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HMS Hannibal - World Naval Ships Directory

HMS Hannibal

Name : 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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HMS Hannibal, 1903.


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HMS Hannibal.


HMS Hannibal.

Timeline Entries :


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

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Last edited : 21:40, October 11, 2012
By : DataStream

First Added : 16:38, February 28, 2011
By : kc


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