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==Radio==
 
==Radio==
 
In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine <b>not</b> noted as having or being slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|pp. 111-112}}  Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.{{INF}}
 
In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine <b>not</b> noted as having or being slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|pp. 111-112}}  Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.{{INF}}
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==Alterations==
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In 1902 the ship was rearmed with a single calibre main battery of 6-in B.L. guns in place of the existing mixed battery of 6-in and 4.7-in Q.F. guns. <ref>War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign) Part II (Quarterly Return) October 1915 {{TNA|ADM 186/15.|C2487925}} p. 9.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

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H.M.S. Venus (1895)
Pendant Number: P.36 (1914)
P.2C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 28 Jun, 1894[4]
Launched: 5 Sep, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 9 Nov, 1897[6]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[7]
Fate: to Cohen[8]

H.M.S. Venus was completed in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers, but she served in the Great War as a destroyer depot ship.

Service

Venus was commissioned at Chatham on 9 November, 1897, by Captain Sir A. Berkeley Milne, Bart., for service in the Mediterranean.[9][10]

She completed to special complement at Portsmouth on 20 December, 1911. In mid-1913, she was acting as depot ship for the First Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

Radio

In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine not noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[12] Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.[Inference]

Alterations

In 1902 the ship was rearmed with a single calibre main battery of 6-in B.L. guns in place of the existing mixed battery of 6-in and 4.7-in Q.F. guns. [13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 19 October, 1897. Issue 35338, col D, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 25 October, 1897. Issue 35343, col D, p. 10.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 390.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. pp. 111-112.
  13. ↑ War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign) Part II (Quarterly Return) October 1915 The National Archives. ADM 186/15. p. 9.
  14. ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 522.
  15. ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 522.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 306.
  17. ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  18. ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  19. ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1330.
  20. ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1330.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1336.
  23. ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 229.
  24. ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1336.
  25. ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1336.
  26. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, p. 10.
  27. ↑ Eyre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 140.
  28. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 659.
  29. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 659.
  30. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  31. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  32. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  33. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  34. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 11 November, 1911. Issue 39740, col B, p. 13.
  35. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 390.
  37. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  38. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  39. ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  40. ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  41. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/463. f. 517.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398r.
  43. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/463. f. 517.
  44. ↑ Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  45. ↑ Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  46. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 925-925a.
  47. ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  48. ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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