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HMS Caesar |
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HMS Caesar Laid Down : 25th March 1895 Launched : 2nd September 1896 Completed : 13th January 1898 Type : Battleship Class : Majestic Builder : Portsmouth Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold for scrap 8th November 1921. |
Royal Naval battleship of the Majestic Class. HMS Caesar was the flagship of the Majestic Class from December 1905. Temporarily in February 1907, she became flagship of the Atlantic Fleet, but joined the Home Fleet at Devonport in May 1907 where she was refitted 1907-08. In May 1909 she went to the Home Fleet at the Nore, but was transferred to the 3rd Division, Home Fleet at Devonport in April 1911. In March 1912 she was part of the 4th Division, Home Fleet, remaining with the Home Fleet until the outbreak of World War One. From 1915 to 1918 she carried out Atlantic Patrols on the North America and North Indies Station, after which she went to the Mediterranean, passing through the Dardenelles after the Armistice to support operations in the Black Sea against the Bolsheviks. Armament: four 12 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, sixteen 12 pdr guns, twelve 3 pdr guns, 2 maxims, two 2pdr boat guns and five torpedo tubes. Displacement: 14,900 tons. Speed: 16.5 knots. Complement: 757. |
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HMS Caesar, 1898. | HMS Caesar, 1910. | One of the 12 inch guns of HMS Caesar. | Liberty men on HMS Caesar | Cleaning the decks of HMS Caesar after coaling. |
HMS Caesar | Postcard picture of HMS Caesar | HMS Caesar | HMS Caesar. | HMS Caesar. |
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1896 - Launched 13th October 1897 - At Portsmouth carrying out steam trials 13th January 1898 - Commissioned 1899 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 1900 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 14th July 1900 - Sailed Trieste for Venice Arrived same day 16th July 1900 - At Trieste 19th July 1900 - Arrived Fiume 25th December 1900 - In Dockyard hands at Malta 1901 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 13th April 1901 - Arrived Malta 1902 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet December 1902 - Mediterranean Fleet 1903 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 1903 - Commenced Fleet Maneouvres 5th August 1903 - On Fleet Maneouvres 1st November 1904 - At Gibraltar 1905 - Atlantic Fleet 1906 - Channel Fleet June 1906 - Captain Sydney R. Fremantle in Command June 1906 - Channel Fleet June 1906 - Flag of Vice Admiral Curzon-Howe 1907 - Channel Fleet April 1909 - 3rd Division, Home Fleet at Plymouth 27th July 1910 - Sailed Torquay for Naval Review 27th July 1910 - Arrived back at Torquay after Naval Review 31st December 1910 - Completed refit at Chatham 2nd January 1911 - Sailed Sheerness 23rd June 1911 - At Spithead for Fleet Review 9th July 1912 - Spithead Review 8th August 1914 - 7th Battle Squadron in Reserve at Devonport 8th November 1921 - Sold For Break Up |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 21:39, October 11, 2012
By : DataStream
First Added : 16:34, February 28, 2011
By : kc
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