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The torpedo vessel '''H.M.S. ''Vesuvius''''' was completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1874. | The torpedo vessel '''H.M.S. ''Vesuvius''''' was completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1874. | ||
==Construction== | ==Design & Construction== | ||
''Vesuvius'' was the first ship in the Royal Navy to carry Whitehead torpedoes, being equipped to carry up to ten.{{KempHMDestroyers|p. 8}} | |||
==Machinery== | ==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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 18 April 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][Fact Check]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) Vernon H. S. Haggard, 9 September, 1904[14] – 31 December, 1905[15]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) William R. Napier, 1 January, 1906[16] – 30 June, 1908[17]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) Brien M. Money, 16 February, 1911[18] – 25 May, 1912[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander (T) Arthur T. Walker, 25 May, 1912[20] – 31 December, 1912[21]
- Commander Brien M. Money, 31 December, 1912[22] – 31 March, 1914[23]
- Commander Godfrey F. W. Grayson, 31 March, 1914[24] – 1 August, 1914[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. E. Head, 2 August, 1914[26] – 22 May, 1915[27][28]
- Commander (T) Arthur T. Walker, 22 May, 1915[29] – 17 July, 1917[30]
- Lieutenant-Commander Roderick B. T. Miles, 12 March, 1918[31] – 26 September, 1919[32]
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. (February, 1900). p. 310.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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