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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Hogue'''''
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Completed in late 1902, '''H.M.S. ''Hogue''''' was one of six [[Cressy Class Cruiser (1899)|''Cressy'' class cruisers]].  Obsolete by the time of war, she was infamously one of three cruisers sunk by U.9 in a single hour.
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==Commanding Officers==
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==Service==
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Details as to her steam trials, which went "without a hitch" and showed she could average over 22 knots despite a nominal top speed of 21 knots were published in ''The Times''.{{NMI|Friday, Dec 20, 1901; pg. 5; Issue 36643}}
  
*{{CaptRN}} [[John Locke Marx|John L. Marx]], 19 November, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 20 November, 1902.  Issue '''36930''', col D, pg. 10.</ref>
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The ship suffered an explosion in [[Devonport Dockyard]] on 26 October, 1909 that killed at least one stoker and seriously wounded others.{{NMI|Saturday, Oct 30, 1909; pg. 9; Issue 39104}}
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At the outbreak of the Great War, ''Hogue'' joined [[Cruiser Force F]] of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]] before being sent to Queenstown and then [[Cruiser Force C]].{{UKNSMonoX|p. 11}}
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The number of officers and men killed in her loss was 376<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?war=1&unit=Hogue CWGC Search Results.]</ref> or 378<ref>{{TNA|ADM 104/145.}} ff. 18-19, 43-51.</ref> depending on source.
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Locke Marx|nick=John L. Marx|appt=19 November, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 20 November, 1902.  Issue '''36930''', col D, p. 10.</ref><ref>Marx Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 856.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward George Shortland|nick=Edward G. Shortland|appt=27 October, 1904<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 11 October, 1904.  Issue '''37522''', col D, p. 8.</ref><ref>Shortland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 362.</ref>|end=2 May, 1906<ref>Shortland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 362.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=3 May, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=14 May, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Yerbury Moggridge|nick=Arthur Y. Moggridge|appt=15 May, 1906<ref>Moggridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 497.</ref>|end=19 December, 1906<ref>Moggridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 497.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Evelyn Robert Le Marchant|nick=Evelyn R. Le Marchant|appt=20 December, 1906<ref>Le Marchant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 287/578.</ref>|end=10 May, 1908<ref>Le Marchant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 287/578.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Webster Kemp|nick=Thomas W. Kemp|appt=11 May, 1908<ref>Kemp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 420.</ref>|end=26 August, 1908}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles William Keighly-Peach|nick=Charles W. Keighly-Peach|appt=December, 1909<ref>Keighly-Peach Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 345.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 327}}|end=17 March, 1912<ref>Keighly-Peach Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 345.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=22 April, 1912<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>|end=19 August, 1912<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Arthur Norton|nick=Reginald A. Norton|appt=19 September, 1913|end=August, 1914{{INF}}|note=service record indicates he remained aboard through sinking}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|nick=Wilmot S. Nicholson|appt=August, 1914{{MackieRNW}}|end=22 September, 1914<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 239.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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==Torpedoes==
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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 4 minutes, 57 seconds from her starboard tube and in 6 minutes 20 seconds from port.  The best time was achieved by sister {{UK-Cressy}} at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}
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==See Also==
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* [[The Loss of the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue]]
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Revision as of 04:23, 2 July 2020

H.M.S. Hogue (1900)
Pendant Number: N.59 (1914)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Ordered: 1897-98 Programme[3]
Laid down: 14 Jul, 1898[4]
Launched: 13 Aug, 1900[5]
Commissioned: 19 Nov, 1902[6]
Torpedoed: 22 Sep, 1914[7]
Fate: by U 9

Completed in late 1902, H.M.S. Hogue was one of six Cressy class cruisers. Obsolete by the time of war, she was infamously one of three cruisers sunk by U.9 in a single hour.

Service

Details as to her steam trials, which went "without a hitch" and showed she could average over 22 knots despite a nominal top speed of 21 knots were published in The Times.[8]

The ship suffered an explosion in Devonport Dockyard on 26 October, 1909 that killed at least one stoker and seriously wounded others.[9]

At the outbreak of the Great War, Hogue joined Cruiser Force F of the Channel Fleet before being sent to Queenstown and then Cruiser Force C.[10]

The number of officers and men killed in her loss was 376[11] or 378[12] depending on source.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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 4 minutes, 57 seconds from her starboard tube and in 6 minutes 20 seconds from port. The best time was achieved by sister Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[32]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 20, 1901; pg. 5; Issue 36643.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 30, 1909; pg. 9; Issue 39104.
  10. Naval Staff Monographs. Volume X. p. 11.
  11. CWGC Search Results.
  12. The National Archives. ADM 104/145. ff. 18-19, 43-51.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 20 November, 1902. Issue 36930, col D, p. 10.
  14. Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 11 October, 1904. Issue 37522, col D, p. 8.
  16. Shortland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 362.
  17. Shortland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 362.
  18. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  19. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  20. Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
  21. Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
  22. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  23. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  24. Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  25. Keighly-Peach Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 345.
  26. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 327.
  27. Keighly-Peach Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 345.
  28. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  29. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  32. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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