HERMES HMS 1899
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:24 pm
Built by Fairfield. Laid down 31 April 1897, launched 7 April 1898, completed 5 Oct 1899. Outfitted as a seaplane carrier 4/1913-5/1913 for trials purposes; commissioned 7 May 1913.
Decommissioned to reserve 30 December 1913; aircraft equipment removed. Refitted as seaplane carrier 8/1914 and recommissioned 31 Aug 1914. Torpedoed and sunk 31 October 1914 while serving as aircraft transport.
Displacement: 5,650 tons
Dimensions: 372 x 54 x 20.5 feet/113.4 x 16.5 x 6.3 meters
Propulsion: TE engines, 18 boilers, 2 shafts, 10,000 hp, 20 knots
Crew: ~450
Armor: 1.5-3 inch deck, 6 inch CT
Armament: 11 6 inch, 9 12 pound, 6 3 pound, 2 18 inch TT
Aircraft: 2 seaplanes
An obsolete protected cruiser converted as an experimental seaplane ship. She was initially converted as a trials ship for seaplanes, to test launching and recovery methods, and to develop tactics for use of aircraft in fleet operations. Following these trials she reverted to her cruiser configuration, but again embarked seaplanes at the start of WWI.
Class: A member of the Highflyer class.
Design/Conversion: Fitted with canvas aircraft shelters fore and aft, flying-off platforms, and hoisting booms. Otherwise unmodified. This equipment was removed in 1913 but refitted in 1914.
Operational: Operated in experimental and trials service 1913; her very limited WWI service included a period as an aircraft transport.
(Ghana 2013, 2 Cedi, StG.?)
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Decommissioned to reserve 30 December 1913; aircraft equipment removed. Refitted as seaplane carrier 8/1914 and recommissioned 31 Aug 1914. Torpedoed and sunk 31 October 1914 while serving as aircraft transport.
Displacement: 5,650 tons
Dimensions: 372 x 54 x 20.5 feet/113.4 x 16.5 x 6.3 meters
Propulsion: TE engines, 18 boilers, 2 shafts, 10,000 hp, 20 knots
Crew: ~450
Armor: 1.5-3 inch deck, 6 inch CT
Armament: 11 6 inch, 9 12 pound, 6 3 pound, 2 18 inch TT
Aircraft: 2 seaplanes
An obsolete protected cruiser converted as an experimental seaplane ship. She was initially converted as a trials ship for seaplanes, to test launching and recovery methods, and to develop tactics for use of aircraft in fleet operations. Following these trials she reverted to her cruiser configuration, but again embarked seaplanes at the start of WWI.
Class: A member of the Highflyer class.
Design/Conversion: Fitted with canvas aircraft shelters fore and aft, flying-off platforms, and hoisting booms. Otherwise unmodified. This equipment was removed in 1913 but refitted in 1914.
Operational: Operated in experimental and trials service 1913; her very limited WWI service included a period as an aircraft transport.
(Ghana 2013, 2 Cedi, StG.?)
Internet