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Log Series (Westminster Press)
{{Use British English, date=March 2017 The 'log' series of books were a series of at least 40 books written by members of the crew of various Royal Navy ships about their service between 1900 and 1909. They were published by Westminster Press and 4 shillings each. The write up of the series at the back of the books say that only 'happy ships' were written up. The following is a list of ost of thebooks in the 'log' series: * HMS ''Argonaut'', China Station, 1900–1904. * HMS ''Astraea'', China Station, 1899–1903. * HMS ''Arethusa'', went Round the World, 1899–1903. * HMS ''Amphion'', Pacific Station, 1901–1904. * HMS ''Archer'', Australian Station, 1900–1904. * HMS ''Archer'' & ''Karrakatta'', Australian Station, 1900–1904. * HMS ''Bonaventure'', Pacific and China Stations, 1903–1906. * HMS ''Bulwark'', Flagship, Mediterranean Station, 1902–1905. * HMS ''Carnarvon'', Mediterranean Station, 1905–1907. * HMS '' Cumberland'', Mediterranean Station, 1904� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westminster Press (London)
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Westminster Press may refer to: * Westminster Press (London) was a printing company in London run by Gerard Meynell, printer of ''The Imprint'' * Westminster Press (Philadelphia), merged with John Know Press to form Westminster John Knox Press; published science fiction and other material aimed at younger readers from at least 1954 to 1980. * Westminster Press, a defunct regional newspaper company in the United Kingdom owned by Pearson Pearson may refer to: Organizations Education *Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada *Pearson College (UK), London, owned by Pearson PLC *Lester B. Pearson High School (other) Companies *Pearson PLC, a UK-based int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Glory (1899)
HMS ''Glory'' was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy and a member of the . Intended for service in Asia, ''Glory'' and her sister ships were smaller and faster than the preceding s, but retained the same battery of four guns. She also carried thinner armour, but incorporated new Krupp steel, which was more effective than the Harvey armour used in the ''Majestic''s. ''Glory'' was laid down in December 1896, launched in March 1899, and commissioned into the fleet in November 1900. ''Glory'' spent much of her peacetime career abroad. She was assigned to the China Station from 1901 to 1905, before returning to British waters for a brief stint with the Channel Fleet and then the Home Fleet from late 1905 to early 1907. After a refit in 1907, she was then sent to the Mediterranean Fleet, where she remained until April 1909. She then returned to Britain and was reduced to reserve status. She remained inactive until the outbreak of the First World War in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Retribution (1891)
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Retribution'': * HMS ''Retribution'' was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1782 as . Her crew mutinied and handed her over to the Spanish in 1797. After her capture in 1799 she was renamed HMS ''Retaliation'', and then HMS ''Retribution'' in 1800. She was broken up in 1805. * HMS ''Retribution'' was a convict hulk launched in 1799 as the 74-gun third rate . ''Edgar'' was converted into a convict hulk in 1813, renamed HMS ''Retribution'' in 1814 and broken up in 1835. * was a wooden paddle frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ... built as HMS ''Watt'', but renamed HMS ''Retribution'' before her launch in 1844. She was sold in 1864. * was an protected cruiser launched in 1891 and sold in 1911. {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Royal Arthur (1891)
HMS ''Royal Arthur'' was a first class cruiser of the , previously named ''Centaur'', but renamed in 1890 prior to launching. She served on the Australia Station and briefly on the North America and West Indies Station before returning to the Home Fleet in 1906. She was paid off after the First World War. Service history ''Royal Arthur'', and her sister ship , were built to a slightly modified design and are sometimes considered a separate class. She was built at Portsmouth and launched on 26 February 1891. She first served as the flagship of the Pacific Station from 1893 to 1896, before being refitted at Portsmouth in 1897. She then served as the flagship of the Australian Station from 1897 to 1904.Bastock, p.117-118. In that role she provided escort for the royal yacht carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) to Australia to open the new Federal Parliament in 1901. Captain Thomas Philip Walker was appointed in comman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Russell (1901)
HMS ''Russell'' was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1903. Built to counter a group of fast Russian battleships, ''Russell'' and her sister ships were capable of steaming at , making them the fastest battleships in the world. The ''Duncan''-class battleships were armed with a main battery of four guns and they were broadly similar to the s, though of a slightly reduced displacement and thinner armour layout. As such, they reflected a development of the lighter second-class ships of the . ''Russell'' was built between her keel laying in March 1899 and her completion in February 1903. ''Russell'' served with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1904, at which time she was transferred to the Home Fleet; in 1905 the Home Fleet became the Channel Fleet. She moved to the Atlantic Fleet in early 1907 before returning to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1909. In another fleet reorganisation in 1912, the Mediterranean Fleet became part of the Home Fleet and it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pelorus (1896)
HMS ''Pelorus'' was the first of the s, and was laid down at Sheerness dockyard in 1895. Completed and commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1897, she was designed by Sir William White. Construction cost £154,315. The ship was well armed for her size, but was primarily a workhorse for the overseas fleet. HMS ''Pelorus'' displaced 2,135 tons and had a top speed of . She had reciprocating triple expansion engines and Normand water-tube boilers which could give for limited periods of time with forced draught, and under natural draught. It carried a crew complement of 224 men and it was armed with eight QF 4 inch (102 mm) (25 pounder) guns, eight QF 3 pounder (47-mm) guns, three machine guns, and two 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes. Service history ''Pelorus'' served in the Channel Fleet under Captain Henry Charles Bertram Hulbert, when in February 1900 she joined the Eastern division of the fleet. In 1901, the ship was stationed at Gibraltar under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Phaeton (1883)
