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*Captain [[Francis Wade Caulfeild|Francis W. Caulfeild]], 11 February, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 398''v''.</ref>
 
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*Captain [[Arthur H. Oldham]], March, 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
 
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==Torpedoes==
 
==Torpedoes==

Revision as of 17:19, 9 January 2014

H.M.S. Venerable (1899)
Pendant Number: 96 (1914)
A8 (Jan 1918)
N.36 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1898-99 Programme[3]
Laid down: 2 Jan, 1899[4]
Launched: 2 Nov, 1899[5]
Commissioned: 12 Nov, 1902
Sold: 4 Jun, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped in Germany


Service

On 6 January, 1912 Venerable went into dry dock at Gibraltar for her annual refit.

Captain George E. Patey commissioned the Venerable at Chatham on 12 November, 1912, as flagship of the Second-in-Command in the Mediterranean.[7]

In mid-1913, she was operating with Second Fleet.[8]

Venerable paid off on 27 December, 1916.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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 3 minute, 23 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[22]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 389.
  9. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 398r.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 389.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 20 June, 1911. Issue 39616, col F, p. 4.
  16. Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  17. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 387.
  18. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 387a.
  19. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 398v.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 924.
  22. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

Bibliography


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