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'''H.M.S. ''Bat''''' was one of 40 destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|C class]]. | '''H.M.S. ''Bat''''' was one of 40 destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|C class]]. | ||
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+ | ''Batt'' was leader of the [[Devonport Flotilla]] in mid-1899 under command of [[Alexander Ludovic Duff]].{{ARTS1899|pp. 62-3}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
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+ | * {{CommRN}} [[Alexander Ludovic Duff]], in command, and Captain (D) of the [[Devonport Flotilla]] during exercises in July 1899.{{ARTS1899|pp. 62-3}} | ||
==Torpedoes== | ==Torpedoes== |
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H.M.S. Bat (1896) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.97 (1914) D.46 (Sep 1915) D.09 (Jan 1918) H.87 (Sep 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 28 May, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 7 Oct, 1896[5] |
Commissioned: | Aug, 1897[6] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Bat was one of 40 destroyers of the C class.
Career
Batt was leader of the Devonport Flotilla in mid-1899 under command of Alexander Ludovic Duff.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Alexander Ludovic Duff, in command, and Captain (D) of the Devonport Flotilla during exercises in July 1899.[8]
Torpedoes
In October 1898, the ship became the first destroyer in the Royal Navy to receive a torpedo fitted for a gyroscope, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot, a single 18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedo, S.L. type, manufactured by Whitehead.[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1899. pp. 62-3.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1899. pp. 62-3.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
Bibliography