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Revision as of 15:26, 9 December 2021
H.M.S. Bat (1896) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.97 (1914) D.46 (Sep 1915) D.09 (Jan 1918) H.87 (Sep 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 28 May, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 7 Oct, 1896[5] |
Commissioned: | Aug, 1897[6] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Bat was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
Bat was leader of the Devonport Instructional Flotilla in mid-1899 under command of Alexander Ludovic Duff.[7]
In the early morning hours of 15 February, 1900, Bat was one of several T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Flotilla damaged, losing the guard of her starboard propeller, when H.M.S. Fairy dragged her anchor in Falmouth Harbour. [8] Further damage would result during a full power trial on 21 February, when a steam accident in her engine room would require her to return to Plymouth on her port engines only and require her removal from the flotilla. A cascading series of faults originating in a fracture at a bolt hole caused a crack fully two inches wide in a cylinder.[9] She was paid off into the Dockyard Reserve on 8 March and her crew turned over to Leven, which would replace her in the Instructional Flotilla.[10]
On 23 January, 1901, Bat led six other destroyers (plus Leven, who sortied later) of her flotilla from Devonport to Kingstown. They were to return to Devonport after two weeks.[11]
In early March, 1901, Bat returned to Plymouth, escorting H.M.S. Fairy, whose Lieutenant and Commander Barkley had been injured by a fall down a hatch.[12]
She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[13]
In July 1913, she was part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Arthur H. Shirley, 2 December, 1897[15] – 14 January, 1898
- Commander Alexander L. Duff, 14 January, 1898[16] – 14 January, 1900[17] (and Captain (D) of the Devonport Flotilla during exercises)
- Commander Pennant A. I. Lloyd, 14 January, 1900[18] – 8 March, 1900 (ship suffered engine damage and crew decamped to Leven while repairs began)
- Commander Arthur P. James, 1901 – 16 May, 1901
- Commander Roger J. B. Keyes, 1 May, 1901[19] – 5 January, 1902[20] (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Lieutenant & Commander James U. Farie, 2 September, 1902[21] – late 1902[22] (for passage to Mediterranean)
- Commander Douglas E. R. Brownrigg, 15 January, 1903[23] – 20 October, 1903[24]
- Commander John Luce, 21 December, 1903[25] – 1 June, 1904[26] (and in command of a division of T.B.Ds.)
- Lieutenant & Commander Samuel Collins, 1 June, 1904[27]
- Lieutenant & Commander Philip D. R. West, 2 January, 1905[28] – 23 March, 1907
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard A. A. Plowden, 23 March, 1907[29][30] – 13 May, 1908[31]
- Commander James U. Farie, 13 May, 1908[32] – 6 August, 1908[33]
- Lieutenant & Commander Randolph Divett, 6 August, 1908[34] – 6 October, 1908[35]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard A. A. Plowden, 6 October, 1908[36] – 13 March, 1909[37]
- Lieutenant & Commander John E. P. Bickford, 20 March, 1909[38] – 18 October, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander Eric Q. Carter, 19 October, 1909[39][40] – 10 January, 1910[41]
- Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower, 10 January, 1910[42][43] – 13 May, 1910[44]
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur Henniker-Heaton, 1910[45] – February, 1911[46]
- Lieutenant in Command William J. Whitworth, 22 February, 1911[47][48] – 3 February, 1912[49]
- Lieutenant & Commander Roy Bacchus, 20 February, 1912[50][51] – 16 December, 1913[52]
- Lieutenant in Command Desmond Maxwell, 3 February, 1914[53] – 9 December, 1915[54]
- Lieutenant in Command George A. Scott, 8 December, 1915[55] – 2 April, 1916[56]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur H. Hignett, 6 April, 1916[57] – 31 May, 1917[58]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Geoffrey H. Barnish, 1 July, 1918 – 31 July, 1918
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Francis G. Spriddell, 25 July, 1918[59]
Torpedoes
In October 1898, the ship became the first destroyer in the Royal Navy to receive a torpedo fitted for a gyroscope, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot, a single 18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedo, S.L. type, manufactured by Whitehead.[60]
Her gyro hardware is still seemingly unique in that it is noted in her results of a flotilla exercise of July 1899, where she scored one hit in three shots. She is the only destroyer whose results are so noted.[61]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1899. pp. 62-3.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 19, 1900; pg. 9; Issue 36069.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 24, 1900; pg. 8; Issue 36074.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 09, 1900; pg. 12; Issue 36085.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jan 24, 1901; pg. 5; Issue 36360.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 01, 1901; pg. 11; Issue 36391.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 3 December, 1897. Issue 35377, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 228.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 229.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141. f. 206.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 282.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 282.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Divett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/41. f. ?.
- ↑ Divett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/41. f. ?.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 282.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 282.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
- ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 282.
- ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/148. f. 353.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/148. f. 353.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 282.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Bacchus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/59. f. 462.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 282.
- ↑ Bacchus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/59. f. 462.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392i.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391q.
- ↑ Hignett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 340/67/37. f. ?. This is incredibly hard to read.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 738.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1899. p. 74.
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