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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark'''''
 
 
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|Fate:||Destroyed by internal explosion 26 November, 1914
 
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|Displacement:||15,366 tons (load); 15,995 tons (deep)
 
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|Length:||431 feet 9 in (131 m)
 
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|Beam:||75 ft
 
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|Draught:||27 ft 3 in (load); 28 ft 2 in (deep)
 
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|Propulsion:||Two sets 3-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, two in-turning propellers
 
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|Speed:||18 knots
 
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|Range:||5,550 nautical miles at 10 knots
 
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|Complement:||750; 766 as flagship, 1904
 
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|Armament:||4 × Mk IX 12&nbsp;inch guns<br />12 × Mk VII 6&nbsp;inch guns<br />16 × 12&nbsp;pdr quick-firing guns<br />2 × 12&nbsp;pdr boat and field guns<br />6 × 3&nbsp;pdr guns<br />2 × machine guns<br />4 × 18&nbsp;in submerged torpedo tubes
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[Pre-Dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Career==
 
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On 4 June, 1912, Captain [[Herbert Chatterton]] commissioned ''Bulwark'' at Chatham, for service in the [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fifth Battle Squadron]].<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 4 June, 1912.  Issue '''39916''', col C, pg. 6.</ref>
 
On 4 June, 1912, Captain [[Herbert Chatterton]] commissioned ''Bulwark'' at Chatham, for service in the [[Fifth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fifth Battle Squadron]].<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 4 June, 1912.  Issue '''39916''', col C, pg. 6.</ref>
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==Torpedoes==
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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 2 minute, 2 seconds, later improved to 1 minute 35 seconds.  The best time was achieved by ''Cressy'' at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904'', pp. 45-7.</ref>
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==Alterations==
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In 1913 it was approved that ''Bulwark'' receive a [[Dumaresq#MarkIII|Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760]].  Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.<ref>Admiralty Weekly Orders.  "283.&mdash;Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760&mdash;Supply of, to certain Ships."  N.S. 2066/13.&mdash;6.6.1913.  The National Archives.  ADM 182/4.</ref>
  
 
{{CAPTAINS}}
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Tower Hamilton|Frederick T. Hamilton]], 18 March, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 5 March, 1902.  Issue '''36707''', col E, pg. 5.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Tower Hamilton|Frederick T. Hamilton]], 18 March, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 5 March, 1902.  Issue '''36707''', col E, pg. 5.</ref>
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*{{CommRN}} (Acting Flag Captain) [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|Edward M. Phillpotts]], 24 February, 1905.
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*{{CommRN}} (Acting Flag Captain) [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|Edward M. Phillpotts]], 24 February, 1905.<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 170.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]], 1 May, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 April, 1905.  Issue '''37689''', col C, pg. 8.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond de B. Brock]], 1 May, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 April, 1905.  Issue '''37689''', col C, pg. 8.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]], 12 February, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 February, 1907.  Issue '''38253''', col E, pg. 6.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]], 12 February, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 February, 1907.  Issue '''38253''', col E, pg. 6.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|Arthur C. Leveson]], 3 January, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 3 January, 1908.  Issue '''38533''', col A, pg. 4.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|Arthur C. Leveson]], 3 January, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 3 January, 1908.  Issue '''38533''', col A, pg. 4.</ref>
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*Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott|Robert F. Scott]], 30 May, 1908.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 288.</ref>
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*Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott|Robert F. Scott]], 30 May, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 288.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 24 March, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 March, 1909.  Issue '''38907''', col B, pg. 9.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 24 March, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 March, 1909.  Issue '''38907''', col B, pg. 9.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]], 1 March, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 February, 1910.  Issue '''39195''', col C, pg. 7.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]], 1 March, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 February, 1910.  Issue '''39195''', col C, pg. 7.</ref>
 
*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 18 March, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 February, 1910.  Issue '''39195''', col C, pg. 7.</ref>
 
*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 18 March, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 14 February, 1910.  Issue '''39195''', col C, pg. 7.</ref>
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*Captain [[Edmund Hyde Smith|Edmund H. Smith]], 25 March, 1911.{{CN}}
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*Captain [[Edmund Hyde Smith|Edmund H. Smith]], 25 March, 1911.<ref>Smith Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 295.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Herbert Chatterton]], 4 June, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 4 June, 1912.  Issue '''39916''', col C, pg. 6.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Herbert Chatterton]], 4 June, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 4 June, 1912.  Issue '''39916''', col C, pg. 6.</ref>
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*Captain [[Guy Lutley Sclater|Guy L. Sclater]], 17 November, 1913.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 287.</ref>
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*Captain [[Guy Lutley Sclater|Guy L. Sclater]], 17 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 287.</ref>
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==Torpedoes==
 
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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 2 minute, 2 seconds, later improved to 1 minute 35 seconds.  The best time was achieved by ''Cressy'' at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904'', pp. 45-7.</ref>
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

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Career Details
Ordered: 27 June, 1898
Builders: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 20 March, 1899
Launched: 18 October, 1899
Commissioned: 11 March, 1902
Fate: Destroyed by internal explosion 26 November, 1914

H.M.S. Bulwark was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.

Career

Bulwark commissioned at Devonport on 18 March, 1902, under Captain Frederick T. Hamilton, to relieve Royal Oak in the Mediterranean, where she would become flagship of the Commander-in-Chief.[1] On 1 May Admiral Sir Compton E. Domvile hoisted his flag in her, before going on leave.[2] She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander Edward M. Phillpotts, acting Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. In May, 1905, Captain Osmond de B. Brock was appointed in command. Paid off in March, 1907, Bulwark was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral Frank Finnis, Rear-Admiral in the Nore Division, Home Fleet. Captain Bertram M. Chambers took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship Resolution.

On 4 June, 1912, Captain Herbert Chatterton commissioned Bulwark at Chatham, for service in the Fifth Battle Squadron.[3]

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 2 minute, 2 seconds, later improved to 1 minute 35 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[4]

Alterations

In 1913 it was approved that Bulwark receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 19 March, 1902. Issue 36719, col D, pg. 8.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 2 May, 1902. Issue 36757, col C, pg. 8.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 4 June, 1912. Issue 39916, col C, pg. 6.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904, pp. 45-7.
  5. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Orders. "283.—Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760—Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.—6.6.1913. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 5 March, 1902. Issue 36707, col E, pg. 5.
  7. ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 April, 1905. Issue 37689, col C, pg. 8.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 February, 1907. Issue 38253, col E, pg. 6.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 3 January, 1908. Issue 38533, col A, pg. 4.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 288.
  12. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 15 March, 1909. Issue 38907, col B, pg. 9.
  13. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 February, 1910. Issue 39195, col C, pg. 7.
  14. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 February, 1910. Issue 39195, col C, pg. 7.
  15. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
  16. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 4 June, 1912. Issue 39916, col C, pg. 6.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 287.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.

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