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'''H.M.S. ''Janus''''' was one of forty-two [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
'''H.M.S. ''Janus''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
 
In August, 1912, she and the other extant 27 knotters were redesignated as [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" Class Destroyers]].  She did not last much longer however, as she was scrapped in 1914.


==Service==
==Service==
''Janus'' ran into a caisson at Chatham Dockyard Extension Works on 22 February, 1897, sustaining bow damage above the waterline.  An inquest was to follow.{{NMI|Tuesday, Feb 23, 1897; pg. 7; Issue 35134}}  Her crew went over to {{UK-1Spitfire}} as she underwent a refit at Sheerness that was completed on 31 March, 1897.{{NMI|Thursday, Apr 01, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35166}}
After an instructional cruise to Scotland, ''Janus'' was again sent to Sheerness for repairs and alterations in mid-September, 1897.  On the 18th, the crew again was sent to {{UK-1Spitfire}}.{{NMI|Friday, Sep 17, 1897; pg. 5; Issue 35311}}  ''Janus'' completed these repairs on 12 November and resumed her place in the [[Medway Instructional Flotlla]], her crew returning from ''Spitfire''.{{NMI|Saturday, Nov 13, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35360}}
''Janus'' was commissioned at Chatham on 9 May 1899 to take the place of {{UK-2Ariel}} in the [[Medway Instructional Flotilla]], as the latter ship had had defects in its machinery..{{NMI|Wednesday, May 10, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35825}}
In July, 1904, complaints from {{ViceRN}} [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Selborne]].  Within, it was noted that ''Janus'''s boilers had been re-tubed in 1902 and had recently had a slight refit and her tail shafts withdrawn.<ref>Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (NOE/5/2).</ref>
In July, 1904, complaints from {{ViceRN}} [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Selborne]].  Within, it was noted that ''Janus'''s boilers had been re-tubed in 1902 and had recently had a slight refit and her tail shafts withdrawn.<ref>Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (NOE/5/2).</ref>


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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Alexander Ballard|nick=George A. Ballard|appt=12 December, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 235}}|end=27 May, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Alexander Ballard|nick=George A. Ballard|appt=12 December, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 235}}|end=27 May, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Clark Soady (b)|nick=John C. Soady|appt=27 May, 1896<ref>Soady Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/443.|}} f. 464.</ref>{{NMI|Wednesday, May 20, 1896; pg. 10; Issue 34895}}|end=1 July, 1896<ref>Soady Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/443.|}} f. 464.</ref>|note=superseded due to illness}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Raymond Andrew Nugent|nick=Raymond A. Nugent|appt=1 July, 1896{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 02, 1896; pg. 10; Issue 34932}}|end=11 March, 1897{{NMI|Friday, Mar 12, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35149}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]], then left to {{UK-1Spitfire}} while ''Janus'' undergoes refit}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Raymond Andrew Nugent|nick=Raymond A. Nugent|appt=1 April, 1897{{NMI|Thursday, Apr 01, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35166}}|end=18 September, 1897{{NMI|Saturday, Sep 18, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35312}}|note=returned after refit, went back to ''Spitfire'' when ''Janus'' sent in for repairs; participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=1 January, 1898|end=mid July, 1898{{NMI|Friday, Jul 15, 1898; pg. 7; Issue 35569}}|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, Fourteenth Baron Dormer|nick=Charles J. T. Dormer|appt=10 May, 1899|end=22 August, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Corbett|nick=Charles F. Corbett|appt=25 August, 1899<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 August, 1899.  Issue '''35903''', col D, p. 4.</ref>|end=1 January, 1900<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Corbett|nick=Charles F. Corbett|appt=25 August, 1899<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 August, 1899.  Issue '''35903''', col D, p. 4.</ref>|end=1 January, 1900<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Guy de Lancy Ormsby Johnson|nick=Guy de L. O. Johnson|appt=1 January, 1900{{NLFeb00|p. 264}}|end=11 January, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Guy de Lancy Ormsby Johnson|nick=Guy de L. O. Johnson|appt=1 January, 1900{{NLFeb00|p. 264}}|end=11 January, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Robert Gwynne Corbett|nick=Robert G. Corbett|appt=27 March, 1900<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 12 March, 1900.  Issue '''36087''', col E, p. 7.</ref>|end=|note=not indicated in his service record}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Robert Gwynne Corbett|nick=Robert G. Corbett|appt=27 March, 1900{{NMI|Monday, 12 March, 1900.  Issue '''36087''', col E, p. 7}}|end=1900|note=not indicated in his service record}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Asser|nick=Cyril Asser|appt=1 January, 1903<ref>Asser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/11.|D7602799}} f.12.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 275}}|end=17 November, 1903<ref>Asser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/11.|D7602799}} f.12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Asser|nick=Cyril Asser|appt=1 January, 1903<ref>Asser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/11.|D7602799}} f.12.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 275}}|end=17 November, 1903<ref>Asser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/11.|D7602799}} f.12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Allan Gregory|nick=John A. Gregory|appt=4 April, 1904<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 334}}|end=9 January, 1905<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Allan Gregory|nick=John A. Gregory|appt=4 April, 1904<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 334}}|end=9 January, 1905<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>}}

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H.M.S. Janus (1895)
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 28 Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 12 Mar, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1895[5]
Broken up: 1914[6]

H.M.S. Janus was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

In August, 1912, she and the other extant 27 knotters were redesignated as "A" Class Destroyers. She did not last much longer however, as she was scrapped in 1914.

Service

Janus ran into a caisson at Chatham Dockyard Extension Works on 22 February, 1897, sustaining bow damage above the waterline. An inquest was to follow.[7] Her crew went over to Spitfire as she underwent a refit at Sheerness that was completed on 31 March, 1897.[8]

After an instructional cruise to Scotland, Janus was again sent to Sheerness for repairs and alterations in mid-September, 1897. On the 18th, the crew again was sent to Spitfire.[9] Janus completed these repairs on 12 November and resumed her place in the Medway Instructional Flotlla, her crew returning from Spitfire.[10]

Janus was commissioned at Chatham on 9 May 1899 to take the place of Ariel in the Medway Instructional Flotilla, as the latter ship had had defects in its machinery..[11]

In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that Janus's boilers had been re-tubed in 1902 and had recently had a slight refit and her tail shafts withdrawn.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Feb 23, 1897; pg. 7; Issue 35134.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 01, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35166.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Sep 17, 1897; pg. 5; Issue 35311.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 13, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35360.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 10, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35825.
  12. ↑ Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 235.
  14. ↑ Soady Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/443. f. 464.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 20, 1896; pg. 10; Issue 34895.
  16. ↑ Soady Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/443. f. 464.
  17. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 02, 1896; pg. 10; Issue 34932.
  18. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 12, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35149.
  19. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 01, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35166.
  20. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 18, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35312.
  21. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 15, 1898; pg. 7; Issue 35569.
  22. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  23. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1899. Issue 35903, col D, p. 4.
  24. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 264.
  26. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 12 March, 1900. Issue 36087, col E, p. 7.
  27. ↑ Asser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/11. f.12.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 275.
  29. ↑ Asser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/11. f.12.
  30. ↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 334.
  32. ↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  33. ↑ Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 334.
  35. ↑ Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 334.
  37. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  38. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 334.
  40. ↑ Only year is given in his service record.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 334.
  42. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  43. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1913). p. 334.

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