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|name=Speedy
 
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|launch=18 May, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 89}}
 
|launch=18 May, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 89}}
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|builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 89}}
 
|laid=4 Jan, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}}
 
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Speedy''''' was one of 11 torpedo gunboats of the [[Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat (1892)|Alarm class]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Speedy''''' was one of 11 torpedo gunboats of the [[Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat (1892)|Alarm class]].
  
==Service==
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==Construction & Service==
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A marine who had fallen overboard during the ship's trials at Sheerness was saved from drowning by a Mr. Smith, who was subsequently awarded the [[Royal Humane Society]]'s Silver Medal for his brave effort.{{NMI|Monday, Nov 27, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34119}}
  
Sank after striking a mine in the Humber on 3 September, 1914.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}}
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She was commissioned into the Medway Fleet Reserve at Sheerness Dockyard for temporary service in February, 1894.{{NMI|Thursday, Feb 22, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34194}}  On 1 March, she made 17 knots a 177 psi, 207 rpm and 3,071 indicated horspower.{{NMI|Friday, Mar 02, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34201}}
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In August, 1894, ''Speedy'' was ordered to join the Channel Squadron for its next cruise under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|Robert FitzRoy]].{{NMI|Monday, Aug 20, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34347}}  Perhaps by virtue of her unique contemporary modernity, she was initially used as a despatch vessel.{{NMI|Monday, Sep 17, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34371}}
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''Speedy'' sank after striking a mine in the Humber on 3 September, 1914.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Speedy''" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Speedy''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Sinclair Elliot|nick=Charles S. Elliot|appt=20 February, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 265}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Sinclair Elliot|nick=Charles S. Elliot|appt=20 February, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 265}}|end=10 January, 1897|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Guy Wright Davy|nick=Edward G. W. Davy|appt=16 January, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 303''a''}}|end=c. 4 July, 1902{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Grant Monckton|nick=Henry G. Monckton|appt=January, 1897<ref>Monckton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/171.|D7601542}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 May, 1898{{FC}}|note=including the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Guy Wright Davy|nick=Edward G. W. Davy|appt=16 January, 1899|end=26 June, 1902}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=4 July, 1902{{NLJan04|p. 378}}|end=30 June, 1904<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=4 July, 1902{{NLJan04|p. 378}}|end=30 June, 1904<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=30 June, 1904<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 378}}|end=20 December, 1904<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=30 June, 1904<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 378}}|end=20 December, 1904<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edgar Robert Morant|nick=Edgar R. Morant|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLJan07|p. 377}}|end=January, 1907{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edgar Robert Morant|nick=Edgar R. Morant|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLJan07|p. 377}}|end=8 January, 1907}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Edward Whately Pyddoke|nick=Charles E. W. Pyddoke|appt=8 January, 1907<ref>Pyddoke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/393.|D7602712}} f. 434.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 377}}|end=16 July, 1907<ref>Pyddoke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/393.|D7602712}} f. 434.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Edward Whately Pyddoke|nick=Charles E. W. Pyddoke|appt=8 January, 1907<ref>Pyddoke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/393.|D7602712}} f. 434.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 377}}|end=16 July, 1907<ref>Pyddoke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/393.|D7602712}} f. 434.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Louis Crichton|nick=Reginald L. Crichton|appt=16 July, 1907<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>|end=10 January, 1908<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Wilberforce Myburgh|nick=Robert W. Myburgh|appt=10 January, 1908<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 377}}|end=18 January, 1909<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Wilberforce Myburgh|nick=Robert W. Myburgh|appt=10 January, 1908<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 377}}|end=18 January, 1909<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Maurice Dorsett Evans|nick=Maurice D. Evans|appt=18 January, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 377}}|end=15 July, 1909{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Maurice Dorsett Evans|nick=Maurice D. Evans|appt=18 January, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 377}}|end=15 July, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=15 July, 1909<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=1 January, 1910<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=15 July, 1909<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=1 January, 1910<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis George Crawshay Coates|nick=Francis G. C. Coates|appt=1 January, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 377}}|end=2 January, 1911{{INF}}{{NLMar11|pp. 334, 377}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis George Crawshay Coates|nick=Francis G. C. Coates|appt=1 January, 1910<ref>Coates Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/424.|D7603208}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 377}}|end=2 January, 1911<ref>Coates Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/424.|D7603208}} f. 485.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=2 January, 1911<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>{{NLJul11|p. 377}}|end=30 June, 1911<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=2 January, 1911<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>{{NLJul11|p. 377}}|end=30 June, 1911<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Wilfred Nash|nick=John W. Nash|appt=30 June, 1911{{NLJan12|p. 377}}|end=''c.'' February, 1913{{INF}}{{NLMar13|p. 429}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''I, ''It.''''')|name=John Wilfred Nash|nick=John W. Nash|appt=30 June, 1911{{NLJan12|p. 377}}|end=4 February, 1913}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Seymour|nick=Hugh Seymour|appt=15 February, 1913<ref>Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/56.|D7603308}} f. 56.</ref>{{NLMar14|p. 376}}|end=4 March, 1914<ref>Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/56.|D7603308}} f. 56.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Seymour|nick=Hugh Seymour|appt=15 February, 1913<ref>Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/56.|D7603308}} f. 56.</ref>{{NLMar14|p. 376}}|end=4 March, 1914<ref>Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/56.|D7603308}} f. 56.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Miller Corrie Rutherfoord|nick=Edward M. C. Rutherfoord|appt=4 March, 1914<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>{{NLSep14|p. 381}}|end=3 September, 1914<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Miller Corrie Rutherfoord|nick=Edward M. C. Rutherfoord|appt=4 March, 1914<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>{{NLSep14|p. 381}}|end=3 September, 1914<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(1893)}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(1893)}}
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* Stranding of ship. Lieut Cdr [[John Wilfred Nash|J W Nash]] RN HMS Speedy 31 October 1912 {{TNA|ADM 156/2|C2257309}}  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:42, 6 September 2019

