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*Captain [[Seymour Elphinstone Erskine|Seymour E. Erskine]], 12 January, 1907.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 282.</ref>
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*Captain [[Seymour Elphinstone Erskine|Seymour E. Erskine]], 12 January, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 282.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Sturdee]],  
 
*Captain [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Sturdee]],  
 
*Captain [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]],  
 
*Captain [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]],  

Revision as of 15:35, 21 August 2012

H.M.S. Bedford
Career Details
Pendant Numbers:
Built By: Fairfield[1]
Laid Down: 19 Feb 1900[2]
Launched: 31 Aug 1901[3]
Completed: 11 Nov 1903[4]
Sold:
Fate: Wrecked 21 Jan (Aug?) 1910[5][6]

One of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class completed between 1903 and 1904.

Alterations

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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 7 minutes, 40 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conways, p. 70.
  2. Conways, p. 70.
  3. Conways, p. 70.
  4. Conways, p. 70.
  5. Conways, p. 70.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 42.
  7. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 282.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904, pp. 45-7.

Bibliography

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