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In 1887-88, ''Severn'' tested a new submerged broadside tube designed by [[William Henry May]].  The tube was mounted on the starboard broadside and angled 12 degrees before the beam; its primary distinction over existing designs was that the bar was not extended before firing the torpedo, but emerged into the water with the torpedo as it was fired.  This pattern was found to work fairly well after modifications to the original design overcame damage to the propellers of the torpedo as it left and a great number of wild shots.  It was retained in hopes that remaining defects could be made good.{{ARTS1888|p. 45-6}}
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In 1887-88, ''Severn'' tested a new submerged broadside tube designed by [[William Henry May|William H. May]].  The tube was mounted on the starboard broadside and angled 12 degrees before the beam; its primary distinction over existing designs was that the bar was not extended before firing the torpedo, but emerged into the water with the torpedo as it was fired.  This pattern was found to work fairly well after modifications to the original design overcame damage to the propellers of the torpedo as it left and a great number of wild shots.  It was retained in hopes that remaining defects could be made good.{{ARTS1888|p. 45-6}}
  
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''Severn'' was grounded when trying to come into Harwich on 13 December, 1901.  Their Lordships "[could not] consider that in skirting the shore so close, due care was exercised in the navigation of the ship & further that ... the C.O. should not have risked going into Harwich on a falling tide."<ref>Fegen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}} f. 143.</ref>
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''Severn'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 February, 1889, by Captain [[William Henry Hall|William H. Hall]], to relieve [[H.M.S. Constance (1880)|H.M.S. ''Constance'']] on the [[Pacific Station]].  Her complement was 243 officers and men.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence."  ''The Times''.  20 February, 1889.  p. 12.</ref>
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Whilst serving as [[Coast Guard Service|Coast Guard ship]] at Sheerness,<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times''.  31 December, 1901.  p. 9.</ref> ''Severn'' was grounded when trying to come into Harwich on 13 December, 1901.  It was recorded in the service record of the Captain, [[Frederick Fogarty Fegen|Frederick F. Fegen]]:
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<blockquote>My Lords consider that in skirting the shore so close, due care was exercised in the navigation of the ship & further that &hellip; the C.O. should not have risked going into Harwich on a falling tide.<ref>Fegen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}} f. 143.</ref></blockquote>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 05:29, 18 January 2016

H.M.S. Severn (1885)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1884[2]
Launched: 29 Sep, 1885[3]
Commissioned: 1888[4]
Sold:

H.M.S. Severn was one of four second class protected cruisers of the Mersey class completed between 1887 and 1889.

Service

In 1887-88, Severn tested a new submerged broadside tube designed by William H. May. The tube was mounted on the starboard broadside and angled 12 degrees before the beam; its primary distinction over existing designs was that the bar was not extended before firing the torpedo, but emerged into the water with the torpedo as it was fired. This pattern was found to work fairly well after modifications to the original design overcame damage to the propellers of the torpedo as it left and a great number of wild shots. It was retained in hopes that remaining defects could be made good.[5]

Severn was commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 February, 1889, by Captain William H. Hall, to relieve H.M.S. Constance on the Pacific Station. Her complement was 243 officers and men.[6]

Whilst serving as Coast Guard ship at Sheerness,[7] Severn was grounded when trying to come into Harwich on 13 December, 1901. It was recorded in the service record of the Captain, Frederick F. Fegen:

My Lords consider that in skirting the shore so close, due care was exercised in the navigation of the ship & further that … the C.O. should not have risked going into Harwich on a falling tide.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1888. p. 45-6.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence." The Times. 20 February, 1889. p. 12.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times. 31 December, 1901. p. 9.
  8. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86. f. 143.
  9. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 246/566.
  10. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 246/566.
  11. ↑ Burr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 86/174.
  12. ↑ Burr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 86/174.
  13. ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 79.
  14. ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. ff. 79, 543.
  15. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 445.
  16. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86. f. 143.

Bibliography


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