H.M.S. Spitfire (1895)
H.M.S. Spitfire (1895) | |
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Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[1] |
Ordered: | 1893-94[2] |
Laid down: | 4 Jun, 1894[3] |
Launched: | 7 Jun, 1895[4] |
Commissioned: | Nov, 1896[5] |
Broken up: | 1912[6] |
H.M.S. Spitfire was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.
Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.
Construction & Service
On 1 July, 1905, Spitfire led seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division from Sheerness to Spithead under the command of Commander Reginald Graham Gregory.[7]
She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Raymond A. Nugent, 11 March, 1897[9] – 1 April, 1897[10] (came in, temporarily, with crew from Janus while that ship undergoes refit)
- Lieutenant & Commander Horatio W. Colomb, 18 June, 1897[11] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant & Commander Raymond A. Nugent, 18 September, 1897[12] – mid November, 1897[13] (came in, temporarily, with crew from Janus while that ship undergoes repair)
- Lieutenant & Commander Thomas F. T. Michell, 18 February, 1899 – 14 June, 1899 (indicated in one Navy List as Salmon)
- Lieutenant in Command John Luce, 13 June, 1899[14] – before 24 August, 1899[15]
- Lieutenant & Commander Stanley R. Miller, 16 July, 1901[16] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Lieutenant & Commander Brien M. Money, 21 July, 1903[17] – 18 August, 1903 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Lieutenant (in Command?) Colin K. MacLean, 14 August, 1903 – 15 September, 1903
- Lieutenant in Command Humphrey T. Walwyn, 14 July, 1904[18][19] – 3 January, 1905 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil H. Pilcher, 3 January, 1905 – 14 March, 1905
- Commander Reginald G. Gregory, before 2 July, 1905 – c. 11 July, 1905[Inference] (taking 18 destroyers from Sheerness to Spithead)
- Commander James R. P. Hawksley, 11 July, 1905[20] – 3 September, 1905[21]
- Lieutenant & Commander Robert J. Buchanan, 4 September, 1905[22] – 1 January, 1906[23]
- Gunner in Command John Reep, 23 January, 1906 – 1 April, 1906
- Lieutenant in Command Osmond J. Prentis, 1 April, 1906[24] – 28 May, 1906[25]
- Lieutenant & Commander William F. Benwell, 28 May, 1906[26][27] – 22 June, 1906[28] (left, sick with neuritis)
- Lieutenant & Commander Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee, 28 May, 1906[29] – 10 July, 1906 (assumed command after Benwell's illness)
- Lieutenant & Commander Leonard Robinson, 10 July, 1907[30] – 15 January, 1909
- Lieutenant in Command George W. Taylor, 30 March, 1909[31] – 26 November, 1909[32]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. Rawlings, 26 November, 1909[33][34] – May, 1910[35]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, May, 1910[36] – 1 March, 1911[37]
- Lieutenant & Commander Anthony W. Loveband, 1 March, 1911[38]
Equipment
In 1896, Swordfish and Spitfire were fitted with Tower's Steady Platform search lights which proved "very satisfactory,"[39] having been improved since 1889 evaluations. In tests at Chatham on 13th October, 1896, Spitfire was moored in basin number 3 and rolled about 25 degrees while she shone her light on a hatch-painted test vessel. The light beam did not waver by more than a half degree during the test.[40]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 12, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35149.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 01, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35166.
- ↑ Colomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/202. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 18, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35312.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 13, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35360.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
- ↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 378.
- ↑ Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 378.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 378.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 378.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 378.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. ix.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 51.
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