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==Torpedoes==
 
==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 2 minutes, 26 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was 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 2 minutes, 26 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:03, 27 September 2012

H.M.S. Duncan (1901)
Pendant Number: 43 (1914)
59 (Jan 1918)
N.53 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Thames Iron Works[2]
Ordered: 1898 Supplemental Programme[3]
Laid down: 10 Jul, 1899[4]
Launched: 21 Mar, 1901[5]
Commissioned: 3 Oct, 1903
Sold: 18 Feb, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped


Career

The Duncan was commissioned at Chatham on 8 October, 1903, by Captain Henry B. Jackson, for service on the Mediterranean Station.[7]

Duncan paid off on 10 April, 1917.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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 2 minutes, 26 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[13]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 October, 1903. Issue 37207, col B, p. 9.
  8. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 393g.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 October, 1903. Issue 37207, col B, p. 9.
  10. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 305.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 308.
  12. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393o.
  13. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

Bibliography


Duncan Class Pre-dreadnought
  Albemarle Cornwallis Duncan  
  Exmouth Montagu Russell  
<– London Class Battleships (UK) Triumph Class –>