Difference between revisions of "Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)"
From The Dreadnought Project
m (→Bibliography) |
|||
| Line 164: | Line 164: | ||
</div name=fredbot:ships> | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
| − | + | ||
===Main Battery=== | ===Main Battery=== | ||
===Secondary Battery=== | ===Secondary Battery=== | ||
| − | ===Other | + | ===Other Weapons=== |
| − | -- | + | |
| + | Prior to [[Small Arms and Edged Weapons (Royal Navy)|reductions in such provisions enacted in mid-1903]], the ships had been allowed 84 cutlasses.{{PQDNO1904|pp. 249-253}} | ||
| + | |||
===Torpedoes=== | ===Torpedoes=== | ||
{{UK-Aeolus}} in 1895 fired a Mark VIII R.L. torpedo from her stern A.W. torpedo tube while steaming 17.5 knots. The torpedo was lost because the tube was submerged at time of firing and this was found to collapse the torpedoes' buoyancy chamber with some regularity. {{UK-Astraea}} had also lost a torpedo. It was found that these ships would generally have this issue at speeds above 12 knots. {{UK-Fox}}, {{UK-Iphigenia}} and {{UK-Intrepid}}. It was considered that ships not yet complete should have their designs altered, but tests in {{UK-Eclipse}} showed better firing from the tube while submerged.{{ARTS1896|pp. 36-7}} | {{UK-Aeolus}} in 1895 fired a Mark VIII R.L. torpedo from her stern A.W. torpedo tube while steaming 17.5 knots. The torpedo was lost because the tube was submerged at time of firing and this was found to collapse the torpedoes' buoyancy chamber with some regularity. {{UK-Astraea}} had also lost a torpedo. It was found that these ships would generally have this issue at speeds above 12 knots. {{UK-Fox}}, {{UK-Iphigenia}} and {{UK-Intrepid}}. It was considered that ships not yet complete should have their designs altered, but tests in {{UK-Eclipse}} showed better firing from the tube while submerged.{{ARTS1896|pp. 36-7}} | ||
| − | |||
<!-- | <!-- | ||
==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
Revision as of 10:29, 28 July 2014
The twenty one Second-Class Cruisers of the Apollo Class were quite old during World War I.
| Overview of 21 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Æolus | Devonport Royal Dockyard | 1890 | 13 Nov, 1891 | 6 Jan, 1894 | 1914 |
| Andromache | Chatham Royal Dockyard | Apr, 1889 | 14 Aug, 1890 | 1892 | 1920 |
| Apollo | Chatham Royal Dockyard | Apr, 1889 | 10 Feb, 1891 | 1892 | 1920 |
| Brilliant | Sheerness Royal Dockyard | 1890 | 24 Jun, 1891 | 1893 | Blockship 23 Apr, 1918 |
| Indefatigable | London & Glasgow, Glasgow | 1890 | 12 Mar, 1891 | 1892 | Sold 1913 |
| Intrepid | London & Glasgow, Glasgow | 1890 | 20 Jun, 1891 | 1894 | Blockship 23 Apr, 1918 |
| Iphigenia | London & Glasgow, Glasgow | 1890 | 19 Nov, 1891 | 1892 | Blockship 23 Apr, 1918 |
| Latona | Vickers | 1889 | 22 May, 1890 | 1893 | Sold 22 Dec, 1920 |
| Melampus | Vickers, Barrow | 1889 | 2 Aug, 1890 | Sold 1910 | |
| Naiad | Vickers, Barrow | 1889 | 29 Nov, 1890 | 1893 | Sold 1922 |
| Pique | Palmer, Jarrow | 1889 | 13 Dec, 1890 | Sold 1911 | |
| Rainbow | Palmer, Jarrow | 1890 | 25 Mar, 1891 | 1892 | Sold 1920 |
| Retribution | Palmer, Jarrow | 1890 | 6 Aug, 1891 | Sold 1911 | |
| Sappho | Salmuda, Poplar | 1890 | 9 May, 1891 | 1893 | Sold 1921 |
| Scylla | Salmuda, Poplar | 1890 | 17 Oct, 1891 | 1892 | Sold 1914 |
| Sirius | Armstrong, Elswick | Sep, 1889 | 27 Oct, 1890 | 1891 | Blockship 23 Apr, 1918 |
| Spartan | Armstrong, Elswick | Dec, 1889 | 25 Feb, 1891 | 1892 | Sold 26 Jun, 1931 |
| Sybille | Stephenson, Newcastle | 1889 | 27 Dec, 1890 | Wrecked 16 Jan, 1901 | |
| Terpsichore | Thomson, Glasgow | 1889 | 30 Oct, 1890 | Sold 1914 | |
| Thetis | Thomson, Glasgow | 1889 | 13 Dec, 1890 | 1892 | Blockship 23 Apr, 1918 |
| Tribune | Thomson, Glasgow | 1889 | 24 Feb, 1891 | Sold 1911 | |
Contents
Armament
Main Battery
Secondary Battery
Other Weapons
Prior to reductions in such provisions enacted in mid-1903, the ships had been allowed 84 cutlasses.[1]
Torpedoes
Æolus in 1895 fired a Mark VIII R.L. torpedo from her stern A.W. torpedo tube while steaming 17.5 knots. The torpedo was lost because the tube was submerged at time of firing and this was found to collapse the torpedoes' buoyancy chamber with some regularity. Astræa had also lost a torpedo. It was found that these ships would generally have this issue at speeds above 12 knots. Fox, Iphigenia and Intrepid. It was considered that ships not yet complete should have their designs altered, but tests in Eclipse showed better firing from the tube while submerged.[2]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1904. pp. 249-253.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. pp. 36-7.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
| Apollo Class Second Class Protected Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Æolus | Andromache | Apollo | Brilliant | Indefatigable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intrepid | Iphigenia | Latona | Melampus | Naiad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pique | Rainbow | Retribution | Sappho | Scylla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sirius | Spartan | Sybille | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terpsichore | Thetis | Tribune | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Barham Class | Minor Cruisers (UK) | Astræa Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
