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Revision as of 15:36, 22 March 2016

H.M.S. Royal Oak (1892)
Builder: Laird, Birkenhead[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 29 May, 1890[3]
Launched: 5 Nov, 1892[4]
Completed: Jun, 1894[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1894[6]
Sold: 1914[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

Radio

As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[8]

Torpedoes

In October – November 1898, the ship became one of the first in the Royal Navy to receive torpedoes fitted for gyroscopes, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot. Though there were four torpedoes, only two gyros were initially supplied:[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 293.
  14. ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 522.
  15. ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 522.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 589.
  18. ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 589.
  19. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  20. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  21. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, p. 10.
  22. ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 74.

Bibliography


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