H.M.S. Jupiter (1895)

H.M.S. Jupiter (1895)
Pendant Number:	D.50 (1914) P.50 (Sep 1915) N.64 (1918)
Builder:	J. & G. Thomson
Ordered:	1893
Laid down:	26 Apr, 1894
Launched:	18 Nov, 1895
Completed:	May, 1897
Commissioned:	8 Jun, 1897
Sold:	15 Jan, 1920
Fate:	Scrapped

H.M.S. Jupiter was a battleship of the Majestic class, launched in 1895, and sold for scrap in 1920. She was the fourth warship to bear the name of the king of the Gods of Roman mythology.

Service

Jupiter commissioned at Chatham on 8 June, 1897, Captain Angus MacLeod in command.

She recommissioned at Devonport on 23 December, 1913.

In mid-July, 1914, the ship was ordered to take up station in the Humber as part of a force of four Majestic class battleships and two Cressy class cruisers being sent there to be demobilised on the 25th. Her crew was to be transferred to Canopus.

Jupiter re-commissioned on 12 August, 1915.

Jupiter paid off on 22 December, 1916.

Radio

By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.

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 5 minutes, 50 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Captain Angus MacLeod, 8 June, 1897 – 25 September, 1898
• Captain Charles J. Barlow, September, 1898 – October, 1899
• Captain John Durnford, 2 October, 1899 – 17 December, 1900
• Captain Sir Archibald B. Milne, Bart., 15 December, 1900 – December, 1902  (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
• Captain Sir Richard Poore, Bart., 16 December, 1902 – 1 September, 1903
• Captain James Startin, 4 September, 1903 – 26 January, 1905
• Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 17 July, 1905 – 15 August, 1905
• Captain Herbert A. Warren, 15 August, 1905 – 15 August, 1906
• Captain William F. De Salis, 16 August, 1906 – 18 June, 1907
• Captain Cresswell J. Eyres, 18 June, 1907 – 1 May, 1908
• Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., 1 May, 1908 – 13 May, 1908  (loaned for 12 days)
• Captain Owen F. Gillett, 13 May, 1908 – 3 February, 1909
• Captain Herbert J. Savill, 3 February, 1909 – 17 November, 1909  (and as Flag Captain)
• Captain Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown, 17 November, 1909 – 6 June, 1911
• Commander Ernest Stevenson, 6 June, 1911 – 1 August, 1911
• Captain Cole C. Fowler, 13 June, 1911 – 1911
• Captain Charles B. Miller, 1 September, 1911 – 9 January, 1912  (and for a group of 4th Division ships)
• Captain John Nicholas, 25 January, 1912 – 26 June, 1912  (and for a group of 4th Division ships)
• Captain Arthur G. Smith, 26 June, 1912 – 4 October, 1912
• Captain Herbert A. Adam, 4 October, 1912 – 9 January, 1913
• Commander Octavius H. Daniel, 9 June, 1913 – 5 August, 1913
• Commander Sandford G. R. Nevile, 2 September, 1913 – 16 February, 1914
• Commander Henry Luxmoore, 16 February, 1914 – mid 1914  (unsure he was in command)
• Captain Charles E. Le Mesurier, July, 1914  (for Test Mobilisation)
• Captain Drury St. A. Wake, 29 September, 1914 – 19 May, 1915
• Captain William F. Blunt, 25 July, 1915 – 16 March, 1916
• Captain Charles F. Corbett, 16 March, 1916 – 21 December, 1916
• Commander Montague R. Bernard, 29 January, 1917 – 30 May, 1917
• Commander (retired) Charles A. Radcliffe, 30 May, 1917 – 15 November, 1917
• Captain (retired) William P. Lodder, 15 November, 1917 – 15 November, 1918  (and in command of Exmouth from 1 July, 1918)

See Also

• Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
• Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
• Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.