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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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*Captain [[Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|Randolph F. O. Foote]], 1 April, 1903.<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 468.</ref>
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*Captain [[Thomas Young Greet|Thomas Y. Greet]], 23 February, 1904.<ref>Greet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 555.</ref>
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* Captain [[Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|Randolph F. O. Foote]], 1 April, 1903.<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 468.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles Hope Dundas of Dundas|Charles H. Dundas]], 1 September, 1905.<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 358.</ref>
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* Captain [[Thomas Young Greet|Thomas Y. Greet]], 23 February, 1904.<ref>Greet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 555.</ref>
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*Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]], 25 January, 1908.<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>
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* Captain [[Charles Hope Dundas of Dundas|Charles H. Dundas]], 1 September, 1905.<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 358.</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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* Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]], 25 January, 1908.<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</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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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:02, 28 April 2014

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

Service

Recommissioned at Chatham 16 February, 1910.[6] In mid-1913, she was with the Third Fleet.[7]

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.[8]

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. 34.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 351.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 350.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
  9. ↑ Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 468.
  10. ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 555.
  11. ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 358.
  12. ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 363.

Bibliography


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