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HMS Hannibal |
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HMS Hannibal Laid Down : 1st May 1895 Launched : 28th April 1896 Completed : April 1898 Type : Battleship Class : Majestic Builder : Pembroke Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold for scrap 28th January 1920. |
Royal Naval battleship of the Majestic Class. HMS Hannibal was refitted and converted to burn oil fuel as well as being fitted with fire control in 1906. Recommissioned in the Channel Fleet Reserve in October 1906 and transferred to Davenport as part of the Home Fleet in July 1907, remaining there until 1914. During this time struck a submerged reef off the Devonshire coast in August 1909 and collided with TB105 in October that same year. She was refitted and served as guard ship of the Humber from 1914 and later went to Scapa Flow. She was then converted to a troop ship, being disarmed at Dalmuir to provide 12in turrets for Prince Eugene and Sir John Moore, moving to the Mediterranean in September 1915. From 1916 - 1919 HMS Hannibal served in the East Indies and in Egypt, and was sold in January 1920. 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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28th April 1896 - Launched April 1898 - Commissioned 1899 - Channel Squadron 1900 - Channel Squadron 26th April 1900 - Sailed Kingstown Harbour escorting Dueen Victoria 26th April 1900 - Arrived Holyhead 26th April 1900 - Sailed Holyhead for Milford Haven 5th July 1900 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 7th July 1900 - Participated in the Summer Fleet Manoeuvres 1901 - Channel Squadron 23rd July 1901 - Arrived St. Peter Port 1902 - Channel Squadron 16th August 1902 - Capt. G. Gifford in Command 16th August 1902 - Coronation Review at Spithead 1903 - Channel Squadron 1903 - Commenced Fleet Maneouvres 5th August 1903 - On Fleet Maneouvres 1904 - Channel Fleet 9th August 1904 - Arrived Carrickfergus Roads 31st October 1904 - Sailed Gibraltar 1905 - Atlantic Fleet 3rd August 1907 - Fleet review Spithead 5th November 1907 - Fire paractice on the Nore April 1909 - 3rd Division, Home Fleet at Plymouth 27th July 1910 - Arrived back at Torquay after Naval Review 27th July 1910 - Sailed Torquay for Naval Review 9th July 1912 - Spithead Review 6th December 1913 - Cdr. B.A. Pratt-Barlow in Command (Temp) 8th August 1914 - 9th Battle Squadron. Guardship on the Humber River 28th January 1920 - Sold For Break Up |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 21:40, October 11, 2012
By : DataStream
First Added : 16:38, February 28, 2011
By : kc
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