H.M.S. Cobra (1899)
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| Builder: | Armstrong[1] |
| Ordered: | Purchased 1900[2] |
| Launched: | 28 Jun, 1899[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1901[4] |
| Foundered: | 1901[5] |
H.M.S. Cobra was one of 24 destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
She foundered on her delivery voyage from Newcastle to Portsmouth at a position near Cromer. She had taken to rolling so badly that speed was reduced to 10 knots and the stokeholds could barely be manned. She broke up at 7 a.m., two hours after sailing, within sight of Outer Dowsing Lightship. Having been lost at just five weeks after Viper's unfortunate grounding and loss, her destruction inspired a distrust of snake-based ship names.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant Alan W. Bosworth Smith, September, 1901.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 71.
- ↑ Weaver and Mayo, p. 180.
Bibliography
- Weaver, Frederic William, M.A., F.S.A. and Mayo, Charles Herbert, M.A., R.D. (1907). Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset. Volume X. Sherborne: J. C. and A. T. Sawtell.
