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'''H.M.S. ''Swordfish''''' was one of forty-two [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
'''H.M.S. ''Swordfish''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, a broad meta-class of early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
 
Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.


==Service==
==Service==
''Swordfish'' was broken up before the war.
''Swordfish'' was launched by Mrs. Saxton Noble on 27 February, 1895.{{NMI|28 Feb. 1895, p. 4}}  She was delivered to Chatham to be completed by 8 June.{{NMI|8 June 1896, p. 12}}
 
She ventured out for her steam trials on 7 July, 1896.{{NMI|6 July 1896, p. 8}}  Though she missed her guaranteed speed by a quarter knot, she did develop 300 H.P. over her contracted power level.  She was accepted in mid-July.{{NMI|14 July 1896, p. 11}}
 
By October, she must have improved her speed a bit, as her complete trial results were reported as 27.12 knots, 203 PSI in boilers, 399 RPM, 4,570 mean indicated HP.{{NMI|23 Oct. 1896, p. 4}}
 
The crew of {{UK-Haughty}} turned over to ''Swordfish'' at Chatham on 4 March, 1897.{{NMI|5 Mar. 1897, p. 7}}
 
''Swordfish'' was commissioned at Chatham on 6 January, 1899 by Lieutenant and Commander [[Alan Cameron Bruce]] to take the place of {{UK-Mallard}} in the [[Medway Instructional Flotilla]].{{NMI|Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720}}
 
She collided with the {{UK-Violet|f=t}} in early 1904.  Lt. in Command of ''Violet'', [[Reginald Gay Copleston]], had entered a basin at an unsafe speed.<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>
 
''Swordfish'' was broken up in 1910.


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=6 January, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>|end=11 April, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Fane De Salis|nick=William F. De Salis|appt=4 March, 1897{{NMI|5 Mar. 1897, p. 7}}|end=|note=transferred in from {{UK-Haughty}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Walter Elmslie Townsend|nick=John W. E. Townsend|appt=May, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Thursday, 1 May 1902. (36756), p. 6.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=10 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 300}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=6 January, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>|end=11 April, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Tibbits|nick=Charles Tibbits|appt=2 September, 1899<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>|end=7 November, 1899<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Walter Elmslie Townsend|nick=John W. E. Townsend|appt=May, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Thursday, 1 May 1902. (36756), p. 6.</ref>|end=27 February, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Colin Kenneth MacLean|nick=Colin K. MacLean|appt=28 February, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 305''s''}}|end=26 June, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=William Cooper|nick=William Cooper|appt=15 June, 1904|end=1 April, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=6 September, 1904|note=lent, for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas William O'Bryen Forsyth|nick=Douglas W. O'B. Forsyth|appt=July 1905<ref>Forsyth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/246.|}} f. 250.</ref>|end=August 1905{{INF}}|note=lent, for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1905]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles James Collins|nick=Charles J. Collins|appt=1 April, 1906|end=28 May, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Joseph Armand Shuter|nick=Joseph A. Shuter|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>|end=3 August, 1906<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=23 January, 1907<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 381}}|end=21 January, 1909<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Winnifred Benson|nick=Arthur W. Benson|appt=21 January, 1909|end=30 April, 1909}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 21:05, 2 December 2021

H.M.S. Swordfish (1895)
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 4 Jun, 1894[3]
Launched: 27 Feb, 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 launched by Mrs. Saxton Noble on 27 February, 1895.[7] She was delivered to Chatham to be completed by 8 June.[8]

She ventured out for her steam trials on 7 July, 1896.[9] Though she missed her guaranteed speed by a quarter knot, she did develop 300 H.P. over her contracted power level. She was accepted in mid-July.[10]

By October, she must have improved her speed a bit, as her complete trial results were reported as 27.12 knots, 203 PSI in boilers, 399 RPM, 4,570 mean indicated HP.[11]

The crew of Haughty turned over to Swordfish at Chatham on 4 March, 1897.[12]

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.[13]

She collided with the destroyer Violet in early 1904. Lt. in Command of Violet, Reginald Gay Copleston, had entered a basin at an unsafe speed.[14]

Swordfish was broken up in 1910.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Equipment

In 1896, Swordfish and Spitfire were fitted with Tower's Steady Platform for its search light which proved "very satisfactory,"[30] 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.[31]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 28 Feb. 1895, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 28 Feb. 1895, p. 4.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 8 June 1896, p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 6 July 1896, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 14 July 1896, p. 11.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 23 Oct. 1896, p. 4.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 Mar. 1897, p. 7.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720.
  14. ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 Mar. 1897, p. 7.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 300.
  17. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  18. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  19. ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  20. ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  21. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 May 1902. (36756), p. 6.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 305s.
  23. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  24. ↑ Forsyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/246. f. 250.
  25. ↑ Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  26. ↑ Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  27. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 381.
  29. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  30. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. ix.
  31. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 51.

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