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[[File:Implacable Officers, 1901.png|500px|thumb|right|Officers of H.M.S. ''Implacable'', 1901.<br><small>Image: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]]
 
[[File:Implacable Officers, 1901.png|500px|thumb|right|Officers of H.M.S. ''Implacable'', 1901.<br><small>Image: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]]
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Captain [[Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven|Louis A. Mountbatten]], commissioned her on 10 September, 1901.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 11 September, 1901.  Issue '''36557''', col C, p. 8.</ref>
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*Captain [[Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven|His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg]], 10 September, 1901.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 11 September, 1901.  Issue '''36557''', col C, p. 8.</ref>
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*Captain [[Reginald Charles Prothero]], October 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Reginald Charles Prothero|Reginald C. Prothero]], October 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Colin Richard Keppel|Colin R. Keppel]], 12 May, 1904.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 16 May, 1904.  Issue '''37395''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Colin Richard Keppel|Colin R. Keppel]], 12 May, 1904.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 16 May, 1904.  Issue '''37395''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Edwin Patey]], June 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George Edwin Patey|George E. Patey]], June 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Mark Edward Frederic Kerr]], May 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Mark Edward Frederic Kerr|Mark E. F. Kerr]], May 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Loftus Tottenham]], March 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Loftus Tottenham|Henry L. Tottenham]], March 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert John Prendergast]], May 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert John Prendergast|Robert J. Prendergast]], 21 May, 1910.<ref>Prendergast Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 242.</ref>
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*Captain [[Harry Jones]], November 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Harry Jones]], November, 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux]], 3 June, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 329.</ref>
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*Captain [[Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux|Gerald C. A. Marescaux]], 3 June, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 329.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Hughes Campbell Lockyer|Hughes C. Lockyer]], 21 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 334.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Hughes Campbell Lockyer|Hughes C. Lockyer]], 21 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 334.</ref>
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*Captain [[Bertram Sutton Evans]], March 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Bertram Sutton Evans|Bertram S. Evans]], March 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==Radio==
 
==Radio==

Revision as of 17:29, 1 August 2013

H.M.S. Implacable (1899)
Pendant Number: 63 (1914)
72 (Jan 1918)
N.48 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1897-98 Programme[3]
Laid down: 13 Jul, 1898[4]
Launched: 11 Mar, 1899[5]
Commissioned: 10 Sep, 1901
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[6]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

She reduced at Sheerness on 13th May, 1912.[7]

Captains

Officers of H.M.S. Implacable, 1901.
Image: Navy & Army Illustrated.

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Radio

In 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she had or was slated to receive a Marconi W/T kit.[19]

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, 27 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[20]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 36.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 36.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 326.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 11 September, 1901. Issue 36557, col C, p. 8.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 May, 1904. Issue 37395, col A, p. 7.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 329.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 334.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  20. ↑ 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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