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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Ocean'' (1898)|fate2=in Dardanelles
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Ocean'''''
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|comm=20 Feb, 1900
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|fatedate=18 Mar, 1915{{DittColl|p. 30}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
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|name=Ocean
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|launch=5 Jul, 1898{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]
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|builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 30}}
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|laid=15 Dec, 1897{{BurtBritishBattleships1889|p. 172}}
|Laid down:
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|fate=Mined
|15 February, 1897
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|pend=N.56 (1914){{DittColl|p. 30}}
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==Service==
|5 July, 1898
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Recommissioned at Chatham 16 February, 1910.{{NLApr14|p. 351}}  In mid-1913, she was with the Third Fleet.{{NLJul13|p. 350}}
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|Commissioned:
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|20 February, 1900
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|18 March, 1915
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|Mined
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==Captains==
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On 13 December, 1914, ''Ocean'' was dispatched to Suez.{{UKNavalOpsIII|p. 9}}
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Captain [[Randolph Frank Ollive Foote]], prior to 1904.
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Only a single man, a stoker, was killed with her sinking on 18 March, 1915.{{KindellROH2|p. 78}}
*Captain [[Thomas Young Greet]], prior to 1907
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*Captain [[Charles Hope Dundas of Dundas]], likely between 1901 and 1914{{INF}}
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*Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]], 25 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908). p. 350.</ref>
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*Captain [[Arthur Hayes-Sadler]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 363.</ref>
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==Torpedoes==
 
==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 8 minutes, 55 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904'', pp. 45-7.</ref>
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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 8 minutes, 55 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ocean''">
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe|nick=Assheton G. Curzon-Howe|appt=20 February, 1900<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 529.</ref>|end=27 October, 1901<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 529.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard William White|nick=Richard W. White|appt=29 August, 1901{{NLMay03|p. 285}}|end=1 April, 1903{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|nick=Randolph F. O. Foote|appt=1 April, 1903<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 468.</ref>|end=23 February, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Young Greet|nick=Thomas Y. Greet|appt=23 February, 1904<ref>Greet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 555.</ref>|end=31 August, 1905<ref>Greet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 483.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Hope Dundas|nick=Charles H. Dundas|appt=1 September, 1905<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}}  f. 358.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 350}}|end=25 January, 1908<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}}  f. 358.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=25 January, 1908<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 350}}|end=15 February, 1910<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Arthur Norton|nick=Reginald A. Norton|appt=1910|end=2 January, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Reginald Curtis|nick=Charles R. Curtis|appt=10 January, 1911|end=19 January, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oscar Matthew Makins|nick=Oscar M. Makins|appt=7 February, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 350}}|end=8 August, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=8 August, 1911<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 350}}|end=11 January, 1913<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Arthur Norton|nick=Reginald A. Norton|appt=April, 1913|end=10 May, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Escombe|nick=Harold Escombe|appt=15 May, 1913|end=17 June, 1913|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Egerton Woodward|nick=Walter E. Woodward|appt=1 July, 1913|end=14 April, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Arthur Beckett Hughes|nick=Arthur B. Hughes|appt=14 April, 1914<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 406.</ref>|end=1 August, 1914|note=remained aboard as second-in-command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>{{NLDec14|p. 363}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|end=18 March, 1915<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>{{UKNavalOpsII|pp. 219-22}}|note=in command when she was lost}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:28, 10 March 2020

H.M.S. Ocean (1898)
Pendant Number: N.56 (1914)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 15 Dec, 1897[3]
Launched: 5 Jul, 1898[4]
Completed: Feb, 1900[5]
Commissioned: 20 Feb, 1900
Mined: 18 Mar, 1915[6]
Fate: in Dardanelles

Service

Recommissioned at Chatham 16 February, 1910.[7] In mid-1913, she was with the Third Fleet.[8]

On 13 December, 1914, Ocean was dispatched to Suez.[9]

Only a single man, a stoker, was killed with her sinking on 18 March, 1915.[10]

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 8 minutes, 55 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[11]

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. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 172.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 172.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 351.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
  9. Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 9.
  10. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 78.
  11. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
  12. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 529.
  13. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 529.
  14. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 285.
  15. Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 468.
  16. Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 555.
  17. Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
  18. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 358.
  19. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 350.
  20. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 358.
  21. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 350.
  23. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
  25. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  26. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
  27. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  28. Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 406.
  29. Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 363.
  31. Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.
  32. Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 219-22.

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