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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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==Torpedoes==
 
==Torpedoes==

Revision as of 16:11, 19 December 2014

H.M.S. Blenheim (1890)
Builder: Thames Iron Works[1]
Laid down: Oct, 1888[2]
Launched: 5 Jul, 1890[3]
Commissioned: 26 May, 1894[4]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[5]

The protected cruiser H.M.S. Blenheim served in the war as a destroyer depot ship.

Service

Blenheim completed conversion to a depot ship in May of 1906.[6]

She served as a depot ship for the Beagles of the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean through much of the war, even printing a newspaper for their information and amusement, the "Tenedos Times".[7]

She recommissioned at Malta on 28 June, 1919.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

William Henry Hall and Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard may also have held this command.[Fact Check]

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 4 minutes, 45 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[22]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 735.
  9. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 51.
  10. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 51.
  11. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 85.
  12. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 85.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 285.
  14. Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.
  15. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  16. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 285.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 287.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392m.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 742.
  21. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 734.
  22. 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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