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|launch=13 Dec, 1894{{NMI|Friday, Dec 14, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34447}}
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|builder=[[J. S. White]]
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|builder=[[J. Samuel White]]
 
|laid=3 Jan, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 92}}
 
|laid=3 Jan, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 92}}
 
|fate=Broken up
 
|fate=Broken up
 
|pend=P.24 (1914)<br>D.96 (Sep 1915-Apr 1918)<br>D.18 (1918){{DittColl|p. 56}}
 
|pend=P.24 (1914)<br>D.96 (Sep 1915-Apr 1918)<br>D.18 (1918){{DittColl|p. 56}}
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Conflict''''' was one of forty-two destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Conflict''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, broad meta-class of early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
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She had an uncommonly long service life for an early destroyer, serving through the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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In 1911, the ''Conflict'' was tender to {{UK-Vernon}} and apparently had a 21-in A.W. torpedo tube for testing purposes.  Hers was the first to have screw plugs added to allow range and depth to be set while the tube was loaded, and to access the stop and charging valves.  While it generally worked, it was decided that the weakening of the tube did not warrant retrofitting existing tubes in this way, but that the {{UK-Fearless}} and {{UK-RobRoy}} and future ships should have their tubes built with this feature, as well as the means of filling the collision head.{{ARTS1911|p. 48}}{{ARTS1912|p. 36}}
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''Conflict'' was named by Mrs. Whyatt of Cowes when she was launched on 13 December, 1894.  She as 205.5 feet in length with a beam of 20 feet and draught of 11.5 feet.  Her accommodation was for fifty men, and could carry coal enough for thirty-three days cruising at economical speeds.{{NMI|Friday, Dec 14, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34447}}
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In 1900, ''Conflict'' was in the Mediterranean.  Two successive captains would be invalided, one of them dying soon after being put ashore at Malta.
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[[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John Fisher]] inspected ''Conflict'' on 4 November, 1901 and found her in a general condition "not creditable to the officer in command".  Subsequently Fisher had commanding officer {{LieutRN}} [[Thomas Henderson]] relieved and packed off to the {{UK-Amphitrite|f=t}} with the stinging comment that he was unsuitable for independent command "as he has a bad temper and possesses neither tact nor judgement."<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/141/333.|D8120973}} f. 331.</ref>
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In 1911, the ''Conflict'' was tender to {{UK-Vernon}} and apparently had a 21-in A.W. torpedo tube for testing purposes.  Hers was the first to have screw plugs added to allow range and depth to be set while the tube was loaded, and to access the stop and charging valves.  While it generally worked, it was decided that the weakening of the tube did not warrant retrofitting existing tubes in this way, but that the {{UK-1Fearless}} and {{UK-RobRoy}} and future ships should have their tubes built with this feature, as well as the means of filling the collision head.{{ARTS1911|p. 48}}{{ARTS1912|p. 36}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Conflict''">
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*{{LCommRN}} [[Leonard P. Vavasour]], 14 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 295.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Charles William Chipp|nick=Charles W. Chipp|appt=February, 1900<ref>Chipp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/31/377.|}} f. 384.</ref>|end=late 1901{{INF}}|note=and in command of {{UK-1Daring}}}}
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* Lieutenant- n Command [[Howard G. Campbell]], 19 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914). p. 297.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Corbett|nick=Cyril Corbett|appt=19 April, 1900{{FC}}|end=22 October, 1900|note=invalided, would die 17 December, 1900}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Gilbert de Odingsells Coke|nick=John G. de O. Coke|appt=26 October, 1900<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/399.|D7602718}} f. 441.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 241}}|end=3 May, 1901<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/399.|D7602718}} f. 441.</ref>|note=invalided &ndash; I wonder what pattern was afoot}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Henderson|nick=Thomas Henderson|appt=10 May, 1901<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/74.|D7602861}} f. 84.</ref>|end=1 December, 1901<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/74.|D7602861}} f. 84.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bertram Owen Frederick Phibbs|nick=Bertram O. F. Phibbs|appt=25 February, 1902{{NLMay02|p. 241}}|end=14 June, 1902}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Wilberforce Myburgh|nick=Robert W. Myburgh|appt=mid 1902<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>|end=22 July, 1902<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>|note=for passage}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles William Chipp|nick=Charles W. Chipp|appt=1 April, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 244''a''}}|end=27 April, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Humphrey Hugh Smith|nick=Humphrey H. Smith|appt=27 May, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 295}}|end=13 March, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Albert Markham Hood Phillips|nick=Albert M. H. Phillips|appt=13 March, 1906|end=28 May, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|end=4 October, 1906<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Charles Castle|nick=William C. Castle|appt=4 October, 1906<ref>Castle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/119.|D7602905}} f. 131.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 295}}|end=22 March, 1909<ref>Castle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/119.|D7602905}} f. 131.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=1909{{NLJan10|p. 295}}|end=1 February, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Kennedy Maxwell|nick=Thomas K. Maxwell|appt=1 February, 1910|end=27 January, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernard John Hamilton Ward|nick=Bernard J. H. Ward|appt=27 January, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 295}}|end=21 August, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Rowland Scarlett|nick=Francis R. Scarlett|appt=18 August, 1911{{NavAppts|Friday, August 18, 1911, Issue 39667, p.10}}|end=31 October, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Montague Robert Bernard|nick=Montague R. Bernard|appt=31 October, 1911<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/96.|D7604195}} f. ?.</ref>|end=July, 1912<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/96.|D7604195}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leonard Pius Vavasour|nick=Leonard P. Vavasour|appt=14 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 295}}|end=August, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Harold George Campbell|nick=Harold G. Campbell|appt=19 August, 1913<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/278.|D7605033}} f. 293.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 297}}|end=June, 1914<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/278.|D7605033}} f. 293.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alan Frederic William Howard|nick=Alan F. W. Howard|appt=29 July, 1914<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/55.|D7603959}} f. 458.</ref>|end=1 August, 1914<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/55.|D7603959}} f. 458.</ref>|note=for Test Mobilisation}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Francis George Glossop|nick=Francis G. Glossop|appt=22 August, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 296}}|end=7 March, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Walter Clark Clark-Hall|nick=Walter C. Clark-Hall|appt=7 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 393''c''}}|end=9 January, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Albert Edward Woods|nick=Albert E. Woods|appt=9 January, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''f''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Robert Lancelot Fortescue Hubbard|nick=Robert L. F. Hubbard|appt=9 May, 1917<ref>Hubbard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/214.|C14618953}} f. 214.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''p''}}|end=31 March, 1918<ref>Hubbard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/214.|C14618953}} f. 214.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
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==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 18:53, 25 June 2019

