H.M.S. Cæsar (1896)
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| H.M.S. Cæsar | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.10 (April, 1918) |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
| Ordered: | 1893 |
| Laid down: | 25 March, 1895 |
| Launched: | 2 September, 1896 |
| Commissioned: | 13 January, 1898 |
| Sold: | 8 November, 1921 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Germany |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,560 - 14,890 tons (normal) 15,730 - 16,060 tons (fully loaded) |
| Length: | 390 feet |
| Beam: | 75 feet |
| Draught: | 26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches |
| Propulsion: | 2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp. 4 Yarrow boilers |
| Top Speed: | 18.7 knots |
| Range: | 4,700 miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 673 |
| Armament: |
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Career
Cæsar was commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 January, 1898, by Captain John P. Pipon, C.B., C.M.G., with a complement of 757 officers and men for service on the Mediterranean Station.[1]
By the First World War, Cæsar was allegedly capable of only nine knots maximum speed.[2]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain John P. Pipon, 13 January, 1898.[3]
- Captain Edward H. Gamble, 14 April, 1899.[4]
- Captain George A. Callaghan, 21 December, 1901.[5]
- Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas, 2 February, 1904.[6]
- Captain Archibald P. Stoddart, 7 March, 1905.[7]
- Captain Sydney R. Fremantle, 5 December, 1905.[8]
- Captain Archibald P. Stoddart, 28 May, 1907.[9]
- Captain Robert H. Anstruther, .
- Captain Price V. Lewes, .
- Captain Robert E. R. Benson, .
- Captain Edward W. E. Wemyss, 4 June, 1912.[10]
- Captain Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 1 February, 1915.[11]
- Captain Cunningham R. de C. Foot, 10 December, 1915.[12]
Radio
By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set[13].
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 January, 1898. Issue 35412, col B, pg. 8.
- ↑ Transcript of interview with Paymaster Rear-Admiral Keith Macleod Lawder in possession of the University of Leeds Library. p. 3.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 15 April, 1899. Issue 35804, col F, pg. 8.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1231.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1231.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 288.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392o.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392r.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901, p. 111
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.
