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| + | As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Talbot'' started a refit on 10 March 1908. She was projected to emerge on 16 May<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series. p. 1.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:33, 12 December 2012
| H.M.S. Talbot (1895) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.61 (1914) P.61 (Sep 1915) P.A7 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | 1893-94 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 5 Mar, 1894[4] |
| Launched: | 25 Apr, 1895[5] |
| Commissioned: | 15 Sep, 1896[6] |
| Sold: | 6 Dec, 1921[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Alterations
As part of the Channel Fleet, Talbot started a refit on 10 March 1908. She was projected to emerge on 16 May[8]
Radio
In 1901 while assigned to the China Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edward Harpur Gamble, September 1896.[10]
- Captain George Anson Primrose, April 1899.[11]
- Captain Frederick George Stopford, April 1901.[12][13]
- Captain Lewis Bayly, 11 July, 1902.[14]
- Captain Henry James Langford Clarke, March 1905.[15]
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 6 November, 1906.[16]
- Captain Bertram Mordaunt Chambers, November 1908.[17]
- Captain George Bowes Hutton, May 1910.[18]
- Captain Richard Hyde, August 1912.[19]
- Captain Herbert R. Norbury, 1 August, 1914.[20]
- Captain Fawcet Wray, 26 January, 1915.[21]
- Captain Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert, January 1916.[22]
- Captain Lionel Fitzgerald Maitland-Kirwan, June 1918.[23]
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 2 minutes, 48.5 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[24]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series. p. 1.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie has him as Frederick G. S. Stopford.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 84.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 381.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 383a.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398n.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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.
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