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'''H.M.S. ''Cæsar''''' was a [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]] battleship of the [[Royal Navy]], launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921.  She was the third British warship named for the Roman soldier Julius Cæsar.
 
==Career==
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|Displacement:
| colspan="2" | '''Pendant Numbers.'''<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  p. 29.</ref>
|14,560 - 14,890 tons (normal)<br>15,730 - 16,060 tons (fully loaded)
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|Length:
| 1914 || D.27
|390 feet
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|Beam:
| September, 1915 || P.02
|75 feet
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|Draught:
| January, 1918 || P.10
|26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches
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|Propulsion:
|2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp.  4 Yarrow boilers
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|Top Speed:
|18.7 knots
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|Range:
|4,700 miles at 10 knots
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|Complement:
|673
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|Armament:
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*4 × BL 12"/35 Mark VIII guns in twin BIII (Whitworth) mountings
*2 × BL 9.2"/50 Elswick Pattern 'E' guns in single Mark IX mountings
*12 × BL 6"/40 Mark XVIII guns in single Mark IV mountings
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==Career==
''Cæsar'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 January, 1898, by Captain [[John Pakenham Pipon|John P. Pipon]], C.B., C.M.G., with a complement of 757 officers and men for service on the [[Mediterranean Station]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 13 January, 1898.  Issue '''35412''', col B, pg. 8.</ref>
''Cæsar'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 January, 1898, by Captain [[John Pakenham Pipon|John P. Pipon]], C.B., C.M.G., with a complement of 757 officers and men for service on the [[Mediterranean Station]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 13 January, 1898.  Issue '''35412''', col B, pg. 8.</ref>
   
   
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*Captain [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney R. Fremantle]], 5 December, 1905.<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 473.</ref>
*Captain [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney R. Fremantle]], 5 December, 1905.<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 473.</ref>
*Captain Archibald P. Stoddart, 28 May, 1907.<ref>Stoddart Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/39.  f. 1231.</ref>
*Captain Archibald P. Stoddart, 28 May, 1907.<ref>Stoddart Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/39.  f. 1231.</ref>
*Captain [[Robert Hamilton Anstruther|Robert H. Anstruther]], .
*Captain [[Robert Hamilton Anstruther|Robert H. Anstruther]], 12 October, 1908.<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 96.</ref>
*Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes|Price V. Lewes]], .
*Captain [[Price Vaughan Lewes|Price V. Lewes]], 9 August, 1910.<ref>Lewes Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42. f. 300.</ref>
*Captain [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson|Robert E. R. Benson]], .
*Captain [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson|Robert E. R. Benson]], 6 June, 1911.<ref>Benson Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 240.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss|Edward W. E. Wemyss]], 4 June, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 288.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss|Edward W. E. Wemyss]], 4 June, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 288.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward George Lowther-Crofton|Edward G. Lowther-Crofton]], 1 February, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 392''o''.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward George Lowther-Crofton|Edward G. Lowther-Crofton]], 1 February, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 392''o''.</ref>
*Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|Cunningham R. de C. Foot]], 10 December, 1915.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 392''r''.</ref>
*Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|Cunningham R. de C. Foot]], 10 December, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 392''r''.</ref>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:22, 23 May 2012

Career Details
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Ordered: 1893
Laid down: 25 March, 1895
Launched: 2 September, 1896
Commissioned: 13 January, 1898
Sold: 8 November, 1921
Fate: Scrapped in Germany

H.M.S. Cæsar was a Majestic class battleship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921. She was the third British warship named for the Roman soldier Julius Cæsar.

Career

Pendant Numbers.[1]
1914 D.27
September, 1915 P.02
January, 1918 P.10

Cæsar was commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 January, 1898, by Captain John P. Pipon, C.B., C.M.G., with a complement of 757 officers and men for service on the Mediterranean Station.[2]

By the First World War, Cæsar was allegedly capable of only nine knots maximum speed.[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 5 minutes, 45 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[4]

Radio

By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 29.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 January, 1898. Issue 35412, col B, pg. 8.
  3. ↑ Transcript of interview with Paymaster Rear-Admiral Keith MacL. Lawder in possession of the University of Leeds Library. f. 3.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, pg. 10.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 15 April, 1899. Issue 35804, col F, pg. 8.
  8. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
  9. ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
  10. ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1231.
  11. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  12. ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1231.
  13. ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
  14. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  15. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 288.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392o.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392r.

Bibliography

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

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