H.M.S. Conflict (1894)
Pendant Number: P.24 (1914)
D.96 (Sep 1915-Apr 1918)
D.18 (1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 3 Jan, 1894[3]
Launched: 13 Dec, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1899[5]
Broken up: 1920[6]

H.M.S. Conflict was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

She had an uncommonly long service life for an early destroyer, serving through the Great War.

Service

Conflict was named by Mrs. Whyatt of Cowes when she was launched on 13 December, 1894. She as 205.5 feet in length with a beam of 20 feet and draught of 11.5 feet. Her accommodation was for fifty men, and could carry coal enough for thirty-three days cruising at economical speeds.[7]

In 1900, Conflict was in the Mediterranean. Two successive captains would be invalided, one of them dying soon after being put ashore at Malta.

Sir John Fisher inspected Conflict on 4 November, 1901 and found her in a general condition "not creditable to the officer in command". Subsequently Fisher had commanding officer Lieutenant Thomas Henderson relieved and packed off to the first class protected cruiser Amphitrite with the stinging comment that he was unsuitable for independent command "as he has a bad temper and possesses neither tact nor judgement."[8]

In 1911, the Conflict was tender to Vernon and apparently had a 21-in A.W. torpedo tube for testing purposes. Hers was the first to have screw plugs added to allow range and depth to be set while the tube was loaded, and to access the stop and charging valves. While it generally worked, it was decided that the weakening of the tube did not warrant retrofitting existing tubes in this way, but that the Fearless and Rob Roy and future ships should have their tubes built with this feature, as well as the means of filling the collision head.[9][10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 14, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34447.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 14, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34447.
  8. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141/333. f. 331.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1911. p. 48.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. p. 36.
  11. ↑ Chipp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/31/377. f. 384.
  12. ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 241.
  14. ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  15. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/74. f. 84.
  16. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/74. f. 84.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 241.
  18. ↑ Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  19. ↑ Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 244a.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 295.
  22. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  23. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  24. ↑ Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 295.
  26. ↑ Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 295.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 295.
  29. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, August 18, 1911, Issue 39667, p.10.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 365.
  31. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  32. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 295.
  34. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/278. f. 293.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 297.
  36. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/278. f. 293.
  37. ↑ Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/55. f. 458.
  38. ↑ Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/55. f. 458.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 296.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393c.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393f.
  42. ↑ Hubbard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/214. f. 214.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392p.
  44. ↑ Hubbard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/214. f. 214.

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