George H. Field. Ernest Humphrey McArthur Dyer. Sorry, we do not carry out privately commissioned research. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. 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. The British ships were still in the process of making their turn as only the two leading ships, Lion and Princess Royal, had steadied on their course when the Germans opened fire. [29] She had been the post-ship Hyaena until her capture in 1793; the Royal Navy took her back into service under her original name. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. [38], At dawn on 31 December 1798, Indefatigable captured the Minerve, five leagues off Ushant. The aim of CLIP is simple - to improve access to the records of seafarers on British registered ships of the late 19th and early 20th century. [26] Indefatigable and Cleopatra captured the Hope on 11 July. Set up a site giving access to images of 70 editions of the Mercantile Navy List - both our own images and sets from the Maritime History Archive in Newfoundland, (with their kind permission). The ship was laid down later that year and launched on 8th December 1942. Set up this site which is widely used as a single resource for researchers into maritime records. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Read; View source; View history; More. We enjoy dealing with awkward questions; we don't think there is such a thing as a silly question, and we often The attack was carried out by Indomitable and Indefatigable, as well as the French pre-dreadnought battleships Suffren and Vrit. Midshipman Commander [41] Damage to the ship was minimal and the flight deck was back in operation thirty minutes later. [58][e], In October 1805 Indefatigable, now under Captain John Tremayne Rodd (1809), was part of the blockade of Brest. [81][g], On 17 September Indefatigable, Hearty, Desiree, Drake, Primrose, and Cretan shared in the capture of Dankbarheide. Vian transferred his flag to her sister ship Implacable that day and the ship stopped off at Fremantle and Cape Town en route. The fore part of the ship simply drifted on under its own momentum, still under fire, until it foundered. CLIP data. A single quadruple 2-pounder mount was also fitted on the port side of the hull. [3] Indefatigable was 766feet 6inches (233.6m) long overall and 730 feet (222.5m) at the waterline. 1, p. 181. [19][20], In September 1796, Indefatigable, Phoebe, Rvolutionnaire, and Amazon captured five Spanish ships. Stuart B. N. Bolton. Over the last twenty years we have worked with hundreds of people This greatly increased accuracy since the ship's roll no longer dispersed the shells as each turret fired on its own; also, the fire-control director could more easily spot the fall of the shells. Sowerby, who was badly wounded. Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 15:22 and contains 1025 names, From Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. John S. Wilson. Please note that we do not do privately commissioned research, not at any price - we'd like you to have the fun. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. She was four days out of Nantes on a 30-day cruise, but had taken no prizes. [71] On 20 February Statira captured the French schooner Matilda. Indefatigable Media in category "HMS Indefatigable (R10)" The following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total. 9 Naval Torpedo-Bomber Reconnaissance Wing, over the next week. 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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. document.write("This page was last modified on " + lastmod.getDate()+" " + monthlist[lastmod.getMonth()] +" " + lastmod.getFullYear()+""); Transcribed and checked nearly 1,000,000 (one million) entries from crew lists. 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. By 15:54, the range was down to 12,900 yards (11,800m) and Beatty ordered a course change two points to starboard to open up the range at 15:57. Indefatigable was sunk on 31 May 1916 during the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war. Captain Charles F. Sowerby. 1944 Implacable-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, Sources disagree about the thickness of this armour. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. While Indefatigable was visiting the latter city, she was opened to the public, and the Governor-General of South Africa toured the ship. Leonard H. Lindner. Maurice D. Dymocke. 15354, Hobbs 2011, pp. This site uses cookies. Type 282 and Type 285 gunnery radars were mounted on the fire-control directors. . William L. Griffith. [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. [29] The next day, Pellew captured a Spanish schooner carrying a cargo of fish. If you have any unwanted [7], Indefatigable was first commissioned in December 1794 under Captain Sir Edward Pellew. She participated in exercises with the Home Fleet and joined it in Gibraltar in September and October. [28] The most recent survey of the wreck by nautical archaeologist Innes McCartney revealed that the initial hits on the ship by Von der Tann caused 'X' turret magazine to detonate, blowing off a 40m-long (130ft) portion of the ship from forward of the turret to the stern. learn something along the way. Jutland Memorial. transcribed are only a small sample of the huge volume of crew documents scattered across many archives. Designed to stow 48 aircraft in their hangars, the use of a permanent deck park allowed the Implacable class to accommodate up to 81 aircraft. Crew list photos of HMS Indefatigable H.M.S. After her recapture Argo arrived at Falmouth. 