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* {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Harpur Gamble]], September 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Edward Harpur Gamble|Edward H. Gamble]], September, 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George Anson Primrose]], April 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George Anson Primrose|George A. Primrose]], April, 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederick George Stopford]], April 1901.{{MackieRNW}}<ref>Mackie has him as Frederick G. S. Stopford.</ref>
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*Captain [[Frederick George Stopford|Frederick G. Stopford]], April, 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Lewis Bayly]], 11 July, 1902.<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 84.</ref>
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*Captain [[Lewis Bayly]], 11 July, 1902.<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 84.</ref>
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*Captain [[Henry James Langford Clarke]], March 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry James Langford Clarke|Henry J. L. Clarke]], March, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 6 November, 1906.<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 6 November, 1906.<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>
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*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers]], November 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]], November, 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George Bowes Hutton]], May 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George Bowes Hutton|George B. Hutton]], May, 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Richard Hyde]], August 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Richard Hyde]], August, 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
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* {{CommRN}} [[Charles N. Tindal-Carill-Worsley]], 12 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 381.</ref>
 
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*{{LCommRN}} [[Philip R. Thresher]], 6 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 380.</ref>
 
 
*Captain [[Herbert Reginald Norbury|Herbert R. Norbury]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 383''a''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Herbert Reginald Norbury|Herbert R. Norbury]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 383''a''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Fawcet Wray]], 26 January, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 398''n''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Fawcet Wray]], 26 January, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 398''n''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert]], January 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert|Robert C. K. Lambert]], January, 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Lionel Fitzgerald Maitland-Kirwan]], June 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Lionel Fitzgerald Maitland-Kirwan|Lionel F. Maitland-Kirwan]], June, 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==Torpedoes==
 
==Torpedoes==

Revision as of 20:01, 5 August 2013

H.M.S. Talbot (1895)
Pendant Number: D.61 (1914)
P.61 (Sep 1915)
P.A7 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 Mar, 1894[4]
Launched: 25 Apr, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 15 Sep, 1896[6]
Sold: 6 Dec, 1921[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

In mid-1913, she was with Third Fleet, temporarily attached to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Reduced to Reserve Commission 7 October, 1913.[9]

As part of the Channel Fleet, Talbot started a refit on 10 March 1908. She was projected to emerge on 16 May[10]

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the China Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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 minutes, 48.5 seconds.  The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though times of 3-5 minutes were more typical.[25]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 381.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 380.
  10. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series. p. 1.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 84.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 383a.
  22. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398n.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ 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.


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