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H.M.S. Venerable (1899)
Pendant Number:	96 (1914) A8 (Jan 1918) N.36 (Apr 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Chatham Royal Dockyard^[2]
Ordered:	1898-99 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	2 Jan, 1899^[4]
Launched:	2 Nov, 1899^[5]
Completed:	Nov, 1902^[6]
Commissioned:	12 Nov, 1902
Sold:	4 Jun, 1920^[7]
Fate:	Scrapped in Germany

H.M.S. Venerable was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy completed in 1902.

Service

On 6 January, 1912 Venerable went into dry dock at Gibraltar for her annual refit.

Captain George E. Patey commissioned the Venerable at Chatham on 12 November, 1912, as flagship of the Second-in-Command in the Mediterranean.^[8]

In mid-1913, she was operating with Second Fleet.^[9]

Venerable paid off on 27 December, 1916.^[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain George E. Patey, 12 November, 1902^[11]^[12] (and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Custance)
Captain Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan, 25 October, 1904^[13] – 15 March, 1906^[14] (and as Flag Captain)
Captain Henry B. Pelly, 15 March, 1906^[15] – 1 February, 1907^[16] (and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Bridgeman)
Captain Herbert W. Savory, 24 February, 1907^[17] – 11 August, 1907^[18]
Captain William B. Fawckner, 12 August, 1907^[19]
Captain Seymour E. Erskine, October, 1909^[20]
Captain Cuthbert G. Chapman, 18 July, 1911^[21]^[22] – 13 May, 1912^[23]
Captain Henry G. G. Sandeman, 14 May, 1912^[24] – 6 December, 1913^[25]
Captain Charles H. Morgan, 6 December, 1913^[26]
Captain Vivian H. G. Bernard, 17 August, 1914^[27] – 11 February, 1916^[28]
Captain Francis W. Caulfeild, 11 February, 1916^[29]^[30] – 27 December, 1916^[31]
Acting Captain Arthur H. Oldham, March, 1918^[32]
Acting Captain Lewis T. L. Jones, 19 June, 1918^[33]

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 3 minute, 23 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.^[34]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 215.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398r.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.
↑ Patey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1009.
↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.
↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.
↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 20 June, 1911. Issue 39616, col F, p. 4.
↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 659.
↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 659.
↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 387.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398u.
↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398v.
↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 924.
↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

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.

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.

[6] Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 215.

[7] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.

[8] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.

[10] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398r.

[11] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.

[12] Patey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1009.

[13] Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.

[14] Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.

[15] Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.

[16] Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.

[17] Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.

[18] Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.

[19] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.

[20] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[21] "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 20 June, 1911. Issue 39616, col F, p. 4.

[22] Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 659.

[23] Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 659.

[24] Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.

[25] Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.

[26] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 387.

[27] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398u.

[28] Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.

[29] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398v.

[30] Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.

[31] Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.

[32] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[33] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 924.

[34] Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

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