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Talbot
The second-class cruiser Talbot and built at the Devonport
Dockyard. and laid down on the 5th March 1894 and launched on the
25th April 1895 and being completed on the 15th September 1896. HMS Talbot
was commissioned for the North
America and West Indies Station on September 15th by Captain Edward H
Gamble who had previously commanded Raleigh, St George and Endymion. The
Talbot was a new type of ship which was only 10 ft shorter than the
first-class cruisers of the Edgar class and she was also one knot faster
.Armament: Five 6 inch Quick Firing Guns Six 4.7 inch QF
Eight 12 pounder guns , Six 3 pounder QF and 2 Machine Guns also 3 18 inch
Torpedo Tubes 1 fitted in the Stern and the other two Submerged on the
broadside
Displacement: 5600 tons.
I.H.P: c.8,000 Length: 350 feet. Beam:
53 ft 6 ins. Depth: 20 ft 6 ins. Speed:
c.18.5 knots.
Complement: 450.
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HMS Talbot, 1906.
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Serving Out a Day's Fresh Meat Ration 1896
The photograph shows the butcher of the Talbot
cutting up a day's provision of meat, while the ship's steward weighs a
piece which is being carefully observed by that "cook of the
mess" who is standing by with his tin dish ready to receive it.
Close at hand is the officer of the day (Lieut Paton) who is on the spot
to inspect the quality of the provisions. In harbour - the Talbot was at
Devonport when this photograph was taken in 1896 - one pound of fresh
meat was issued to each man every day. At sea, the meat rations were:
every other day, one pound of salt pork; on one alternate day, one pound
of salt beef; on the other alternate day, three-quarters of a pound of
preserved meat. |
The Company of the Talbot 1896
The company are grouped on the forecastle and the rigging. They
numbered 412 all told, and was usual for ships going abroad for a three
year commission, are mostly young men and therefore better suited to
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Captain E H Gamble and Officers of the Talbot 1896
On the Captains right is Lieutenant J B Finlaison, R.M.L.I., who
was in command of the Marine detachment on board, and on the Captain's
left is Commander Lewis Bayly, the executive officer of the ship. |
