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*{{CaptRN}} [[Henry Morton Tudor Tudor|Henry M. T. Tudor]], 28 May, 1901.<ref>Tudor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 1330.</ref>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Henry Morton Tudor Tudor|Henry M. T. Tudor]], 28 May, 1901.<ref>Tudor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 1330.</ref>
*Captain [[Frederick Alexander Warden|Frederick A. Warden]], February, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Frederick Alexander Warden|Frederick A. Warden]], February, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[William Blewett Fawckner]], April, 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[William Blewett Fawckner|William B. Fawckner]], April, 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Thomas Jackson]], 21 May, 1907.<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 496.</ref>
*Captain [[Thomas Jackson]], 21 May, 1907.<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 496.</ref>
*Captain [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Walter H. Cowan]], August, 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Walter H. Cowan]], August, 1909.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 19:19, 26 February 2014

H.M.S. Cressy (1899)
Pendant Number: N.40 (1914)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1897-98 Programme[3]
Laid down: 12 Oct, 1898[4]
Launched: 4 Dec, 1899[5]
Commissioned: 28 May, 1901[6]
Torpedoed: 22 Sep, 1914[7]
Fate: Sunk by U.9


Service

Cressy was commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 May, 1901, by Captain Henry M. T. Tudor for service on the China Station.[8]

She recommissioned at Chatham on 31 October, 1911.[9]

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 the astonishing time of 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 May, 1901. Issue 36465, col B, p. 8.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.
  11. ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1330.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 496.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 297.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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