1923. A single quadruple 2-pounder mount was also fitted on the port side of the hull. He served from the 21st October 1910 as a Boy Sailor and his subsequent postings don't appear to include the Indefatigable, Date-wise, at the time of Jutland he appears to have been a Leading Seaman aboard HMS Juno. The BPF had been scheduled to withdraw after 10 August to prepare for Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu scheduled for November, and the bulk of the force departed for Manus on 12 August. A further attack could not be mounted until 24 August because of bad weather; for this mission the carrier contributed 12 Barracudas, 11 Fireflies and 4 Seafires, all of which returned. [12] The Royal Navy took the frigate into service as HMS Unite. She had a long career under several distinguished commanders, serving throughout . Herbert A. Snead-Cox. It was provided with 500 rounds. [35] A final attack was made five days later, again without effect. 4in - barbettes. [60] The 21 missing men were in a boat from Revenge; a later report suggested that most, if not all, had been taken prisoner. By Walter Burroughs A summary of this paper was presented at a conference held from 30 September to 01 October 2014 at the Universidad Andres Bello, Chile on the maritime "[16] Milne still did not believe that Souchon was heading for the Dardanelles, and so he resolved to guard the exit from the Aegean, unaware that the Goeben did not intend to come out. From her, he learned that there were two privateers around Corunna, one of which had captured a brig from Lisbon with a cargo of bale goods two days earlier. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, A great, great, great uncle of mine, Octavius Cardew was a 14 year-old midshipman on HMS Amazon, which also ran aground. [44], The BPF arrived back at Sydney on 5 June and sailed for Manus three weeks later. By all accounts, James Cook's HMS Endeavour sojourn in Tahiti was a pivotal moment in . [21] She was launched on 8 December 1942 by Victoria of Hesse, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven. [27] The wreck was identified in 2001, when it was found to have been heavily salvaged sometime in the past. George H. Field. Virginie carried 44 guns, 18 and 9-pounders, and had a crew of 340 men under the command of Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de Vaisseau. The loss of his topmasts made it impossible for . The upper hangar was 458 feet (139.6m) long and the lower hangar was 208 feet (63.4m) long; both had a maximum width of 62 feet (18.9m). Charles F. Sowerby War would not actually be declared until 12 August, and the order was countermanded four hours later, but Milne gave up the hunt for Goeben, following his standing orders to guard the Adriatic against an Austrian break-out attempt. 14445, 149, 151; Hobbs 2013, pp. Indefatigable was present at the formal surrender of the Japanese on 2 September in Tokyo Bay. [Note 1] The ends of the hangars were protected by 2-inch bulkheads[7] and the armour of the hangar deck ranged from 1.5 to 2.5 inches (38 to 64mm) in thickness. In a twenty-minute bombardment, a single shell struck the magazine of the fort at Sedd el Bahr at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, displacing (but not destroying) 10 guns and killing 86 Turkish soldiers. She joined her sister and several other carriers on 9 June to sail for Spithead for the Coronation Fleet Review of Queen Elizabeth II on 15 June as one of a fleet of nine carriers. We'd welcome any feedback and suggestions - there's a link to our contact details on the menu bar above. By April 1946 these had been reduced to 11 Bofors guns, 6 twin and 7 single Oerlikon guns. The attack was carried out by Indomitable and Indefatigable, as well as the French pre-dreadnought battleships Suffren and Vrit. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. She was recommissioned under Captain Graham Moore, younger brother of Sir John Moore of Rifle Brigade and Corunna fame. All three battlecruisers had problems with their boilers, but Goeben and Breslau were able to break contact and reached Messina by the morning of the 5th. This began what was to be called the "Run to the South" as Beatty changed course to steer east south-east at 15:45, paralleling Hipper's course, now that the range closed to under 18,000 yards (16,000m). [2], About a year later, on 19 October 1806, Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante captured the chasse marees Achille, Jenny, and Marianne. [13] She had 14 or 15 men killed, 17 badly wounded, and 10 slightly. Ultra decrypts revealed that the Japanese believed the deception, with operatives including Malcolm Muggeridge and Peter Fleming supplying disinformation for more than a year, sufficient to make the enemy believe the vessel had gone to the Far East and returned to the Clyde for a refit, by which time she was actually finished. Acting Sub-Lieut. Pellew signalled to Rvolutionnaire to cut her off from the shore. Records of HMS Indefatigable from