H.M.S. Ocean (1898)

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H.M.S. Ocean
Career Details
Built By: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 15 February, 1897
Launched: 5 July, 1898
Commissioned: 20 February, 1900
Sunk: 18 March, 1915
Cause: Mined

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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.[3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 350.
  2. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 363.
  3. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904, pp. 45-7.

Bibliography


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