H.M.S. Swordfish (1895)
H.M.S. Swordfish (1895) | |
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Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[1] |
Ordered: | 1893-94[2] |
Laid down: | 4 Jun, 1894[3] |
Launched: | 27 Mar, 1895[4] |
Commissioned: | Dec, 1896[5] |
Broken up: | 1910[6] |
H.M.S. Swordfish was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.
Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.
Service
Swordfish was commissioned at Chatham on 6 January, 1899 by Lieutenant and Commander Alan Cameron Bruce to take the place of Mallard in the Medway Instructional Flotilla.[7]
Swordfish was broken up in 1910.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander James R. P. Hawksley, 10 September, 1898[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Alan C. Bruce, 6 January, 1899[9] – 11 April, 1899[10]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles Tibbits, 2 September, 1899[11] – 7 November, 1899[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander John W. E. Townsend, May, 1902[13] – 27 February, 1903
- Lieutenant & Commander Colin K. MacLean, 28 February, 1903[14] – 26 June, 1903
- Gunner in Command William Cooper, 15 June, 1904 – 1 April, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Sidney J. Meyrick, 14 July, 1904[15] – 6 September, 1904 (lent, for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Commander Charles J. Collins, 1 April, 1906 – 28 May, 1906
- Lieutenant in Command Joseph A. Shuter, 28 May, 1906[16] – 3 August, 1906[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander George W. McO. Campbell, 23 January, 1907[18][19] – 21 January, 1909[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur W. Benson, 21 January, 1909 – 30 April, 1909
Equipment
In 1896, Swordfish and Spitfire were fitted with Tower's Steady Platform for its search light which proved "very satisfactory,"[21] having been improved since the initial 1889 evaluation. In tests at Chatham on 13th October, 1896, Spitfire was moored in basin number 3 and rolled about 25 degrees while she shone her light on a hatch-painted test vessel. The light beam did not waver by more than a half degree during the test.[22]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 300.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
- ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 May 1902. (36756), p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 305s.
- ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
- ↑ Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
- ↑ Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 381.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. ix.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 51.
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