H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1895): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 21: Line 21:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''">
{{Tenure|rank={{SubRN}} in Command|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Dreyer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 353.</ref>|end=August, 1897{{INF}}|note=lent, for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hubert Stansbury|nick=Hubert Stansbury|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>"The Diamond Jubilee" ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.</ref>|end=|note=for Naval Review at Spithead}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Oscar Valentin de Satgé|nick=Oscar V. de Satgé|appt=10 August, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 298}}|end=28 March, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Oscar Valentin de Satgé|nick=Oscar V. de Satgé|appt=10 August, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 298}}|end=28 March, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Geoffrey Codrington|nick=George G. Codrington|appt=29 October, 1903|end=17 June, 1904{{HepperLosses|p. 17}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Geoffrey Codrington|nick=George G. Codrington|appt=29 October, 1903|end=17 June, 1904{{HepperLosses|p. 17}}}}

Revision as of 23:03, 21 November 2017

H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1895)
Builder: Laird[1]
Ordered: 1894-95 Programme[2]
Laid down: 30 May, 1895[3]
Launched: 8 Oct, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1897[5]
Wrecked: 17 Jun, 1904[6]

H.M.S. Sparrowhawk was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

She was wrecked in mid-1904.

There were two later destroyers named Sparrowhawk: one launched in 1912 and one launched in 1918.

Service

On 16 June 1904, Sparrowhawk was patrolling the mouth of the Yangtze with Whiting and Janus. She led the trio to an anchorage at the northern end of Raffles Island and struck an object at 3.08pm, initiating flooding in the forward stokehold, which was evacuated and sealed as she settled on the obstruction, stabilized by anchors. As the high tide approached, the fore guns were unshipped and moved aft and the contents of her forward magazines passed to her consorts. This allowed her to be floated free at 11pm. The battleship Glory arrived and came alongside, bringing pumps. Despite this, the water advanced and the destroyer was lost at 7am the next day, sinking by the head. No blame was attached to the loss, as the danger was found to be uncharted and no due caution was left unexercised.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  6. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 17.
  7. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 17.
  8. ↑ "The Diamond Jubilee" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 298.
  10. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 17.

Bibliography


"B" Class Destroyer
Quail Sparrowhawk Thrasher Virago Earnest
Griffon Locust Panther Seal Wolf
Express Orwell Lively Sprightly Success
Spiteful Peterel Myrmidon Syren Kangaroo
  Arab Cobra Albacore Bonetta  
<– "A" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" Class –>
Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Sparrowhawk_(1895)&oldid=254590"