S. Doris (1896) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.59 (1914) P.47 (Sep 1915) none (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers[2] |
| Ordered: | 1893-94 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 29 Aug, 1894[4] |
| Launched: | 3 Mar, 1896[5] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Nov, 1897[6] |
| Sold: | 20 Feb, 1919[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Service
In mid-1913, she was operating with the Third Fleet out of Devonport.[8]
Radio
In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine not noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9] Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.[Inference]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain George Le Clerc Egerton, May 1897.[10]
- Captain Reginald Charles Prothero, 27 April, 1898.[11]
- Captain Frederick Robert William Morgan, June 1902.[12]
- Captain Arthur Wartensleben Ewart, June 1904.[13]
- Captain Stuart St. J. Farquhar, 27 November, 1906.[14]
- Captain Spencer Allen Hickley, November 1908.[15]
- Captain Michael Henry Hodges, July 1910.[16]
- Captain Philip Streatfeild, 7 December, 1911.[17]
- Captain Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall, 6 September 1913.[18]
- Captain Frank Larken, 1 August, 1914.[19]
- Captain Thomas Leigh Goldie, October 1917.[20]
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:[21]
- two 18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedoes, one H.B. type from R.G.F. and one S.L. type from Whitehead
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, 4 seconds in one trial and 5:12 in a second. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[22]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 303.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. pp. 111-112.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 26 April, 1898. Issue 35500, col B, p. 14.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 302.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 303.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 303.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 305.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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