H.M.S. Hermes (1898)
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H.M.S. Hermes (1898) | |
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Pendant Number: | N/A[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
Laid down: | 30 Apr, 1897[3] |
Launched: | 7 Apr, 1898[4] |
Commissioned: | 5 Oct, 1899[5] |
Torpedoed: | 31 Oct, 1914[6] |
Fate: | by U 27 off Ruylingen Bank[7] |
Service
In 1910, Hermes was the best gunnery ship of the three tested at the Cape of Good Hope Station, scoring 75.66 – well ahead of the average 46.930.[8]
Recommissioned on 7 May, 1913 and attached to the Air Service with a number of officers borne for the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Frank H. Henderson, 5 October, 1899.[10]
- Captain Henry C. Kingsford, 23 April, 1903.[11]
- Captain Douglas R. L. Nicholson, 1905-1908.[Citation needed]
- Captain Philip W. Dumas, 20 August, 1908.[12]
- Captain Herbert J. Savill, December 1910.[13]
- Captain Gerald W. Vivian, 25 April, 1913.[14]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8328, p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 324.
- ↑ The Navy List, Corrected to the 18th January, 1900. p. 257.
- ↑ Kingsford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 749.
- ↑ Dumas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 500.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
See Also
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