H.M.S. Jupiter (1895)
H.M.S. Jupiter (1895) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.50 (1914) P.50 (Sep 1915) N.64 (1918)[1] |
Builder: | Thomson[2] |
Ordered: | 1893[3] |
Laid down: | 26 Apr, 1894[4] |
Launched: | 18 Nov, 1895[5] |
Completed: | May, 1897[6] |
Commissioned: | 8 Jun, 1897 |
Sold: | 15 Jan, 1920[7] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Jupiter was a battleship of the Majestic class, launched in 1895, and sold for scrap in 1920. She was the fourth warship to bear the name of the king of the Gods of Roman mythology.
Service
Jupiter commissioned at Chatham on 8 June, 1897, Captain Angus MacLeod in command.[8]
She recommissioned at Devonport on 23 December, 1913.[9]
In mid-July, 1914, the ship was ordered to take up station in the Humber as part of a force of four Majestic class battleships and two Cressy class cruisers being sent there to be demobilised on the 25th. Her crew was to be transferred to Canopus.[10]
Jupiter paid off on 22 December, 1916.[11]
Radio
By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[12]
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 5 minutes, 50 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Angus MacLeod, 8 June, 1897[14]
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 17 July, 1905[15]
- Captain Herbert A. Warren, 15 August, 1905[16]
- Captain William F. De Salis, 16 August, 1906[17] – 18 June, 1907[18]
- Captain Cresswell J. Eyres, 18 June, 1907[19] – 1 May, 1908[20]
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., 1 May, 1908 – 13 May, 1908[21] (loaned for 12 days)
- Captain Owen F. Gillett, 13 May, 1908[22][23] – 3 February, 1909[24]
- Captain Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown, 17 November, 1909[25]
- Captain Cole C. Fowler, 13 June, 1911[26]
- Captain John Nicholas, 25 January, 1912[27]
- Commander Octavius H. Daniel, 9 June, 1913[28]
- Commander Henry Luxmoore, 16 February, 1914[29]
- Captain Charles E. Le Mesurier, July, 1914[30]
- Captain Drury St. A. Wake, 29 September, 1914[31]
- Captain William F. Blunt, 25 July, 1915[32] – 16 March, 1915[33]
- Captain Charles F. Corbett, 16 March, 1916[34]
- Captain (retired) William P. Lodder, 15 November, 1917[35]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 147.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 333.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 140 of 17 July 1914.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394v.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1897. Issue 35211, col E, p. 12.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1367.
- ↑ De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 320.
- ↑ De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 345.
- ↑ Eyres Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 9.
- ↑ Eyres Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 9.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 335.
- ↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
- ↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 25 October, 1909. Issue 39099, col E, p. 4.
- ↑ Fowler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 417.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 333.
- ↑ Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
- ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395e.
- ↑ Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395o-p.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 824.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.
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