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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{CaptRN}} [[William Blake Fisher|William B. Fisher]], 6 July, 1901.{{CN}}
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Captain [[William Stokes Rees|William S. Rees]], September, 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Charles Windham]], March, 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Cecil Spencer Hickley|Cecil S. Hickley]], August, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]], 6 December, 1906.<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>
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Captain [[Edward Francis Bruen|Edward F. Bruen]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Hubert Grant-Dalton]], August, 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville|Henry B. T. Somerville]], May, 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Cyril Peel]], March, 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Reginald James Newall Watson|Reginald J. N. Watson]], 6 November, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 730}}
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Captain [[George Plunkett England|George P. England]], January, 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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Revision as of 15:18, 6 May 2014

H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)
Pendant Number: D.52 (1914)
Compass (Sep 1915)
P.7C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Ordered: 1896-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1896[4]
Launched: 5 Jan, 1898[5]
Commissioned: 17 Sep, 1901[6]
Sold: 12 Apr, 1920[7]
Fate: to Ward, Milford Haven[8]

Service

In mid-1913, she was being used to train stokers in Devonport.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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, 15 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[20]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 278.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 730.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. 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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