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* {{CaptRN}} [[William Blake Fisher]], 6 July, 1901.{{CN}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[William Blake Fisher|William B. Fisher]], 6 July, 1901.{{CN}}
* Captain [[William Stokes Rees]], September 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[William Stokes Rees|William S. Rees]], September, 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Charles Windham]], March 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Charles Windham]], March, 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Cecil Spencer Hickley]], August 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Cecil Spencer Hickley|Cecil S. Hickley]], August, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Francis William Kennedy]], December 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]], 6 December, 1906.<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>
* Captain [[Edward Francis Bruen]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward Francis Bruen|Edward F. Bruen]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Ernest Henslowe]], 7 March, 1912,<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 278.</ref>
*Captain [[Hubert Grant-Dalton]], August, 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{CommRN}}  [[Cecil F. Watson]], 8 September, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 279.</ref>
*Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville|Henry B. T. Somerville]], May, 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Hubert Grant-Dalton]], August 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Cyril Peel]], March, 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville]], May 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Reginald James Newall Watson|Reginald J. N. Watson]], November, 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Cyril Peel]], March 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[George Plunkett England|George P. England]], January, 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Reginald J.N. Watson]], November 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[George P. England]], January 1919.{{MackieRNW}}


==Torpedoes==
==Torpedoes==

Revision as of 18:47, 17 August 2013

H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)
Pendant Number: D.52 (1914)
Compass (Sep 1915)
P.7C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Ordered: 1896-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1896[4]
Launched: 5 Jan, 1898[5]
Commissioned: 17 Sep, 1901[6]
Sold: 12 Apr, 1920[7]
Fate: to Ward, Milford Haven[8]

Service

In mid-1913, she was being used to train stokers in Devonport.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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, 15 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[20]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 278.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

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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