HMS Vivid (1891)
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Name | HMS Vivid |
Namesake | Capercailzie |
Builder | Barclay, Curl, and Co., Glasgow |
Yard number | 321 |
Way number | 87699 |
Launched | 20 June 1883 |
Completed | 1883 |
Acquired | 1891 |
In service | 1891-1913 |
Renamed |
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Fate | Wrecked on 8 July 1913 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 550 tons |
Length | 200 ft (61 m) |
Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Installed power | 450 hp |
Propulsion | 1 x 2-cylinder compound engine, single shaft, 1 screw, 2 masts |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Notes | [1][2][3] |
HMS Vivid was an iron
Early civilian service
SS Capercailzie was built by Barclay, Curl, and Co. in 1883 on the Clyde.[1][2][3] She was owned by George Burns, a shipping company owner, who sold her to the Royal Navy in 1891.[2][3]
Military service
On 26 September 1891, SS Capercailzie was purchased by the Royal Navy and renamed SS Vivid for use as tender for the Devonport naval base, Plymouth and as a yacht for the port admiral.[1][4][5] She was later designated flagship for the Commodore-in-Command of the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport. Staff Commander W. Way was in command in early 1900.[6]
Captain Sir Richard Poore, 4th Baronet was appointed flag captain for command of the RN Barracks on 9 March 1900,[7] succeeded by Captain Harry Seawell Niblett in December 1902.[8]
Later Civilian Service
In 1912, she was sold to the Royal Technical College, Glasgow for use as a training ship. The purchase was a major investment for the college, spending an estimated £3000 on the ship and refit.[3] On 8 July 1913 she ran aground and was wrecked at Colonsay en route from Rhu (at the time spelt ‘Row’) to Stornoway on her first voyage as a civilian training ship.[4][3][9][10]
References
- ^ a b c "HMS Vivid". Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels and a few of their movements. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "SS Vivid". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Pritchard, David (17 September 2013), The loss of the Vivid – The biography of a shipwreck (PDF), pp. 1–36
- ^ a b "Capercailzie". Clyde-built ships database. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Moseley, Brian (4 February 2011). "Royal naval barracks "HMS Vivid" / "HMS Drake"". Plymouth Data – The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36057. London. 5 February 1900. p. 11.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36060. London. 8 February 1900. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36923. London. 12 November 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Glasgow Training Ship Ashore at Colonsay. Safety of Cadets". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 9 July 1913. p. 9.
- ^ "Vivid:Colonsay, Atlantic". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
External links
- HMS Vivid (1891) on Wreck Site
- SS Capercailzie on the Clyde-built ships database
- The loss of the Vivid – The biography of a shipwreck Detailed article describing the history behind the purchase of HMS Vivid as a training ship by the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, her wreck and aftermath