HMS Jupiter (1895)
 HMS Jupiter
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Namesake | Jupiter , Roman king of the gods |
| Builder | J & G Thomson, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 26 April 1894 |
| Launched | 18 November 1895 |
| Completed | May 1897 |
| Commissioned | 8 June 1897 |
| Decommissioned | February 1918 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 15 January 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 16,060 long tons (16,320 t) |
| Length | 421 ft (128 m) |
| Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, twin screws |
| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 672 |
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HMS Jupiter was a
Following the outbreak of
Design
HMS Jupiter was 421 feet (128 m)
The ship was armed with a
Jupiter and the other ships of her class had 9 inches (229 mm) of
Operational history
HMS Jupiter was laid down by
On 4 February 1908, Jupiter was recommissioned for reserve service in the Portsmouth Division of the new
World War I
When World War I broke out in August 1914, Jupiter was transferred to the 7th Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet. During this service, she covered the passage of the British Expeditionary Force from England to France in September 1914. In late October 1914, Jupiter was reassigned to serve alongside her sister ship Majestic as a guard ship at the Nore. On 3 November 1914, Jupiter and Majestic left the Nore and relieved their sister ships Hannibal and Magnificent of guard ship duty on the Humber. In December 1914, Jupiter moved on to guard ship duty on the Tyne. On 5 February 1915, Jupiter was detached from her guard ship duty to serve temporarily as an icebreaker at Arkhangelsk, Russia, while the regular icebreaker there was under refit. In this duty, Jupiter made history by becoming the first ship ever to get through the ice into Arkhangelsk during the winter;[4] her February arrival was the earliest in history there,[10] although her bow was severely damaged by the voyage.[11]
Jupiter left Arkhangelsk in May 1915 to return to the Channel Fleet, and was paid off at
Jupiter left Egypt on 22 November 1916 and returned to the
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Gibbons, p. 137.
- ^ a b c d Lyon & Roberts, p. 34.
- ^ a b Burt, p. 147.
- ^ a b c d e f Burt, p. 165.
- ^ "The Coronation - Naval Review". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
- ^ "Naval and Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36392. London. 2 March 1901. p. 9.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36883. London. 26 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36923. London. 12 November 1902. p. 8.
- ^ Preston, p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e Preston, p. 7.
- ^ Chernyshev.
- ^ a b Burt, p. 166.
References
- Burt, R. A. (2013) [1988]. British Battleships 1889–1904. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-173-1.
- Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Moscow: Veche. ISBN 978-5-9533-6429-4.
- Gibbons, Tony (1983). The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers: A Technical Directory of All the World's Capital Ships From 1860 to the Present Day. London: Salamander Books. ISBN 978-0-86101-142-1.
- Lyon, David & Roberts, John (1979). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 1–113. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
- Preston, Antony (1985). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 1–104. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8.
Further reading
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0380-4.
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