H.M.S. Doris (1896)

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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


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.[8] Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.[Inference]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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:[20]

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.[21]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. pp. 111-112.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 26 April, 1898. Issue 35500, col B, p. 14.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 302.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 303.
  18. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 305.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  21. 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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