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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Cecil Burney]], 11 June, 1904.<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}. f. 180.</ref>
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*Captain [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Cecil Burney]], 11 June, 1904.<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 180.</ref>
*Captain [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Frederic E. E. Brock]], 22 May, 1905.<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19}}. f. 220.</ref>
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*Captain [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Frederic E. E. Brock]], 22 May, 1905.<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 220.</ref>
*Captain [[Richard Bowles Farquhar|Richard B. Farquhar]], 4 December, 1906.<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  Book 2. f. 446.</ref>
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*Captain [[Richard Bowles Farquhar|Richard B. Farquhar]], 4 December, 1906.<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 446.</ref>
*Captain [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears|Edmund R. Pears]], 12 November, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908)p. 387.</ref>
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*Captain [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears|Edmund R. Pears]], 12 November, 1907.<ref>Pears Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>
*Captain [[William Christopher Pakenham|William C. Pakenham]], 29 March, 1909.<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 13.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Christopher Pakenham|William C. Pakenham]], 29 March, 1909.<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 13.</ref>
*Captain [[Francis George Eyre|Francis G. Eyre]], 25 December, 1909.<ref>Eyre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 140.</ref>
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*Captain [[Francis George Eyre|Francis G. Eyre]], 25 December, 1909.<ref>Eyre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 140.</ref>
*Captain [[Arthur William Waymouth|Arthur W. Waymouth]], 12 January, 1912.<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 164.</ref>
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*Captain [[Arthur William Waymouth|Arthur W. Waymouth]], 12 January, 1912.<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>
*Captain [[Joseph Ridgway Bridson|Joseph R. Bridson]], 18 March, 1912.<ref>Bridson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}. f. 273.</ref>
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*Captain [[Joseph Ridgway Bridson|Joseph R. Bridson]], 18 March, 1912.<ref>Bridson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 273.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Philip Streatfeild]], 28 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 385.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Philip Streatfeild]], 28 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 385.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]], 5 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 386.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]], 5 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 386.</ref>

Revision as of 05:55, 3 August 2013

H.M.S. Triumph (1903)
Pendant Number: no data[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: Purchased 3 Dec, 1903[3]
Laid down: 26 Feb, 1902[4]
Launched: 15 Jan, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1904[6]
Torpedoed: 25 May, 1915[7]
Fate: by U.21, Dardanelles

H.M.S. Triumph was originally built for Chile as Libertad, and purchased along with sister Swiftsure on 3 December, 1903.[8] As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.

Service

Recommissioned at Sheerness on 11 April, 1913.[9]

Recommissioned 28 August 1913 with Captain Philip Streatfeild.[10]

Triumph served in China until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.[11]

Loss

Triumph was torpedoed through her deployed anti-torpedo netting.[12]

Alterations

In 1913 it was approved that Triumph receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 39.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 39.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 387.
  10. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 385.
  11. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  12. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  13. Admiralty Weekly Orders. "283.—Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760—Supply of, to certain Ships." N.S. 2066/13.—6.6.1913. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  14. Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
  15. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  16. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 446.
  17. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  18. Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 13.
  19. Eyre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 140.
  20. Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  21. Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  22. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 385.
  23. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 386.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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