other sources. Indefatigable remained in the Mediterranean until she was relieved by Inflexible on 24 January 1915 and proceeded to Malta for a refit; she then sailed to England on 14 February and joined the 2nd BCS upon her arrival. A Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber attacked the carrier after the ceasefire went into effect, but its two bombs missed. Harold F. Guest, R.N.R. [32][Note 2] Tirpitz was lightly damaged by two hits during this attack, one a 500-pound (230kg) bomb and the other a 1,600-pound (730kg) armour-piercing bomb. [70] Theseus and Impeteuex were in company with Indefatigable at the time. Captain John Grant relieved Sherbrooke on 6 June and the ship was opened to visitors as part of the Festival of Britain on 17 July. This site is designed to help you to find records of a merchant seafarer, either The ship's Seafires lacked the range to reach the targets so they were retained on combat air patrols (CAP) over the fleet for both attacks. The Navy Lists - Indefatigable. With this turn Hipper was falling back on the High Seas Fleet, then about 60 nautical miles (110km; 69mi) behind him. 2.5i-1in - belt. Survived the War. Crippled, taking on water and on fire, the warship quickly sank with just two of her 1,019 wartime crew surviving . Sowerby, who was badly wounded. Midshipman Joseph Denman, was turned over to her yesterday morning, and all hands are busy upon the Royal flotilla, to have it ready by the 15th, by which day also all gunboats and other craft, forming from 150 to 200 sail, are ordered to be at Spithead or in Portsmouth harbour. 9. Gunner Read; View source; View history; More. John Gray. During this cruise she gave the second largest island, now known as Santa Cruz island, its English name Indefatigable. BPF: Kamikaze attacks HMS Indefatigable Armoured Carriers 45K subscribers Subscribe 46K 8.9M views 7 years ago Footage from the British Pacific Fleet off Sakishima Gunto, including a kamikaze run. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active service took place after her conversion to a 44-gun razee frigate. Born 1925, died 1986. [a] Blonde had 16 guns and a crew of 95 men. [8] In October, the Dutch East Indiaman Zeelilee was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of 25 of her 70 crew. [11], The ship's main armament consisted of sixteen quick-firing (QF) 4.5-inch (114mm) dual-purpose guns in eight twin-gun turrets, four in sponsons on each side of the hull. The German fire was accurate from the beginning, but the British overestimated the range as the German ships blended into the haze. Her beam was 95feet 9inches (29.2m) at the waterline,[4] and she had a draught of 29feet 4inches (8.9m) at deep load. 25kts. Each hangar had a height of only 14 feet which precluded storage of Lend-Lease Vought F4U Corsair fighters as well as many post-war aircraft and helicopters. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time. [48][d] Indefatigable shared the prize money with Sirius. Brown, David K., p. 51, fn. [13] The Royal Navy took Virginie into service as Virginie. Joseph Crabb. The British role during the operation was to neutralise airfields on the Sakishima Islands, between Okinawa and Formosa, beginning on 26 March. [10] Volage lost her masts in running ashore, but the French were later able to refloat her. [67] In December a distribution of 10,000 was payable for the proceeds from Diane and Adele. [10], She received a fire-control director between mid-1915 and May 1916 that centralised fire control under the director officer who now fired the guns. The Action of 13 January 1797 was an engagement off the Penmarks involving the two frigates Indefatigable and Amazon against the French Droits de l'Homme, a 74-gun ship of the line. [26] The ship was assigned to the Home Fleet and was working up over the next several months while the Fairey Fireflies of 1770 Squadron flew aboard on 18 May. Seeing that she was outnumbered, Virginie struck.[13]. Under the command of Enseigne de vausseau provisorie Fleury, she had sailed from Pasajes with despatches for le de France. She also had four feet of water in her hold from shot holes. She was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd. in Belfast, Northern Ireland being launched on the 17th of August 1939. Carpenter 9293; McCart, pp. She had been carrying dispatches to the West Indies, which she was able to destroy before capture. CLIP is a not-for-profit volunteer project, set up to assist research into the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century. Jutland Memorial. Flight operations resumed on the morning of the 15th after an operational pause to refuel. Richard B. Croft. Captain Henry Fancourt assumed command on 22 August to prepare for sea. It's said 310 crews. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. 