H.M.S. Hood (1891)
| H.M.S. Hood | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Built By: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 12 August, 1889 |
| Launched: | 30 July, 1891 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June, 1893 |
| Put up for Sale: | 1914 |
| Fate: | Sunk as blockship 3 November, 1914 |
H.M.S. Hood was a Royal Sovereign class battleship ordered for the British Royal Navy under the terms of the Naval Defence Act 1889. At the behest of the First Naval Lord, Sir Arthur W. A. Hood, she was constructed as a turret ship, the last of its type to be built for the Royal Navy.
Built at Chatham Royal Dockyard, Hood served on the Mediterranean Station from 1893 to 1900, before a brief spell as port guard ship at Pembroke, following which she returned to the Mediterranean until December, 1902. After a long refit, she served in the Home Fleet from 1903 to 1904, then went into the Fleet Reserve.
She was placed on the Material Reserve in 1911, and put up for sale in 1914. Following various tests she was sunk to block the Southern entrance to Portland harbour on 3 November.
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As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[1]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edmund F. Jeffreys, 1 June, 1893.[Citation needed]
- Captain Charles C. Drury, 10 October, 1895.[Citation needed]
- Captain Arthur C. B. Bromley, 29 September, 1897.[Citation needed]
- Captain Alvin C. Corry, 9 December, 1898.[Citation needed]
- Captain John E. Blaxland, 4 September, 1900.[Citation needed]
- Captain Robert S. Lowry, 19 April, 1902.[Citation needed]
- Captain William S. Rees, 25 June, 1903.[Citation needed]
- Captain Hugh P. Williams, 30 January, 1904.[2]
- Captain Frederick St. G. Rich, 5 May, 1904.[3]
- Captain Francis C. M. Noel, 3 January, 1905.[Citation needed]
- Commander Lawrence de W. Satow, 1 June, 1907.[Citation needed]
- Captain Thomas L. Shelford, 22 October, 1909.[Citation needed]
- Commander Arthur T. Taylor, 14 July, 1910.[Citation needed]
- Commander John C-T. Glossop, 1 September, 1910.
- Commander Robert W. Myburgh, 25 July, 1911.[4]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 1 February, 1904. Issue 37305, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 April, 1904. Issue 37373, col F, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 July, 1911. Issue 39639, col C, p. 4.
Bibliography
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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