H.M.S. Speedy (1893)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act
Laid down: 4 Jan, 1892[2]
Launched: 18 May, 1893[3]
Completed: 20 Feb, 1894[4]
Mined: 3 Sep, 1914[5]

H.M.S. Speedy was one of 11 torpedo gunboats of the Alarm class.

Construction & Service

A marine who had fallen overboard during the ship's trials at Sheerness was saved from drowning by a Mr. Smith, who was subsequently awarded the Royal Humane Society's Silver Medal for his brave effort.[6]

She was commissioned into the Medway Fleet Reserve at Sheerness Dockyard for temporary service in February, 1894.[7] On 1 March, she made 17 knots a 177 psi, 207 rpm and 3,071 indicated horspower.[8]

In August, 1894, Speedy was ordered to join the Channel Squadron for its next cruise under the command of Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy.[9] Perhaps by virtue of her unique contemporary modernity, she was initially used as a despatch vessel.[10]

Speedy sank after striking a mine in the Humber on 3 September, 1914.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 27, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34119.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 22, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34194.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 02, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34201.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 20, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34347.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 17, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34371.
  11. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 265.
  13. Monckton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/171. f. ?.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 378.
  15. Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
  16. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 378.
  18. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 377.
  20. Pyddoke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/393. f. 434.
  21. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 377.
  22. Pyddoke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/393. f. 434.
  23. Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
  24. Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
  25. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 377.
  27. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 377.
  29. Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  30. Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  31. Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  32. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 377.
  33. Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  34. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 377.
  36. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  37. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 377.
  38. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
  39. The Navy List. (March, 1914). p. 376.
  40. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
  41. Rutherfoord Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/133. f. 137.
  42. The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 381.
  43. Rutherfoord Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/133. f. 137.

Bibliography


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