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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.{{ARTS1898|p. 42}}
  
 
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Revision as of 19:53, 25 November 2012

H.M.S. Bat (1896)
Pendant Number: P.97 (1914)
D.46 (Sep 1915)
D.09 (Jan 1918)
H.87 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer[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 40 destroyers of the C class.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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.[7]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
Star Whiting Bat Chamois Crane
Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
Otter Leopard Vixen Brazen Electra
Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
Greyhound Racehorse Roebuck Gipsy Fairy
Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
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