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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]], March 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Frank H. Henderson, July 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[John Casement]], January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Coare Kingsford]], May 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart]], October 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Francis Spurstow Miller|Francis S. Miller]], 4 December, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 321.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Francis Spurstow Miller|Francis S. Miller]], 4 December, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 321.</ref>
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Buxton Kiddle]], 10 June 1909.
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*Captain [[Edward Buxton Kiddle]], 10 June 1909.{{CN}}
 
*Captain [[Thomas Lawrie Shelford|Thomas L. Shelford]], 8 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 324.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Thomas Lawrie Shelford|Thomas L. Shelford]], 8 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 324.</ref>
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*Captain [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]], .
 
  
 
==Radio==
 
==Radio==

Revision as of 13:26, 16 October 2012

H.M.S. Goliath (1898)
Pendant Number: N.54 (1914)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 4 Jan, 1897[3]
Launched: 23 Mar, 1898[4]
Commissioned: 27 Mar, 1900
Torpedoed: 15 May, 1915[5]
Fate: by Template:TU-Mauvenet


H.M.S. Goliath was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Canopus Class in the Royal Navy. After a somewhat delayed build she served on the China Station, before eventually being torpedoed in the Dardanelles during the First World War.

Construction

It had originally been planned to launch Goliath in October, 1897, but due to non-delivery of important castings, her launch was delayed until March, 1898. It had been hoped that she could be launched in February and Irresistible laid down in the then current Financial Year, but more delays ensued. She was launched on Wednesday 23 March, 1898 by Lady Hotham, the wife of Admiral SirCharles Frederick Hotham. Also in attendance were the Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard Hilary Gustavus Andoe and Mrs Andoe, the Assistant Controller of the Navy and Director of Naval Construction Sir William White, Sir Evan MacGregor, Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty and W.H. Fawkes, Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty. At the time of the launch she was the largest (by weight) vessel to be launched at the Chatham dockyard.

Her engines were constructed by John Penn & Sons, while her armour was provided by Messrs C. Cammell & Co. and J. Brown & Co.

Trials

On 25 September, 1899 she left Chatham to being her steam trials. A preliminary trial was scheduled on the 26th, with two-fifths, four-fifths and full power runs carried out off the South coast of England. Due to machinery defects the first trial run was delayed by eight hours off the Isle of Wight. Consequently her full power run off the Cornish coast was delayed due to further mechanical faults. She finally completed her official steaming (and gunnery) trials on the 24 November, 1899.

It had been planned that upon completion Goliath would be placed in reserve, but on 10 January, 1900 it was announced that she would relieve the Victorious, then the Centurion, on the China Station. She commissioned at Chatham on 27 March, 1900 under Captain Lewis Edmund Wintz. Before sailing for China, on 19 April Goliath commenced another pattern of steam trials at Sheerness but was once more forced to delay due to a defective air pump. While still undergoing repairs in Sheerness Harbour an incident occured with an anchor chain which left a Sergeant of Marines severely injured and four seamen slightly injured. With all her trials finally completed to a satifactory degree, Goliath finally departed for China on 30 May, arriving at the port of Weihaiwei on 18 June, in time for the Boxer Rebellion.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Radio

In 1901, while serving in the China Squadron, she had or was slated to receive a Marconi W/T kit.[13]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 321.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 324.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.

Bibliography


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