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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=16 October, 1895<ref>de Chair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 275.</ref>|end=22 October, 1897<ref>de Chair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 275.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=16 October, 1895<ref>de Chair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 275.</ref>|end=22 October, 1897<ref>de Chair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 275.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=27 June, 1901{{NLMay02|p. 309''a'' | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=27 June, 1901{{NLMay02|p. 309''a''}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=9 September, 1904<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>|end=31 December, 1905<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=9 September, 1904<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>|end=31 December, 1905<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''T''')|name=William Rawdon Napier|nick=William R. Napier|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|end=30 June, 1908<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''T''')|name=William Rawdon Napier|nick=William R. Napier|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|end=30 June, 1908<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 27 May 2016
| H.M.S. Vesuvius (1874) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 16 Mar, 1873[2] |
| Launched: | 24 Mar, 1874[3] |
| Completed: | 11 Sep, 1874[4] |
| Broken up: | 1924[5] |
The torpedo vessel H.M.S. Vesuvius was completed for the Royal Navy in 1874.
Design & Construction
Vesuvius was the first ship in the Royal Navy to carry Whitehead torpedoes, being equipped to carry up to ten.[6]
Machinery
With no funnel and machinery designed for a quiet delivery of a modest 9.7 knots, this vessel might have proven a stealthy attacker at night.
Armament
Service
Captains
- Captain Morgan Singer, Sr., 9 September, 1874[7]
- Lieutenant in Command Henry B. Jackson, 17 June, 1886[8]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) Frederick C. D. Sturdee, 9 January, 1890[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Reginald H. S. Bacon, 5 May, 1893[10]
- Lieutenant in Command Dudley R. S. de Chair, 16 October, 1895[11] – 22 October, 1897[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Frederick C. U. V. Wentworth, 25 August, 1899[13] – 1901
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Sydney S. Hall, 27 June, 1901[14]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) Vernon H. S. Haggard, 9 September, 1904[15] – 31 December, 1905[16]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) William R. Napier, 1 January, 1906[17] – 30 June, 1908[18]
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Leonard A. B. Donaldson, 30 June, 1908[19]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) Brien M. Money, 16 February, 1911[20] – 25 May, 1912[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander (T) Arthur T. Walker, 25 May, 1912[22] – 31 December, 1912[23]
- Commander Brien M. Money, 31 December, 1912[24] – 31 March, 1914[25]
- Commander Godfrey F. W. Grayson, 31 March, 1914[26] – 1 August, 1914[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. E. Head, 2 August, 1914[28] – 22 May, 1915[29][30]
- Commander (T) Arthur T. Walker, 22 May, 1915[31] – 17 July, 1917[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Roderick B. T. Miles, 12 March, 1918[33] – 26 September, 1919[34]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
- ↑ Kemp. H.M. Destroyers. p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1875). p. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 264.
- ↑ de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 275.
- ↑ de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 309a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 309a.
- ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
- ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 390.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Grayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 62. Day of month taken from predecessor's date of discharge.
- ↑ Grayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398x.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398x.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
- ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
Bibliography
- 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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