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In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 6 minutes, 59 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904''.  pp. 45-7.</ref>
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In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 6 minutes, 59 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 13:03, 27 September 2012

H.M.S. Hannibal (1896)
Pendant Number: D.36 (1914)
P.45 (Sep 1915)
N.54 (1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1893[3]
Laid down: 1 May, 1894[4]
Launched: 28 Apr, 1896[5]
Commissioned: 10 May, 1898
Sold: 28 Jan, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped in Italy[7]


H.M.S. Hannibal was a British battleship of the Majestic class, launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1920. She was the sixth warship of the Royal Navy to be named after the Carthaginian general Hannibal.

Career

Hannibal was launched on 28 April, 1896, by Mrs. Laurie, the wife of General John W. Laurie, the Member of Parliament for Pembroke and Haverfordwest.[8] She commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 May, 1898, Captain Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart., in command.[9]

Radio

By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[10]

Torpedoes

In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 6 minutes, 59 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 April, 1896. Issue 34877, col B, p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 11 May, 1898. Issue 35513, col E, p. 9.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 324.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 327.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 394l.

Bibliography


Majestic Class Pre-dreadnought
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