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==Order of Battle==
 
==Order of Battle==
  
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The following ships participated in the exercise.{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}}
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The following ships participated in the exercise.{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}}{{NMI|3 July, 1896; pg. 12}}
  
 
The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour|E. H. Seymour]] with Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|A. K. Wilson]] as second-in-command.
 
The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour|E. H. Seymour]] with Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|A. K. Wilson]] as second-in-command.
  
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Additional material was published in ''The Times'' on 20 July{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|20 July 1896, p. 12}}, 1 August,{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|1 Aug. 1896, p. 5}} 3 {{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|August, 3 Aug. 1896, p. 13}} and 12 August.{{ToL|Some Lessons from the Late Manoeuvres|12 Aug. 1896, p. 4}}
 
===Devonport===
 
===Devonport===
  
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* {{UK-Devastation}} Captain [[William Metcalfe Lang]]
 
* {{UK-Devastation}} Captain [[William Metcalfe Lang]]
 
* {{UK-1Dreadnought}} Captain [[Anson Schomberg]]
 
* {{UK-1Dreadnought}} Captain [[Anson Schomberg]]
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* {{UK-1Thunderer}} Captain [[Herbert William Summer Gibson]]
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* {{UK-1Thunderer}} Captain [[Herbert William Sumner Gibson]]
  
 
Cruisers:
 
Cruisers:
 
* {{UK-Forth}} Captain [[Edward Henry Bayly]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-Forth}} Captain [[Edward Henry Bayly]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-Pearl}} Captain [[George Morris Henderson]] (ditto)
 
* {{UK-Pearl}} Captain [[George Morris Henderson]] (ditto)
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* {{UK-1Phaeton}} [[Charles James Norcock]] (ditto)
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* {{UK-1Phaeton}} Captain [[Charles James Norcock]] (ditto)
 
* {{UK-Sirius}} Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]] (ditto)
 
* {{UK-Sirius}} Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]] (ditto)
 
* {{UK-1Melampus}} Captain [[Charles Philip Giffin Hicks]] (to be brought up to full complement)
 
* {{UK-1Melampus}} Captain [[Charles Philip Giffin Hicks]] (to be brought up to full complement)
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Torpedo Boat Destroyers:
 
Torpedo Boat Destroyers:
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* {{UK-Banshee}} [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]] (brought to full complement)
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* {{UK-Banshee}} Commander [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]] (brought to full complement)
 
* {{UK-1Ferret}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Charles William Stares Leggatt]] (brought to full complement)
 
* {{UK-1Ferret}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Charles William Stares Leggatt]] (brought to full complement)
 
* {{UK-1Lynx}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Robert Henry Travers]] (brought to full complement)
 
* {{UK-1Lynx}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Robert Henry Travers]] (brought to full complement)
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Torpedo-boats:
 
Torpedo-boats:
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* {{UK-TB52}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command "D. T. Morris" (commissioned on 8 July; I cannot identify this man)
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* {{UK-TB52}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[David Thomas Norris]] (commissioned on 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB55}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Walter Hose]] (commissioned on 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB55}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Walter Hose]] (commissioned on 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB57}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Henry George Robinson Bevan]] (commissioned on 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB57}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Henry George Robinson Bevan]] (commissioned on 8 July)
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Torpedo Boat Destroyers:
 
Torpedo Boat Destroyers:
 
* {{UK-1Havock}} Lieutenant & Commander [[William Frederick Blunt]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-1Havock}} Lieutenant & Commander [[William Frederick Blunt]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-1Hasty}} (cannot identify her captain) (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-1Hasty}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|Richard M. Harbord]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-Boxer}} Commander [[Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper]] (brought up to full strength)
 
* {{UK-Boxer}} Commander [[Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper]] (brought up to full strength)
 
* {{UK-Bruizer}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Anthony Francis Gurney]] (brought up to full strength)
 
* {{UK-Bruizer}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Anthony Francis Gurney]] (brought up to full strength)
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Torpedo-boats:
 
Torpedo-boats:
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* {{UK-1TB50}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-1TB50}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Charles Donnison Roper]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB59}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB59}} Lieutenant in Command [[Mortimer L'Estrange Silver]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB60}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB60}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB66}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Henry Wise Parker]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB66}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Henry Wise Parker]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB71}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Albert Percy Addison]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB71}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Albert Percy Addison]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB76}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Richard Markham Tyringham Stephens]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB76}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Richard Markham Tyringham Stephens]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB77}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB77}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Rudolf Miles Burmester]] (lent, commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB79}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB79}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Frank Larken]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB83}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB83}} (commissioned 8 July, but omitted in 3 July paper)
 
* {{UK-TB84}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Frank Brandt]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB84}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Frank Brandt]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB94}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB94}} Lieutenant in Command ('''T''') [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB95}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB95}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair]] (commissioned 8 July)
  
 
===Chatham===
 
===Chatham===
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Torpedo-boats:
 
