HMS Hazard (1894)
50°43′37″N 01°03′14″W / 50.72694°N 1.05389°W
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| Name | Hazard |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1 December 1892 |
| Launched | 14 February 1894 |
| Commissioned | 24 July 1895 |
| Fate | Sunk in collision on 28 January 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,070 tons |
| Length | 262 ft 6 in (80.0 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Installed power | 3,500 ihp (2,600 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) |
| Complement | 120 |
| Armament |
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The sixth HMS Hazard was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1894 and was converted into the world's first submarine depot ship in 1901. She collided with the submarine A3 on 2 February 1912, killing 14 men, and was herself sunk in collision with SS Western Australia on 28 January 1918.
Design
Ordered under the
Armament
The armament when built comprised two
History
On 26 June 1897 Hazard was present at the
International Squadron
Hazard deployed to
Submarine depot ship
In 1901
Collision with submarine A3
On 2 February 1912 Hazard, under the command of Lieutenant Charles J C Little, collided with the submerged submarine A3. The submarine was in the process of surfacing during exercises when she was struck;[8] the stricken submarine sank with the loss of all 14 personnel on board.[7]
World War I
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In August 1914 Hazard was serving as the depot for the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.[2]
Loss
On 28 January 1918 Hazard was cut in two by the hospital ship[2] SS Western Australia in thick fog in the eastern Solent about one-half mile (0.80 km) east of the Warner buoy, and sank with the loss of four crew.[12][1][2][7] The wreck sits upside down in two parts in 30 m (98 ft) of water; various parts are missing having been salvaged.[13] The wreck's location in a busy shipping channel, together with poor visibility, makes it an unpopular target for divers.[13]
Notes
- ^ British "18 inch" torpedoes were 17.72 inches (45.0 cm) in diameter
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Winfield 2004, p. 307
- ^ a b c d "HMS Hazard at the Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels". Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ McTiernan, p. 34.
- ^ Clowes, pp. 447-448.
- ^ The British in Crete, 1896 to 1913: British Justice
- ^ The British in Crete, 1896 to 1913: Iraklion, 25th August Street…then and now
- ^ a b c "HMS Hazard at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-904381-19-8. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36534. London. 15 August 1901. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval Review at Spithead". The Times. No. 36847. London. 15 August 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36972. London. 8 January 1903. p. 8.
- ^ Maritime Archaeology Trust. Forgotten Wrecks of World War 1
- ^ ISBN 0-946020-15-9.
Bibliography
- Brown, Les (2023). Royal Navy Torpedo Vessels. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-3990-2285-9.
- Clowes, Sir William Laird. The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria, Volume Seven. London: Chatham Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-86176-016-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- McTiernan, Mick, A Very Bad Place Indeed For a Soldier. The British involvement in the early stages of the European Intervention in Crete. 1897 - 1898, King's College, London, September 2014.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. OCLC 52620555.
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