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HMS Imperieuse, Royal Navy
armoured cruiser built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on
18th December 1883. HMS Imperieuse served as flagship to the
China Station 1889-1894 and moving to the Pacific Station 1896
-1899. She became a destroyer depot ship at Portland in 1905 and
was renamed HMS Sapphire but reverting to HMS Imperieuse again
in 1909. She was finally scrapped on 24th September 1914.
Displacement 8,400 tons, Length. 315 feet. beam 62 feet.
Draught 27.33 feet. Horsepower 10,000 giving 16.75 knots
Armament. Four 9.2 inch guns, six 6-inch guns. and six 14-inch torpedo
Tubes. Armour. Belt amidships 10 inches. with 9 -inch
Bulkheads. 8 inch Barbettes, No armour on Lesser Guns. 3 inch protective deck
for and aft and on top of belt. 9 inch Conning tower.
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HMS Imperieuse at Hong Kong.
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HMS Imperieuse, 1890.
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HMS Imperieuse, 1890.
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HMS Imperieuse, 1890.
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HMS Imperieuse, June 1890.
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HMS Imperieuse pictured pre 1896
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HMS Imperieuse Marine Cutters Crew 1892-93.
Back row from left : W Elwin, A E Harris,
Lieut P Phillipps (Cox), B Simons, L W Agnew, M Hopkins, P
Marchall.
Front Row from left : G Dagnall, S R H
Phillips, P Nicol, J A Miller, T Heley, J Pollecutt.
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A Holophote on Board HMS Imperieuse 1896
The search-light or Holophote was one of
the appliances that the torpedo boat brought into being.
Search-lights were used on board ship in peace times for various
purposes, such as for signalling at night, but in times of war
their principal use would have been in connection with the work
for which they were first designed. The working and control of
the Holophote was at all times under the electrical staff of the
ship. The projectors, situated at various points about the ship,
could turn in any direction, electricity being supplied by
dynamos down below, and produced by carbons placed within the
projector so as to illuminate the concave mirror forming the
back of the projector and reflect a perfectly straight beam of
light onto any object above the horizon. |
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Petty Officers on HMS Imperieuse 1896
The Petty Officers, appointed from the
lower deck from men of superior education and intelligence,
numbered 2 chief petty officers and 31 first- and second-class
petty officers, in addition to the artificers and the petty
officers of the engine room. |
The Marines on HMS Imperieuse 1896
The Marines of the Imperieuse comprised 70
non-commissioned officers and men, gunners and infantry, under a
Major and Lieutenant. |
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On Board the Imperieuse the Flagship in the
Pacific in 1896.
At the head of everyone in the ship is Rear-Admiral
Palliser, the Commander-in-Chief on the station, and next to him
are the Flag Captain, who is directly in charge of the ship,
Captain Adair, and Commander Calthorpe, the chief executive
officer, an officer specially promoted for war service off the
coast of Africa, and the youngest man of his rank in the Navy in
1896. The total number of officers on the Imperieuse was 43,
including 5 warrant officers and the midshipmen and cadets, all
of whom appear in the illustration above. Original Photographic image from
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The Forward Barbette of HMS Imperieuse in
1896
The forward barbette of the Imperieuse is
shown with its 22 ton gun protected by a redoubt of thick steel. |
The Band of HMS Imperieuse 1896.
The ship's band comprised a bandmaster,
band corporal, and fifteen musicians, supplemented by volunteers
from the crew, and was practically supported by the officers
beyond the £15 to £20 annual allowance from the
Admiralty. |
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The Company of the Imperieuse in 1896
Exclusive of the commissioned and warrant
officers on board, the company of the first-class cruiser
Imperieuse numbered in all, including various ratings from petty
officers downwards, the seamen, artificers, stokers and marines,
upwards of 520 men. They are shown her on or about the
forward barbette, where the bow chaser 22 ton gun of the ship is
mounted, in 1896. They were allotted and organised in watches
and divisions, each man having his own special station and duty
to perform - general quarters for action, fire quarters,
collision stations, boarding stations, boat stations, closing
watertight door stations and so on. The carrying out of these
tasks and the practice and drill in regard to them forms the
daily routine of life on board ship in the 1890's. This way each
year that the ship remained in commission smartness and
efficiency increased as did the fighting value of her crew.
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A 22 Ton Breechloader in the Imperieuse
1896
Here we see one of the four heavy guns
carried by the Imperieuse, the 22-ton gun mounted amidships on
the port side, on a sponson projecting over the side of the ship
so as to be capable of firing nearly right ahead or astern, as
well as on the broadside. The 22-ton gun was designed and
introduced originally to arm the Imperieuse and her sister ship
the Warspite. It was the smallest type of breechloader carried
on ships of the 1890's and could penetrate 17 inches of
wrought-iron armour at 2,000 yards range. One of these guns
fired the "Jubilee Shot" of 1887, which attained a
range of 21,800 yards, or nearly 12 miles. Each gun cost at
least £5,000 and fired 144lbs of powder as a charge, with a
projectile of 380lbs weight - the round costing £33. The gun
could fire practically a round a minute, and could be man
handled independently of machinery, and loaded in any position.
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