H.M.S. Arrogant (1896)

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H.M.S. Arrogant (1896)
Pendant Number: P.42 (1914)
N.08 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 1895[3]
Launched: 26 May, 1896[4]
Commissioned: 1898[5]
Sold: 13 Nov, 1923[6]
Fate: to Hughes, Bolckow

H.M.S. Arrogant was one of four Arrogant class cruisers completed between 1898 and 1900. She served as a depot ship for submarines during the Great War.

Service

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 July 1911[7] as she completed conversion to a depot ship.[8]

In mid-1913, she was servicing Fourth Submarine Flotilla in Portsmouth.[9]

She served the Fourth Submarine Flotilla at Dover from 1914-1916 and also served the Fifth Submarine Flotilla and acted as based flagship there from 1915-1918.[10]

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 2 minute, 40 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[26]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 40, 293.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 40, 293.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 280.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 280.
  10. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1056.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 280.
  15. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  16. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 279.
  17. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 85.
  18. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 January, 1910. Issue 39162, col D, p. 4.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 277.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  22. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1919). }p. 733.
  24. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 728.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 728.
  26. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

Bibliography


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