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. On 9 August 1804 Indefatigable was in sight when HMSNautilus recaptured the West Indiaman William Heathcote off Bayonne. - HMS Indefatigable during the Second World War -. She had 12 guns and a crew of 75 men. 'P' and 'Q' turrets had some limited ability to fire to the opposite side. Under the command of Enseigne de vausseau provisorie Fleury, she had sailed from Pasajes with despatches for le de France. Subsequently, Indefatigable or Pellew's squadron took more vessels, including privateers, primarily in the Channel. Abraham, Charles: 14/05/1884: 31/05/1916: Gunner RMA: 24/02/1911: [85], Indefatigable was finally paid off in 1815. The armoured flight deck absorbed the blast and her Seafires, Fire. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. However, it was at this time that the carronade was becoming more popular in the Navy, and her intended armament was altered on 5 December 1794 with the addition of four 42-pounder carronades to go on her quarterdeck and two on her forecastle. when a wealth of detail about their lives is revealed. In August she began transferring her training duties to the carrier Ocean and arrived at Rosyth on 2 September to be paid off, a process that took until the following month to complete. However the Dutton was only one of a number of stricken vessels that Pellew and his crew assisted at this time. [41][c], From March 1799 until the end of 1800 Indefatigable was under the command of Captain Henry Curzon. Her initial role during the Second World War was to accompany a convoy to Capetown from December 1940 to January 1941. 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. Hipper ordered his ships to turn to starboard, away from the British, to assume a south-easterly course, and to reduce speed to 18 knots (33km/h; 21mph) to allow three light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group to catch up. HMS Indefatigable Crew List. Robert Roxburgh. There is one snag - the huge pile of records has no index (that's the point of CLIP). She was eight days out of Ostend but had taken no prizes. Baker. She was launched in early July 1784[5] and completed from 11 July to 13 September of that year at Portsmouth Dockyard as a 64-gun two-decked third rate for the Royal Navy. [7] The work was carried out at Portsmouth from September 1794 to February 1795 at a cost of 8,764. It also appears that someone in the factory was doing a scratch build conversion of a single seat Hunter into a twin stick one using bits they had lying around. By all accounts, James Cook's HMS Endeavour sojourn in Tahiti was a pivotal moment in . The design originated as an improved version of the Illustrious-class aircraft carriers and was intended to be 2 knots (3.7km/h; 2.3mph) faster and carry an additional dozen aircraft over the 30-knot (56km/h; 35mph) speed and 36 aircraft of the earlier ships. A destroyer of the Royal Navy, HMS Badger was able to rescue just six of the 1021 crew members, after surviving 20 minutes in the freezing waters of the North Sea. [10] Volage lost her masts in running ashore, but the French were later able to refloat her. [56], Indefatigable had no casualties. Its armament was made up of: 4 x 2 - BL 12-inch; Mk X guns; 16 x 1 - BL 4-inch; Mk VII guns; 2 x 1 submerged 17.72-inch torpedo tubes. Indefatigable and Lyra were in sight. She reached the coast of Japan on 20 July and her aircraft began attacking targets near Osaka and in the Inland Sea four days later. 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. J10641 John Williams, born 19th May 1894. [63] Then on the day after Christmas, Indefatigable and Tribune captured the American ship Eliza. Indefatigable was laid down by John Brown & Co. at their shipyard in Clydebank on 3 November 1939 as Yard Number 565. 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. Her two consorts Sagesse and Eclatant escaped into the river. Indefatigable's outline design was prepared in March 1908, and the final design, slightly larger than Invincible with a revised protection arrangement and additional length amidships to allow her two middle turrets to fire on either broadside, was approved in November 1908. Captain She was recommissioned in 1950 as a training ship for service with the Home Fleet Training Squadron, participating in exercises and making several port visits overseas. She had cost 25,210 4s 5d to build; her total initial cost including fitting out and coppering was 36,154 18s 7d. Most of the crew survived and. She had left Saint-Malo the evening before and had not made any captures. Indefatigable then was with Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron at Ferrol. Five days later, the BPF attacked a different refinery and 820 Squadron again contributed 10 Avengers to the attack while 1770 Squadron added nine Fireflies. It started from trying to trace the sea-going career of Pete's great-grandfather, who ran away to sea in the 1860s. One of the survivors, Gunnery Officer Hubert Edward Dannreuther, was the godson of German composer Richard Wagner. . Engineer Lieutenant Served from 1951 - 1953 Served in HMS Indefatigable Robin David Rogers [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. