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Royal Navy battleship HMS Bulwark was
commissioned at Devonport, Plymouth on 18th March 1907. She was intended
to become the flagship for the Mediterranean Fleet but due to a long refit
she became the flagship to the Home Fleet instead. In October 1907 she
became grounded and received some damage requiring repairs. In August
1908, she joined the Channel Fleet and then Home Fleet, reduced to the
Reserve in March 1910 but was recommissioned in 1912 to join the 5th
Battle Squadron. From the outbreak of World War I she carried out Channel
patrol duty and on the 26th November 1914 while loading ammunition at
Sheerness, she was destroyed by a huge explosion, probably caused by black
powder charges being mishandled, only 12 men survived.
Armament: four 12 inch guns in pairs, twelve 6 inch guns
singles, sixteen 12 pdr guns, two 12 pdr guns, six 3 pdr guns, two maxims
and four torpedo tubes. Length: 400ft Displacement: 15,000
tons. Speed: 18 knots. Complement: 750 (789 as
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HMS Bulwark.
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HMS Bulwark, 1902.
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HMS Bulwark, 1902.
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HMS Bulwark.
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HMS Bulwark
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HMS Bulwark. sent
in by Robert Riggs |
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HMS Bulwark Flagship of
the Mediterranean flying the flag of Sir Compton Domville in 1902.
Her heavy guns weighed 50
tons each and could throw a shell weighing 850lb to hit a ship at 6,000
yards. |
Ian Marsh has sent us this picture and
information:
My great uncle, Reginald Leonard Heath, who
was one of the men lost when the vessel was destroyed. His rank was
described as 'Shipt.2nd' and his number - 345674(Po) - and his date of
birth 23/10/1888. This information was from his death certificate.
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Admiral Sir Compton Domville KCB, and
Officers of the Bulwark in 1902.
Left
to right: Back - Ferraro, Gorges, Angus, Carpenter Porter, Coleman, Ahern.
2nd row - Jenkins, Kennedy, Howard,
Franklin, Grieve, Croker, Innes, Moss, Pearson, the Honerable Bingham,
Southard.
3rd row - Bramble, Crowley, Francis,
Hamilton (Captain), Sir Domville, Philpotts, Piele, Frost, Krabbe.
Front row - Foote, Gill, Darke,
Maconochie, Heath, Lobb, Mock. |
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The 4 photographs below were kindly sent in by Tim
Labett whose grandfather Frederick Labett, served on HMS Bulwark from
1903-1907. |
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Tim Labett's picture of the Bulwark. |
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HMS Bulwark |
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The Bulwark blew up and sank from an accidental
internal magazine explosion in 1914, while moored at Sheerness in Kent.
There were only 15 survivors out of over 700 officers and men. |
Frederick Labett joined the HMS Bulwark of the
Mediterranean Fleet, on 21 July 1903. He left to join the Bulwarks' sister
ship the Prince of Wales in December 1904. He was also attached to the
Bulwark between January 1905 and January 1907 |
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Photographs below kindly sent in by Linda Rayment |
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My grandmother's youngest brother Reginald Claude
Flowers died on HMS Bulwark at the age of 20. He is on the bottom rhs on
this group photo. |
Reginald Claude Flowers who served on HMS Bulwark in
1914. |
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HMS Bulwark - Sister
ships of the London Class |
| HMS LONDON |
21ST SEPTEMBER 1899 |
SOLD FOR B/U 4TH JUNE 1920 |
| HMS VENERABLE |
8TH MARCH 1902 |
SOLD FOR B/U 4TH JUNE 1920 |
| HMS QUEEN |
8TH MARCH 1902 |
SOLD FOR B/U 4TH SEPTEMBER 1920 |
| HMS PRINCE OF
WALES |
25TH MARCH 1902 |
SOLD FOR B/U 12TH APRIL 1920 |
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