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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
In 1910, ''Hermes'' was the best gunnery ship of the three tested at the [[Cape of Good Hope Station]], scoring 75.66 – well ahead of the average 46.930.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 1/8328}}, p. 4.</ref> | |||
Recommissioned on 7 May, 1913 and attached to the Air Service with a number of officers borne for the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 324.</ref> | Recommissioned on 7 May, 1913 and attached to the Air Service with a number of officers borne for the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 324.</ref> | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 24 October 2013
| H.M.S. Hermes (1898) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N/A[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Laid down: | 30 Apr, 1897[3] |
| Launched: | 7 Apr, 1898[4] |
| Commissioned: | 5 Oct, 1899[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 31 Oct, 1914[6] |
| Fate: | by U.27 off Ruylingen Bank[7] |
Service
In 1910, Hermes was the best gunnery ship of the three tested at the Cape of Good Hope Station, scoring 75.66 – well ahead of the average 46.930.[8]
Recommissioned on 7 May, 1913 and attached to the Air Service with a number of officers borne for the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Frank H. Henderson, October 1899.[10]
- Captain Henry Coare Kingsford, April 1903.[11]
- Captain Douglas R. L. Nicholson, 20 August, 1905.[12]
- Captain Philip Wylie Dumas, October 1908.[13]
- Captain Herbert John Savill, December 1910.[14]
- Captain Gerald William Vivian, 18 February, 1913.[15]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8328, p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 324.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 326.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 324.
See Also
Footnotes
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