HMS ''Phaeton'' was a second class cruiser of the which served with the Royal Navy. Construction She was built by Napier in Glasgow, being laid down in 1880, launched in 1883 and completed in 1886.Morris, Douglas, ''Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies'' Acceptance Trials "The ''Phaeton'' has been tried in the Solent. At the previous six hour' full power trial of the ''Phaeton'' there was a difficulty experienced in maintaining steam from want of draught in the stokeholds. (Only the ''Leander'' of this class has been fitted with fans for forced draught.) The funnels were afterwards raised from to (the same height as those of the first-class cruisers), while the space between the firebars was increased. The effect of these changes at the trial was very marked, the engines being provided with an abundance of steam without their being any necessity for resorting to the blast. The trial was intended to have been for six hours, but during the eleventh half hour, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pandora (1900)
HMS ''Pandora'' was a of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White. While well armed for their size, they were primarily workhorses for the overseas fleet on "police" duties and did not serve with the main battlefleet. Construction details They displaced 2,135 tons, had a crew complement of 224 men and were armed with eight QF 4 inch (102 mm) (25 pounder) guns, eight 3 pounder guns, three machine guns, and two 18 inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes. With reciprocating triple expansion engines and a variety of boilers, the top speed was . Service history HMS ''Pandora'' was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 3 January 1898, and launched on 17 January 1900, when she was christened by Mrs. (Mary Elizabeth) Napier, daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth (and herself wife of a Royal Navy officer who later became Vice-Admiral Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Perseus (1897)
HMS ''Perseus'' was a protected cruiser of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White. They mainly served at overseas stations rather than with the main fleets. Design ''HMS Perseus'' displaced 2,135 tons, had a crew complement of 224 men and were armed with eight QF 4 inch (102 mm) guns, eight 3 pounder guns, three machine guns, and two 18 inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes. With reciprocating triple expansion engines fed by 14 Thornycroft boilers, the top speed was . History ''HMS Perseus'' was laid down at Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull, in May 1896, launched on 15 July 1897, and completed in 1901. Under the command of Commander Edmund Radcliffe Pears, she was in March 1901 commissioned to form part of the East Indies fleet,Brassey 1902, p. 52. where she was often stationed in the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Aden. In September 1901 she prevented the landing of Turkish troo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Naiad (1890)
HMS ''Naiad'' was an protected cruiser of the Royal Navy which served from 1892 to 1919. History In 1890, building by the Naval Construction and Armaments Co, later known as Vickers, commenced. On 26 Jun 1897, she was present at the Naval Review at Spithead in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee. Captain Alexander Bethell was appointed in command on 19 March 1901, as she was serving in the Mediterranean Fleet. The ship served off South Africa during the Second Boer War (service from April-Nov. 1901) and 117 of her crew of 234 served in Naval Brigades ashore, in the Cape Colony. The following year she visited Alexandria and Port Said ''en route'' for Aden in late October 1902. Based in the Indian Sea, she was involved in the military operations in Somaliland 1902–04, her crew receiving 285 medals and clasps for the campaign.British Battles and Medals, Spink, London 2006 p.417 In 1910, like many other ships of her class, ''Naiad'' was converted to a minelayer A minela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Lancaster (1902)
HMS ''Lancaster'' was one of 10 armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Upon completion she was assigned to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet. She remained there until 1912 when she returned home to be placed in reserve. The ship was recommissioned in 1913 for service with the 4th Cruiser Squadron on the North America and West Indies Station. She remained there until she was assigned to the Grand Fleet in 1915. She was transferred to the Pacific in 1916 and she became flagship of the Eastern Squadron in 1918. The ship was sold for scrap in 1920. Design and description The ''Monmouth''s were intended to protect British merchant shipping from fast cruisers like the French , or the . The ships were designed to displace . They had an overall length of , a beam of and a deep draught of . They were powered by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam provided by 31 Bellevil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Implacable (1899)
''HMS Implacable'' was a battleship of the British Royal Navy, the second ship of the name. The ''Formidable''-class ships were developments of earlier British battleships, featuring the same battery of four guns—albeit more powerful 40-calibre versions—and top speed of of the preceding , while adopting heavier armour protection. The ship was keel laying, laid down in July 1898, was ship launching, launched in March 1899, and was completed in July 1901. Commissioned in September 1901, she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and served with the fleet until 1908. After a refit, she transferred to the Channel Fleet, then onto the British Atlantic Fleet, Atlantic Fleet in May 1909. By now rendered obsolete by the emergence of the dreadnought class ships, she was assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron (United Kingdom), 5th Battle Squadron and attached to the Home Fleet in 1912. Upon the outbreak of World War I, ''Implacable'', along with the squadron was assigned to the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