9 Naval Torpedo-Bomber Reconnaissance Wing, Armoured aircraft carrier action and damage reports, 1940-1945, Maritimequest HMS Indefatigable photo gallery, Darrell V. Bumby RN Collection on MaritimeQuest, List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Indefatigable_(R10)&oldid=1120025152, World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom, Cold War aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. In the distance the British battlecruiser HMS Indefatigablesinking after being struck by shells from the German battlecruiser Von Der Tannfirst in "X" magazine and then once she had limped out of the line she was hit by another salvo on the foredeck, the resulting explosion then destroying her. [17], The Implacable-class ships had a flight deck protected by 3 inches (76mm) of armour. At the moment it contains a little over 3,600 people. Amazon also ran onto the shore; still, almost her entire crew survived both the battle and the grounding and were captured. The most significant consequence was that the attention of the Turks was drawn to strengthening their defences, and they set about expanding the mine field. Chief Gunner In this action, Amazon had four men wounded. The other two were wing turrets mounted amidships and staggered diagonally: 'P' was forward and to port of the centre funnel, while 'Q' was situated starboard and aft. [4], The Indefatigable class had a main armament of eight breech-loading BL 12-inch (305mm) Mark X guns mounted in four hydraulically powered twin-gun turrets. Granville Murray-Browne. HMS Indefatigable was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th Century. Hugh Leigh Norris. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Indefatigable. Kitt, Robert Francis - Stoker 1st Class Laing, Henry George Stobart - Lieutenant She was scuttled at Scapa Flow 21st June 1919. [29] Indefatigable and several escort carriers attacked targets in Norway on 10 August, destroying 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighters and sinking a minesweeper. (60 m) in the air. The armoured flight deck absorbed the blast and her Seafires, Fire. HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. Henry S. King. [7], Indefatigable was first commissioned in December 1794 under Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Contributor: C. Peter Chen ww2dbase The HMS Indomitable was the fourth Illustrious-class carrier, though she differed from the earlier three carriers of the class after a modification to have a complement of 45 aircraft instead of 33. Share Most of the RN personnel disembarked at Colombo and most of the war brides did the same at Fremantle. Eng. Most of the boats in the attack were so shot through that the British later abandoned them. Denzil C. Tudball. [22] More recent archaeological evidence shows that the ship was actually blown in half within the opening minutes of the engagement with Von der Tann which fired only fifty-two 28cm (11in) shells at Indefatigable before the fore part of the ship also exploded. The British took her into service as Danae. . Harry Wallis. [42] After a break at the end of the month to refuel, Indefatigable became the first British carrier to be hit by a kamikaze the day after flying operations resumed, when one of the Japanese planes evaded the CAP and struck the base of the carrier's island on 1 April. Indefatigable aimed at Von der Tann and New Zealand targeted Moltke while remaining unengaged herself. CLIP data. In July 1796, there was an initial distribution of 20,000 of prize money for the capture of Unite and Virginie. Eynon L. Jones, R.N.R. 'P' and 'Q' turrets had some limited ability to fire to the opposite side. The site also provides information and data about the records of British merchant shipping with records of every British registered ship from 1855 to the 1950s - all 200,000 of them. 1911 Indefatigable-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1916, "Charles FitzGerald Sowerby - the Dreadnought Project", "John Bowyer WW1 memorial and Life Story", "Statutory Instrument 2006 No. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Campagnes (oprations; divisions et stations navales; missions diverses), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Indefatigable_(1784)&oldid=1117981877, Razeed to 44 guns between September 1794 and February 1795, 19ft (5.8m) (as frigate, 13ft 3in (4.0m)), Fc: 4 12-pounder guns + 2 42-pounder carronades, This page was last edited on 24 October 2022, at 15:30. After returning to the UK in early 1946, Indefatigable was modified for transport duties, and ferried troops and civilians for the rest of the year before she was reduced to reserve. Therefore, Milne stationed Inflexible and Indefatigable at the northern exit of the strait, expecting the Germans to break out to the west where they could attack French troop transports. . We've spent a lot of time trying to make it as clear and helpful as possible. This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 15:24. Engineer Lieutenant Commander 24 Naval Fighter Wing. Served from 1951 - 1953 Served in HMS Indefatigable Robin David Rogers Acting Art. Ian would love to hear from anyone that knew his father. Stanley N. de Quetteville, R.C.N [80], Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe, Indefatigable was on the South American station, where she visited the Galpagos Islands. [65][f], Then on 31 July, Indefatigable, in company with the gun-brig Conflict,[67] captured the letter of marque Diane, which was on her way to le de France, carrying naval stores, as well as letters and dispatches that she threw overboard during the chase. HMS Barham. Royal Naval Reserve [26] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [24] Royal Irish Rifles [20] HMS Erin [9] HMS INDOMITABLE [8] Royal Engineers [8] HMS Vanguard [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] HMS LION [6] HMS Monmouth [6] HMS THUNDERER [6] HMS Ajax [5] HMS BELLEROPHON [5] HMS COLLINGWOOD [5] HMS DEFENCE [5] HMS Impregnable [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4] HMS INVINCIBLE . 147, 150, 15253, 175, 195, 197, Hobbs 2011, pp. To remain within the 23,000 long tons (23,000t) limit allowed by the Second London Naval Treaty, these improvements could only be made by reducing armour protection. She participated in exercises with the Home Fleet and joined it in Gibraltar in September and October. In January 1801 Indefatigable was under Captain Matthew Scott. Of her crew of 1,019, only three survived. Ranger was armed with 14 guns and carried a crew of 70 men. [31] She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 55 men. Master, R.N.R. [42] Venus was armed with twelve 4-pounder guns and two 9-pounders, and carried a crew of 101 men. Despatches, Statistics [21], On 1 October, Indefatigable, Amazon, Rvolutionnaire, Phoebe, and Jason shared in the capture of the Vrow Delenea Maria. Indefatigable, however, had been chosen to remain as part of the Allied occupation force. It's 500crews. Range. 6, 2014. She later helped to repatriate Allied POWs held in Japan and was used as a spotting ship for later US nuclear tests in the Pacific ocean. Vian transferred his flag to her sister ship Implacable that day and the ship stopped off at Fremantle and Cape Town en route. The privateer was the Heureux, of 16 guns and 112 men. C. F. Sowerby was appointed captain on 24 February 1913. Fleet Surgeon Abraham, Charles: 14/05/1884: 31/05/1916: Gunner RMA: 24/02/1911: [74] While there she captured two vessels, the Danish ship Neptunus on 24 March and the French ship Nymphe on 28 March. William F. R. A. Cooper. Made the first full transcription from the shipping registers for a group of ports. The belt was closed by 1.5 to 2-inch transverse bulkheads fore and aft. [10], Between 11 and 21 March Indefatigable's squadron captured the vessels Favorite Sultana, Friends, Providence, Four Marys, Aimable Justine, and Nouvelle Union. [29] Hyne had apparently mistaken Indefatigable for a vessel from Portuguese India. She was nine weeks out of Rochefort and had captured two prizes, the schooner Clarence, sailing from Lisbon to London, and a ship from Lisbon sailing to Hamburg with a cargo of salt. hms indefatigable crew list cisco sg300 port mirroring command line Call Us Free: 714-917-9578 Home About Us What makes us different? One crew member, Petty Officer Trick rapidly drifted away from the overturned hull of the whaler and Terry desperately swam after him. After her recapture Argo arrived at Falmouth. [17] This attack actually took place before Britain's formal declaration of war against the Ottoman Empire on 6 November. At the other end of the line the duel between the Indefatigable and the Von der Tann had been growing in intensity till, a few minutes after 4.0, the British ship was suddenly hidden in a burst of flame . They also destroyed two unnamed brigs and a chasse maree. Contact us. The first airstrike was tasked to attack Kisarazu Air Field with four Fireflies and six Avengers, escorted by eight Seafires, but was forced to divert to its secondary target because of bad weather. [15] In 1847, the Admiralty authorised the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 20 Apl. We have no plans to organise more ourselves, but that is far from the end of CLIP. The next day Mouche 26 foundered near the Penmarks. complicated tale and if you really are stuck, do please get in touch. [26] Mount Indefatigable in the Canadian Rockies was named after the battlecruiser in 1917. [23] Pellew immediately set off towards Corunna and was able to intercept the Ariel. The turret faces were 7 inches (178mm) thick, and the turrets were supported by barbettes of the same thickness. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. The brig from Bristol, however, had made it into the port of Ferrol, where Pellew had earlier chased two French frigates.[23]. Although many of the young gentlemen who served aboard the Indefatigable during the Droits de l'Homme engagement in 1797 went on to have distinguished naval careers, only two served at the Battle of Trafalgar and, curiously, it was the two Scots, John McKerlie form Glen Luce, Wigtonshire and Alex McVicar from Leith. 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