H.M.S. Hogue (1900)

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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: 11 Sep, 1914[7]
Fate: Sunk 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.

Career

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.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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.[16]

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 Staff Monographs. Volume X. p. 11.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 20 November, 1902. Issue 36930, col D, p. 10.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 11 October, 1904. Issue 37522, col D, p. 8.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 10 November, 1906. Issue 38174, col B, p. 13.
  13. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 4 October, 1910. Issue 39394, col C, p. 6.
  14. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 324.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. 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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