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small She was 14 days out of Bordeaux. HMS INDEFATIGABLE The fates would not give him a second chance On 28th October 1914, at the time Turkey entered the 1st World War my grandfather, Rowland Lickbarrow Randle, a Royal Navy petty officer, was 'serving the pinnace' at the British Embassy in Constantinople (now Istanbul). The British formation was echeloned to the right with Indefatigable in the rear and furthest to the west, and New Zealand ahead of her and slightly further east. While Indefatigable was still conducting builder's trials,[24] a de Havilland Mosquito landed aboard on 25 March, piloted by Lieutenant Eric Brown (this is often cited as the first landing by a twin-engined aeroplane on an aircraft carrier,[25] but in fact a Potez 565 had landed on and taken off from the French carrier Barn in 1936). [37] On 15 November 1798, Indefatigable captured Mercurius. Lieutenant She had been carrying dispatches to the West Indies, which she was able to destroy before capture. Assistant Clerk She was inspected by Rear Admiral St John Micklethwaithe, Flag Officer Training Squadron, on 3 July and received her first trainees shortly afterwards. Fleet Surgeon [27] The Royal Navy took her into service as HMSEugenie. resources which are widely used by maritime researchers. Made the first full transcription from the shipping registers for a group of ports. var monthlist= ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']; [14] Apparently, Duke of York also shared in some or all of the prize money. Chief Art. The underwater defence system was a layered system of liquid- and air-filled compartments as used in the Illustrious class. 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. [14], Indefatigable, accompanied by the battlecruiser Indomitable and under the command of Admiral Sir Berkeley Milne, encountered the German battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau on the morning of 4 August 1914, which were headed east after a cursory bombardment of the French Algerian port of Philippeville. 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. Indefatigable was in company. [43], On 12 and 13 April, the BPF switched targets to airfields in northern Formosa. Shells from the German battlecruiser Von der Tann caused an explosion ripping a hole in her hull, and a second explosion hurled large pieces of the ship 200feet (60m) in the air. Following the resumption of hostilities, Indefatigable was fitted out for sea between July and September 1803. [56] They were carrying bullion from Montevideo, South America to Spain. We'd welcome any feedback and suggestions - there's a link to our contact details on the menu bar above. Contact us. 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. [61] This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806". X-6's crew surrendered after dropping their cargo near the ship. The Seafires claimed four Zeros shot down, four others probably shot down, and another four damaged. Gunner Her beam was 95feet 9inches (29.2m) at the waterline,[4] and she had a draught of 29feet 4inches (8.9m) at deep load. No battlecruisers were ordered after the three Invincible class ships in 1905 until Indefatigable became the lone battlecruiser of the 19081909 Naval Programme. On 18 January Indefatigable was at Falmouth. Sidney Punch. 24 Naval Fighter Wing. HMS Barham. [16], Details of the Implacable-class ships' radar suite are not readily available. [31] Vengeur was a new vessel of 12 guns and 72 men. [35] A final attack was made five days later, again without effect. email info @ jutlandcrewlists.org (remove spaces). She had a crew of 737 officers and ratings. Lively had two killed and four wounded. Charles R. Longley. She was only 18 months old, coppered, and a fast sailer. Trois Couleurs carried 10 guns and a crew of 70. Dates of service, name changes, previous and next incarnations, dimensions, armament, commanders, officers and crewmen, actions, battles, sources British Third Rate ship of the line 'Indefatigable' (1784) Three Decks' Forum Mate The British captured the French corvette Csar (or Caesar), which the Royal Navy took into service as HMS Cesar. As the world's first battle cruiser, HMS Invincible was by any measure a revolutionary and important warship. 7in-3in - turret faces She was two days out of Bordeaux and sailing for the coast of Brazil. Their secondary armament consisted of sixteen BL 4-inch (102mm) Mark VII guns positioned in the superstructure. Cecil R. de V. Law. She had left Rochefort on 1 August, and the le de R on the 4th, where she had picked up 25 banished priests, 27 convicts, and a Madame Rovere and family, all of whom she was taking to Cayenne. 