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Revision as of 17:30, 9 September 2012

H.M.S. Aboukir
Career Details
Built By: Fairfield
Laid down: 9 November, 1898
Launched: 16 May, 1900
Commissioned: 3 April, 1902
Sunk: 22 September, 1914
By: U.9

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 2 minute, 25.4 seconds. The best time was achieved by sister Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 4 April, 1902. Issue 36733, col C, p. 8.
  2. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 271.
  3. Chatfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 346.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904, pp. 45-7.

Bibliography


Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser
  Aboukir Bacchante Cressy  
  Euryalus Hogue Sutlej  
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