H.M.S. Enchantress (1903)
| H.M.S. Enchantress (1903) | |
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| Builder: | Harland and Wolff |
| Launched: | 7 Nov, 1903[1] |
| Sold: | 24 Jun, 1935[2] |
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
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|Built By:
|Harland and Wolff
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|Laid Down:
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|Launched:
|7 November, 1903[3]
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|Commissioned:
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|Sold:
|24 June, 1935[4]
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|Fate:
|Scrapped
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|Displacement:
|2,050 tons[5]
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|Length:
|300 feet (o.a.)[6]
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|Beam:
|40 feet[7]
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|Draught:
|12 feet[8]
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|Propulsion:
|Turbine, 4,500 shp[9]
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|Speed:
|18½ knots[10]
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Tendered for by Harland & Wolff, Belfast; Henderson & Co., Glasgow; Inglis, Glasgow; and Ramage & Ferguson, Leith. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas, 1 May, 1905.[11]
- Captain Thomas D. L. Sheppard, 1 June, 1906.[12]
- Captain Hubert Lynes, 9 August, 1912.[13]
- Captain The Hon. Arthur C. Strutt, 29 November, 1918.[14]
- Captain Edward Barry Stewart Bingham, September, 1920.[15]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1908). p. 308.
- ↑ Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
- ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 787.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 769.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
Primary Sources
- H.M.S. Enchantress Visitors' Book. 13 June, 1904 - 9 August, 1939. Admiralty Library, Portsmouth. MSS 183.
