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Revision as of 09:44, 20 April 2015

H.M.S. Exmouth (1901)
Pendant Number: 12 (1914)
63 (Jan 1918)
N.44 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1898 Supplemental Programme[3]
Laid down: 10 Aug, 1899[4]
Launched: 31 Aug, 1901[5]
Completed: May, 1903[6]
Commissioned: Jun, 1903[7]
Sold: 15 Jan, 1920[8]
Fate: Scrapped


Service

Exmouth commissioned with a Portsmouth crew at Chatham on 2 June, 1903, by Captain Michael P. O'Callaghan, to replace the Victorious in the Mediterranean.[9] Her Commander was Mortimer L'E. Silver, and her Gunnery Lieutenant was Frederic Dreyer, whose comments on the ship's then-current state of fire control equipment is found in the notes for the Duncan class.[10]

In Battle Practice on 1 October, 1906, Exmouth recorded sixty hits at Weymouth.

In 1910, Exmouth was the best gunnery ship of the thirteen tested from the Mediterranean Fleet and Sixth Cruiser Squadron, scoring 51.57 versus the average 37.641.[11]

In mid-1913, she was serving as a gunnery training ship in Devonport, and was to be recommissioned on 1 July.[12]

However, on 18 July, she suffered a fire in an electrical switchboard so severe that it was decided to flood her after magazines. It was thought the fire was attributable to a short circuit, but the switchboard was entirely destroyed and much damage to the electrical system done by water used in fighting the blaze.[13]

Radio

In 1908, the ship was one of just nine equipped with the "C" Tune Gear, capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes. It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 232.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 3 June, 1903. Issue 37097, col D, p. 5.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 3 June, 1903. Issue 37097, col D, p. 5.
  10. ↑ Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 47.
  11. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8328, p. 4.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 311.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. p. 50.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. Wireless Appendix, p. 13.
  15. ↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 975.
  16. ↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
  17. ↑ Bradford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 335.
  18. ↑ Bradford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 335.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 313-15.
  20. ↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  21. ↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  22. ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
  23. ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
  24. ↑ Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 400.
  25. ↑ Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 400.
  26. ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  27. ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  28. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  29. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 311.
  32. ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  33. ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  34. ↑ Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
  35. ↑ Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394j.
  38. ↑ Mitchell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 134.
  39. ↑ Mitchell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 134.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 792.

Bibliography


Duncan Class Pre-dreadnought
  Albemarle Cornwallis Duncan  
  Exmouth Montagu Russell  
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