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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[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 destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
Bat was leader of the Devonport Flotilla in mid-1899 under command of Alexander Ludovic Duff.[7] In July 1913, she was part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Alexander Ludovic Duff, in command, and Captain (D) of the Devonport Flotilla during exercises in July 1899.[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Roy Bacchus, 20 FEbruary, 1912.[10]
- Lieutenant in Command Desmond Maxwell, 3 February, 1914.[11]
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.[12]
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.[13]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 282.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1899. pp. 62-3.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 282.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 284.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1899. p. 74.
Bibliography