Torpedo-boats:
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* {{UK-TB64}} (was to be commissioned 8 July, but may have scratched)
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* {{UK-TB64}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Charles Horace McMullin]] (was to be commissioned 8 July, but may have scratched)
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* {{UK-TB65}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB65}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Patrick James Boyle, Eighth Earl of Glasgow|Viscount Kelburn]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Francis Herbert Mitchell]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant & Commander [[Francis Herbert Mitchell]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB68}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB68}} Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command [[George Ainslie Rooke]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB73}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Percy Withers]] (commissioned 8 July)
 
* {{UK-TB73}} Sub-lieutenant in Command [[Percy Withers]] (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB74}} (commissioned 8 July)
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* {{UK-TB74}} Lieutenant & Commander ('''T''') [[Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian|Algernon Walker-Heneage]] (commissioned 8 July)
  
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==Report on Findings==
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A Parliamentary Report was published on 4 June, 1897.  It was criticised as being "tardy", but included the following details in the umpires' report:{{NMI|Saturday, Jun 05, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35222}}
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"The general idea of the manoeuvres of 1896 is attractive, and affords opportunities of gaining instruction in almost every point of naval warfare.  The shortness of time between the receipt of the telegram 'Prepare for hostilities' and their commencement gave an advantage to C, of which the Admiral in command availed himself by weighing his ships as soon as the riles permitted, and proceeding to sea unwatched by A's cruisers.  This enabled him to effect his junction with D unreported.  Leaving To Bay with his combined fleet when authorized to do so under the rules he was enabled to reach Lough Swilly without opposition at 6 a.m. on July 30, two hours before the conclusion of hostilities.  He was in this materially assisted by the conditions of both wind and weather.  The engagement between {{UK-Thetis}}, a second-class cruiser, on the one side, and {{UK-Seagull}}, a torpedo-gunboat, and her torpedo flotilla, on the other, is of great interest and affords considerable instruction, showing how almost impossible it is for a torpedo-boat attack to be successful in broad daylight against a cruiser of great speed, carrying, in addition to her heavy armament, a number of quick-firing guns.  During the action, lasting one hour one minute, several torpedoes were fired, but not one of which struck the ''Thetis'', until one was fired from {{UK-TB79}}, but when this was discharged the boat had been out of action for a quarter of an hour.  Out of the 24 torpedo-baots employed in the manoeuvres 13 have been destroyed &ndash; six by H.M.S. ''Thetis'', six by the destroyers, and one by the {{UK-1Repulse}}.  Out of the 24 torpedo-boat destroyers engaged but one (name unknown) has been captured ; this capture was effected by {{UK-1Colossus|f=p}}, the claim made by that ship having been allowed."
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 25 February 2020

The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 were conducted in the summer of 1896.

Order of Battle

The following ships participated in the exercise.[1][2][3][4]

The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral E. H. Seymour with Rear-Admiral A. K. Wilson as second-in-command.

Additional material was published in The Times on 20 July[5], 1 August,[6] 3 [7] and 12 August.[8]

Devonport

Battleships to be brought to full complement:

Cruisers:

Gunboats:

Torpedo Boat Destroyers:

Torpedo-boats:

Portsmouth

Battleships:

Cruisers:

Gunboats:

Torpedo Boat Destroyers:

Torpedo-boats:

Chatham

Battleships:

Cruisers:

Gunboats:

Torpedo Boat Destroyers:

Torpedo-boats:

Report on Findings

A Parliamentary Report was published on 4 June, 1897. It was criticised as being "tardy", but included the following details in the umpires' report:[9]

"The general idea of the manoeuvres of 1896 is attractive, and affords opportunities of gaining instruction in almost every point of naval warfare. The shortness of time between the receipt of the telegram 'Prepare for hostilities' and their commencement gave an advantage to C, of which the Admiral in command availed himself by weighing his ships as soon as the riles permitted, and proceeding to sea unwatched by A's cruisers. This enabled him to effect his junction with D unreported. Leaving To Bay with his combined fleet when authorized to do so under the rules he was enabled to reach Lough Swilly without opposition at 6 a.m. on July 30, two hours before the conclusion of hostilities. He was in this materially assisted by the conditions of both wind and weather. The engagement between Thetis, a second-class cruiser, on the one side, and Seagull, a torpedo-gunboat, and her torpedo flotilla, on the other, is of great interest and affords considerable instruction, showing how almost impossible it is for a torpedo-boat attack to be successful in broad daylight against a cruiser of great speed, carrying, in addition to her heavy armament, a number of quick-firing guns. During the action, lasting one hour one minute, several torpedoes were fired, but not one of which struck the Thetis, until one was fired from T.B. 79, but when this was discharged the boat had been out of action for a quarter of an hour. Out of the 24 torpedo-baots employed in the manoeuvres 13 have been destroyed – six by H.M.S. Thetis, six by the destroyers, and one by the Repulse. Out of the 24 torpedo-boat destroyers engaged but one (name unknown) has been captured ; this capture was effected by H.M.S. Colossus, the claim made by that ship having been allowed."

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 3 July, 1896; pg. 12.
  5. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1896, p. 12.
  6. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), 1 Aug. 1896, p. 5.
  7. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), August, 3 Aug. 1896, p. 13.
  8. ↑ "Some Lessons from the Late Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), 12 Aug. 1896, p. 4.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 05, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35222.


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