H.M.S. Illustrious (1896)
From The Dreadnought Project
Career | Details |
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Pendant Number: | P.97 (April, 1918) |
Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
Ordered: | 1893 |
Laid down: | 11 March, 1895 |
Launched: | 17 September, 1896 |
Commissioned: | 10 May, 1898 |
Sold: | 18 June, 1920 |
Fate: | Scrapped in 1922 |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 14,560 - 14,890 tons (normal) 15,730 - 16,060 tons (fully loaded) |
Length: | 390 feet |
Beam: | 75 feet |
Draught: | 26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches |
Propulsion: | 2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp. 4 Yarrow boilers |
Speed: | 16.1 knots |
Range: | 4,700 miles at 10 knots |
Complement: | 673 |
Armament: |
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Illustrious commissioned at Chatham on 10 May, 1898, Captain Sir Richard Poore, Bart. in command.[1]
On 26 June, 1911, while coaling at Spithead, a coal explosion took place which injured a Chief Stoker and two stokers, who were taken to Haslar Naval Hospital with burns.[2]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Sir Richard Poore, Bart., 28 April, 1898.[3]
- Captain Ernest A. Simons, 7 July, 1903.[4]
- Captain Cyril E. Tower, 2 June, 1908.[5]
- Captain John E. Drummond, 31 October, 1914.[6]
- Captain The Honourable Stanhope Hawke, 25 July, 1915.[7]
- Captain Peter W. E. Hill, 15 November, 1916 (Temporarily).[8]
Radio
By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9]
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 7 minutes, 11 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 11 May, 1898. Issue 35513, col E, pg. 9.
- ↑ "Exchange of Flagships" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 27 June, 1911. Issue 39622, col G, pg. 16.
- ↑ Poore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 July, 1903. Issue 37128, col F, pg. 5.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1908). p. 329.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 333.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 394r.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395h.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901, p. 111
- ↑ 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.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.