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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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=27 June, 1901{{NLMay02|p. 309''a''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=30 June, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 390}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=30 June, 1908{{NLJul09|p. 392}}|end=15 July, 1909{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=16 February, 1911<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=25 May, 1912<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=25 May, 1912<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=31 December, 1912<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=25 May, 1912<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 392}}|end=31 December, 1912<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Francis William Grayson|nick=Godfrey F. W. Grayson|appt=31 March, 1914<ref>Grayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 62.  Day of month taken from predecessor's date of discharge.</ref>|end=1 August, 1914<ref>Grayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 62.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Francis William Grayson|nick=Godfrey F. W. Grayson|appt=31 March, 1914<ref>Grayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 62.  Day of month taken from predecessor's date of discharge.</ref>|end=1 August, 1914<ref>Grayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 62.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Harold Evelyn Head|nick=Charles H. E. Head|appt=2 August, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''x''}}|end=22 May, 1915{{NLApr15|p. 398''x''}}<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Harold Evelyn Head|nick=Charles H. E. Head|appt=2 August, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''x''}}|end=22 May, 1915|note=killed in railway accident}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=22 May, 1915<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=17 July, 1917<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=22 May, 1915<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=17 July, 1917<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Hugh Taylor|nick=Alfred H. Taylor|appt=26 July, 1917|end=12 March, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=12 March, 1918<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=26 September, 1919<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=12 March, 1918<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=26 September, 1919<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Louis Horatio Beckford Bevan|nick=Louis H. B. Bevan|appt=29 August, 1921{{NavAppts|29 July 1921, p. 6}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 12:38, 6 May 2022

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

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  6. ↑ Kemp. H.M. Destroyers. p. 8.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1875). p. 182.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 245.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 237.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 262.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 264.
  12. ↑ de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 275.
  13. ↑ de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 275.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 307.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 309a.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 309a.
  17. ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  18. ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  19. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
  20. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 392.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 392.
  23. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  24. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  25. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 392.
  27. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  28. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 392.
  30. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  31. ↑ Grayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 62. Day of month taken from predecessor's date of discharge.
  32. ↑ Grayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 62.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398x.
  34. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  35. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  36. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  37. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  38. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 July 1921, p. 6.

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).


Torpedo Vessel H.M.S. Vesuvius


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