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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Morton Tudor Tudor|nick=Henry M. T. Tudor|appt=28 May, 1901<ref>Tudor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 1330.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=7 February, 1905<ref>Tudor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Morton Tudor Tudor|nick=Henry M. T. Tudor|appt=28 May, 1901<ref>Tudor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 1330.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=7 February, 1905<ref>Tudor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Alexander Warden|nick=Frederick A. Warden|appt=8 February, 1905<ref>Warden Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>|end=3 April, 1906<ref>Warden Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Alexander Warden|nick=Frederick A. Warden|appt=8 February, 1905<ref>Warden Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>|end=3 April, 1906<ref>Warden Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:49, 3 November 2015
| H.M.S. Cressy (1899) | |
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| Pendant Number: | N.40 (1914)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Ordered: | 1897-98 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 12 Oct, 1898[4] |
| Launched: | 4 Dec, 1899[5] |
| Commissioned: | 28 May, 1901[6] |
| Torpedoed: | 22 Sep, 1914[7] |
| Fate: | by U 9 |
Service
Cressy was commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 May, 1901, by Captain Henry M. T. Tudor for service on the China Station.[8]
She recommissioned at Chatham on 31 October, 1911.[9]
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 the astonishing time of 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Henry M. T. Tudor, 28 May, 1901[11] – 7 February, 1905[12]
- Captain Frederick A. Warden, 8 February, 1905[13] – 3 April, 1906[14]
- Captain William B. Fawckner, 3 April, 1906[15] – 21 May, 1907[16]
- Captain Thomas Jackson, 21 May, 1907[17] – 6 August, 1909[18]
- Captain Walter H. Cowan, 6 August, 1909[19] – 9 May, 1910[20]
- Captain William F. Blunt, 9 January, 1912[21] – 25 April, 1913[22]
- Captain Ernest S. Carey, 17 March, 1914[23]
- Captain Herbert J. T. Marshall, 31 May, 1913[24]
- Captain Robert W. Johnson, August, 1914[25] – 22 September, 1914
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 May, 1901. Issue 36465, col B, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
- ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1330.
- ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 471.
- ↑ Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/604. f. 1377.
- ↑ Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/604. f. 1377.
- ↑ Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
- ↑ Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 496.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 496.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
- ↑ Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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