H.M.S. Grafton (1892)
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H.M.S. Grafton (1892) | |
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Pendant Number: | A8 (1914) N.23 (Sep 1915) N.53 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall[2] |
Laid down: | 1 Jan, 1890[3] |
Launched: | 30 Jan, 1892[4] |
Commissioned: | 18 Oct, 1894[5] |
Sold: | 1 Jul, 1920[6] |
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain William Des Vœux Hamilton, September 1895.[7]
- Captain Edward Pitcairn Jones, May 1896.[8]
- Captain Frederic William Fisher, October 1898.[9]
- Captain Colin Richard Keppel, March 1902.[10]
- Captain Robert Grant Fraser, November 1904.[11]
- Captain William Oswald Story, April 1905.[12]
- Captain Frederick Charles Ashley Ogilvy, February 1906.[13]
- Captain Edward Montgomery Phillpotts, August 1906.[14]
- Captain Charles F. Thorp, 10 January, 1907.[15]
- Captain Ronald Arthur Hopwood, January 1909.[16]
- Captain Constantine Henry Hughes-Onslow, March 1910.[17]
- Captain Frederic Aubrey Whitehead, March 1912. [18]
- Captain Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard, August 1914.[19]
- Captain Henry Edgar Grace, June 1915.[20]
- Captain Percy Johnson, July 1917.[21]
- Captain Percival Henry Warleigh, August 1919.[22]
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, in three trials the ship's crew was able to do this in 4:45 (port), 5:29 (starboard), and 1:41 (port). The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 322.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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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