H.M.S. Torch (1894)

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H.M.S. Torch (1894)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1893[2]
Launched: 28 Dec, 1894[3]
Completed: Apr, 1896[4]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1897[5]
Sold: 1920[6]
H.M.S. Torch was one of two Alert Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

On 7 April, 1904, she arrived at Sydney in company with Mutine.[7]

Commissioned at Sydney on 4 May, 1911.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 307.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 08, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37363.
  8. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 387.
  9. Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 306.
  11. Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 308.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 387.
  14. Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  15. Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  16. Carver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/360. f. 395.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 387.
  18. Carver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/360. f. 395.
  19. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 387.
  20. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 921a.

Bibliography


Alert Class Screw Sloop
  Alert Torch