1916 - HMS Indefatigable -was Launched in 1909. In this action, Amazon had four men wounded. She was armed with 22 guns and had a crew of 130 men. 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. Crew List Name Birth Death Rank/Rate At Jutland From To ON The National Archives Citable Reference Additional Information . The ship normally displaced 18,500 long tons (18,800t) and 22,130 long tons (22,490t) at deep load. 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. [1], On 12 June, Indefatigable, Amazon, Concorde, Revolutionaire, and Phoebe took two French brigs off Ushant the Trois Couleurs and the Blonde (alias Betsey) after a chase of 24 hours. [1], Indefatigable had an overall length of 590 feet (179.8m), a beam of 80 feet (24.4m), and a draught of 29feet 9inches (9.1m) at deep load. The Board of Admiralty decided that she was redundant in early 1954 and decommissioned her later that year. She had left the Gironde the evening before on this, her second voyage, to India. We'll do our best to advise. She returned to Portland in late March and visited Bournemouth at the end of May. Modified ILLUSTRIOUS-Class Fleet Aircraft Carrier ordered under the 1937 Estimates from Vickers Armstrong, Barrow in Furness on 6th July 1937. On 11 January 1798, she was in company with Cambrian and Childers when they captured the French privateer schooner Vengeur. & Home. [52] Indefatigable and Fisgard shared the prize money with Boadicea, Diamond, Urania, and the hired armed schooner Earl St Vincent.[53]. Like this page to receive our updates. The original intention was to retain her twenty-six 24-pounder guns on her gundeck, and to mount eight 12-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and a further four on her forecastle, which would have rated her as a 38-gun vessel. Statistics compiled by the BPF staff showed that 61 Seafires were lost or damaged beyond repair during both phases of the operation due to deck-landing accidents. [citation needed], By July Indefatigable was back in Portsmouth. [45] Indefatigable was forced to remain behind as she required repairs to her machinery. Captain Ralph Fisher assumed command on 30 January 1953 and took her to sea three weeks later for exercises with the Home Fleet and her annual visit to Gibraltar. [8] During a pre-war refit, a 9-foot (2.7m) rangefinder was added to the rear of the 'A' turret roof, and this turret was equipped to control the entire main armament as an emergency backup for the normal fire-control positions. He commanded her until early 1799. 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). She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 50 men. Mate (E) Hi there. Grimshaw, Edmund Gunther, Reginald Haigh, Wilfred Hardie, Archibald Hardwick, Cyril John Hargreaves, Samuel Harris, William Harry, William Thomas Winstone Hedges, Charles Ivor Colin Herbert, Frederick William Hill, John Isaac Hodgkinson, Harry Simms Holman, Edwin Holt, James Hurley, Denis Jay, Francis Alfred Jelly, Henry Jenkinson, Ernest Douglas B. Bucham Brown. Brown 2009, pp. The intention of the attack was to test the fortifications and measure the Turkish response. It was provided with 500 rounds. The British role during the operation was to neutralise airfields on the Sakishima Islands, between Okinawa and Formosa, beginning on 26 March. IMPLACABLE Class Fleet Aircraft Carrier ordered on 19 June 1939 from John Brown of Clydebank. Captain Quintin Graham was appointed to command the ship in August 1943. [29] She was armed with twenty-four 9-pounder guns and had a crew of 230 men. Our [34], At daylight on 4 August, Indefatigable sighted the privateer Heureux together with a prize and gave chase. JCL-Website-Indefatigable : Crew List At The Battle Of Jutland. CLIP is a not-for-profit volunteer project, set up to assist research into the records of British merchant Armour - deck. Among the voyage records that survive, the Endeavour draftsman Sydney Parkinson's Journal of a. 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 On 13 April 1796, Indefatigable was in pursuit of a French frigate. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}). At this stage only individual photographs of sailors are being added and not group photographs. 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. 6,330 nautical miles at 10kts. The gun had a maximum range of 20,760 yards (18,980m). Flight operations resumed on the morning of the 15th after an operational pause to refuel. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. The following month, Indefatigable exercised with the Home Fleet in Scottish waters and visited Aarhus again. Terms of Service apply. Stanley N. de Quetteville, R.C.N On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Operation thirty minutes later opened to the West Indiaman William Heathcote off Bayonne command of Enseigne de vausseau Fleury. 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