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'''H.M.S. ''Venerable''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1902.
  
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==Service==
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{{CaptRN}} [[George Edwin Patey|George E. Patey]] commissioned the ''Venerable'' at Chatham on 12 November, 1902, as flagship of the Second-in-Command in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 29 October, 1902.  Issue '''36911''', col B, p. 9.</ref>
  
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On 6 January, 1912 ''Venerable'' went into dry dock at [[Gibraltar]] for her annual refit.
  
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In mid-1913, she was operating with Second Fleet.{{NLJul13|p. 389}}
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''Venerable'' paid off on 27 December, 1916.{{NLNov17|p. 398''r''}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=George E. Patey|appt=12 November, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 29 October, 1902.  Issue '''36911''', col B, p. 9.</ref><ref>Patey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1009.</ref>|end=October, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 389}}<ref>Henniker-Hughan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 383.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Custance}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Sixth Baronet|nick=Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan|appt=25 October, 1904<ref>Henniker-Hughan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 383.</ref>|end=15 March, 1906<ref>Henniker-Hughan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 383.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Bertram Pelly|nick=Henry B. Pelly|appt=15 March, 1906<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 483.</ref>|end=1 February, 1907<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 483.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Bridgeman}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Whitmore Savory|nick=Herbert W. Savory|appt=24 February, 1907<ref>Savory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=11 August, 1907<ref>Savory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Blewett Fawckner|nick=William B. Fawckner|appt=12 August, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 389}}|end=2 February, 1909<ref>Fawckner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/374.|D7601111}} ff. 445-6.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Seymour Elphinstone Erskine|nick=Seymour E. Erskine|appt=19 October, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 389}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman|nick=Cuthbert G. Chapman|appt=8 July, 1911<ref>Chapman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref>|end=14 May, 1912<ref>Chapman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry George Glas Sandeman|nick=Henry G. G. Sandeman|appt=14 May, 1912<ref>Sandeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 4.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 389}}|end=6 December, 1913<ref>Sandeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 4.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=6 December, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 387}}<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|end=17 August, 1914<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan|nick=Frank E. C. Ryan|appt=17 August, 1914<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602223}}  f. 339.</ref>|end=20 August, 1914<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602223}}  f. 339.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=17 August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 398''u''}}|end=11 February, 1916<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Wade Caulfeild|nick=Francis W. Caulfeild|appt=11 February, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''v''}}<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|end=27 December, 1916<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Charles Amyas Radcliffe|nick=Charles A. Radcliffe|appt=early 1918<ref>Radcliffe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42/67.|}} f. 73.</ref>|end=11 February, 1918<ref>Radcliffe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42/67.|}} f. 73.</ref>|note=took command upon ship becoming depot ship for trawlers}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=11 March, 1918<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>|end=June, 1918<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Lewis Tobias Loftus Jones|nick=Lewis T. L. Jones|appt=19 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 924}}|end=20 February, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gordon Alston Coles|nick=Gordon A. Coles|appt=20 February, 1919<ref>Coles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/167.|D7603674}}  f. 168.</ref>|end=18 June, 1919<ref>Coles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/167.|D7603674}}  f. 168.</ref>}}
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==Torpedoes==
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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 3 minute, 23 seconds.  The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 06:56, 25 October 2023

H.M.S. Venerable (1899)
Pendant Number: 96 (1914)
A8 (Jan 1918)
N.36 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1898-99 Programme[3]
Laid down: 2 Jan, 1899[4]
Launched: 2 Nov, 1899[5]
Completed: Nov, 1902[6]
Commissioned: 12 Nov, 1902
Sold: 4 Jun, 1920[7]
Fate: Scrapped in Germany

H.M.S. Venerable was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy completed in 1902.

Service

Captain George E. Patey commissioned the Venerable at Chatham on 12 November, 1902, as flagship of the Second-in-Command in the Mediterranean.[8]

On 6 January, 1912 Venerable went into dry dock at Gibraltar for her annual refit.

In mid-1913, she was operating with Second Fleet.[9]

Venerable paid off on 27 December, 1916.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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 3 minute, 23 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[46]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 215.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398r.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, p. 9.
  12. ↑ Patey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1009.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 389.
  14. ↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  15. ↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  16. ↑ Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  17. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.
  18. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.
  19. ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
  20. ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
  22. ↑ Fawckner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/374. ff. 445-6.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 389.
  24. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  25. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  26. ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 389.
  28. ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 387.
  30. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  31. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  32. ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  33. ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398u.
  35. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398v.
  37. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  38. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  39. ↑ Radcliffe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42/67. f. 73.
  40. ↑ Radcliffe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42/67. f. 73.
  41. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  42. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 924.
  44. ↑ Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
  45. ↑ Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
  46. ↑ 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.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.


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