HMS Revenge, Royal Navy
Pre-Dreadnought steel armoured battleship of the Royal Sovereign Class,
built by Palmers and launched 3rd November 1892 as part of the Naval Defence Act Programme of
1890. In 1912 she suffered damage from a collision and was subsequently
refitted with modern fire controls, one year later she was towed to
Motherbank and reduced to Material Reserve. At the outbreak of the first
world war, Revenge, instead of broken up, was used to bombard the Belgian
coast until being renamed Redoubtable and serving as a tender to HMS
Victory in 1915. Finally broken up in 1919.
Displacement: 14,150 tons. Horse power:
13,000. Length: 380 ft. Beam:
75ft. Draught: 27' 6". Armament:
four 67 ton in two armoured barbettes. Partial belt of 18 inch thick
armour. Speed 17.9 knots.
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The
Eighth ‘Revenge’
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1892
Built at Jarrow. 14,500 tons. 4 x 13.5" guns and 10 x 6"
guns. |
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1896
Flagship of particular Service Squadron.
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1898
Flagship in the Cretan
Operations.
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1914-5
Took part in bombardment of
German positions in support
of tile Allied armies.
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1915
Renamed ‘Redoubtable’
to allow new battleship to be named ‘Revenge’.
‘Redoubtable’ was used as accommodation ship at Portsmouth. |
Above
text supplied by George Ward. To read more about the former and later
HMS Revenge battleships click here
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HMS Revenge at Malta, c.1900.
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HMS Revenge, 1894.
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HMS Revenge - Flagship of the special Flying
Squadron. - 1896
The Revenge is a steel armoured battleship of the Naval
Defence Act Programme and was completed for sea in 1894. She was
built by contract at the yard of Messrs. Palmer, at Jarrow, and engined by
the same firm. Her displacement is 14,150 tons; I.H.P. 13,000.
Length 380 ft. Beam 75ft. Maximum draught 27 ft 6 ins.
She carries, as her principal armament, four 67-ton guns in two armoured
barbettes, and has a partial belt of armour of 18 ins maximum
thickness. Her speed is 17.5 knots. The Revenge was
commissioned at Portsmouth in January 1896 to fly the flag of Rear-Admiral
A T Dale, commanding the Special Flying Squadron.
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HMS Revenge pictured pre 1896
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HMS Revenge 1905.
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HMS Revenge.
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Photograph shows stoker's on HMS Revenge between 1916&1920.
My Grandfather is middle row 2nd from right. Any other information that you have of HMS Revenge may help with our Family History
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Officers of the Revenge in c.1900 some of the crew
transferred from HMS Victorious.
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The Revenge photographed in 1902 at the Royal review. She was
flagship to Vice Admiral Sir Gerard Noel who was in command of the Home
Fleet at this time.
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HMS Revenge, one of the flagships of the
British Mediterranean Fleet in 1897, the other being HMS Ramillies. The
Revenge flew the flag of Rear-Admiral Robert H Harris, second in command.
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HMS Revenge Circa 1908
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Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, V.C. and Rear-Admiral Dale on the
Quarter-Deck of the Revenge
This photograph shows the exchange of compliments between the
Commander-in-Chief of the Flying Squadron, Rear Admiral Dale, and the
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, V.C., on the
occasion of commissioning of the Flying Squadron. After hoisting his flag
on board the Revenge, as she lay alongside in Portsmouth Dockyard, Admiral
Dale, according to the custom of the Service, formally called on Sir
Nowell Salmon, as the senior officer in charge of the port, and here we
see the return visit paid by the senior Admiral on board the Revenge. The
two Admirals are shown shaking hands and saying goodbye on the
quarter-deck at the close of the port Admiral's visit. |
The Captain and Officers of Her Majesty's Ship Revenge
The first-class battleship Revenge, Rear-Admiral Dale's flagship in
the Flying Squadron, is commanded by Captain the Hon. A Curzon-Howe C.B
(shown in the foreground with his hands behind his back), who hoisted his
pennant on board on Tuesday 14th January 1896. Second in command on the
Revenge is Commander Reginald B Colmore, and next after him for navigating
duties is borne by Commander Michael S Beatty (both officers are seen to
the right of the Captain, and are distinguished by the three rings of lace
on their coat sleeves). Lieutenant Herbert Orpen heads the list of the
Revenge's Lieutenants. Captain Cruzon-Howe served as flag-captain in the
Boadicea, when that ship was flagship to Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle
on the East Indies Station, where Admiral Dale's flag-captain won his C.B.
in the punitive expedition against the Sultan of Vitu in October 1890. |
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The After Guns and Barbette of the Revenge
When ships first began to be constructed of iron, the guns were
mounted along each side and fired through the ports, much like in the old
sailing Men-of-War. Then the revolving turret was designed and applied in
warships, until the turret system displaced the broadside system. As an
improvement on the turret system came the barbette, introduced over a
century ago in the Admiral Class battleships. In the barbette system the
closed-in revolving turret, with embrasures for the guns to fire through,
is replaced by a low fixed breastwork over which the guns were trained,
entirely in the open and exposed from muzzle to breech. Each of the
Admiral and Royal Sovereign class ships of the 1890's (except for Benbow)
mounted four 67 ton breech-loading guns, two in the forward barbette and
two in the after barbette - weapons of 13.5" bore, and firing a
projectile of 1,250 lbs weight. Each gun cost over £13,500 to make and
took upwards of a year and a half to turn one out at the Woolwich Arsenal.
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Thanks to Jerry Richards for these photos. |
I have attached a photograph of my Great
Grandfather, Frederick Christopher Tucker, born 1864. I believe the
picture (above) shows him with HMS REVENGE written on his hat. The picture
was taken
around 1884 when he was aged 20. I have also included a photograph
(left) taken approximately 20 years later - my guess. There are
distinctive flags on his lapels, possibly semaphore ! and some
medals. Would it be possible to enlighten me on his navel career or
service record. contact
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| HMS
Revenge - Sister ships of the Royal Sovereign Class |
| HMS EMPRESS OF INDIA |
7TH MAY 1891 |
SUNK AS TARGET 4TH NOVEMBER 1913 |
| HMS RAMILLIES |
1ST MARCH 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 7TH OCTOBER 1913 |
| HMS REPULSE |
27TH FEBRUARY 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 27TH JULY 1911 |
| HMS RESOLUTION |
28TH MAY 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 2ND APRIL 1914 |
| HMS ROYAL OAK |
5TH NOVEMBER 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 14TH JANUARY 1914 |
| HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN |
26TH FEBRUARY 1891 |
SOLD FOR B/U 7TH OCTOBER 1913 |
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