The seas moderated the next day and the visitors departed in safety. Unlike the Illustrious-class ships, the roofs of the gun turrets were flat and flush with the flight deck. Thomas states that the commanding officer of 1840 Squadron was lost on 24 August, Campbell, pp. CLIP databases provide a range of indexes and finding aids to help your research. In spite of the sea she fought her 24-pounders right through the action. She was four weeks out of Saint-Malo and was waiting to enter Brest when captured. [39], On 14 January 1799, Indefatigable recaptured Argo, Rich, master, which had been sailing from Gothenburg for Boston when a French privateer had captured her. [85], Indefatigable was finally paid off in 1815. [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. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Henry G. S. Laing. A Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber attacked the carrier after the ceasefire went into effect, but its two bombs missed. Lively had two killed and four wounded. [27] The Royal Navy took her into service as HMSEugenie. Compiled a further 470,000 records of ships from the Mercantile Navy List, making the largest database of British registered ships of the era. Indefatigable aimed at Von der Tann and New Zealand targeted Moltke while remaining unengaged herself. After Indefatigable's return, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, addressed the crew on 11 January. learn something along the way. Assistant Clerk INDOMITABLE. Albert T. Walker. She returned to Portland in late March and visited Bournemouth at the end of May. George Barratt. Pellew sent Virginie into Plymouth under the escort of Concorde, and followed the next day with Amazon, which had sustained some damage. [5], The 760-foot (231.6m) armoured flight deck had a maximum width of 102 feet (31.1m). There she saved all on board when a fire destroyed the American merchantman Indian Chief. [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. 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. Under the command of Enseigne de vausseau provisorie Fleury, she had sailed from Pasajes with despatches for le de France. Maurice D. Dymocke. Sub-Lieut. 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. Captain John Grindle was appointed to command on 24 March 1950 and the ship was recommissioned on 28 May. Over the summer she exercised with the Home Fleet and visited the Danish port of Aarhus, where she was visited by Queen Alexandrine of Denmark in July. Add a Name to this List H.M.S. She was built as P315 by Vickers Armstrong. [43], On 12 and 13 April, the BPF switched targets to airfields in northern Formosa. 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. If you have any unwanted var monthlist= ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']; [43], On 9 October 1799 Indefatigable, Diamond, Cambrian, Stag, Nymphe and Cerberus shared in the capture of the Spanish brig Nostra Senora de la Solidad. HMS Indefatigable received a direct hit from enemy fire by the rear turret and began taking on water with a noticeable list to portside. At this stage only individual photographs of sailors are being added and not group photographs. Read; View source; . Smoke and flames gushed from the forward part of the ship and large pieces were thrown 200 feet (61.0m) into the air. 147, 150, 15253, 175, 195, 197, Hobbs 2011, pp. Eynon L. Jones, R.N.R. We add around 200,000 new records each month. Duncan B By this time, Germany had invaded Belgium and war had been declared, but an Admiralty order to respect Italian neutrality and stay more than 6 nautical miles (11km) from the Italian coast precluded entering the Strait of Messina, from which they could have observed the port directly. In this action, Amazon had four men wounded. 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. Unit had nine men killed and 11 wounded; Rvolutionnaire had no casualties. [21] It has been thought that the most likely cause of her loss was a deflagration or low-order explosion in 'X' magazine that blew out her bottom and severed the steering control shafts, followed by the explosion of her forward magazines from the second volley. She was 14 days out of Bordeaux. En route they were attacked by a dozen Zeros in the last British air combat of the war. On 9 August, Milne was given clear orders to "chase Goeben which had passed Cape Matapan on the 7th steering north-east. Jutland Memorial. 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. Indefatigable was in company. HMS Gambia: Crew List Crew List This table will contain as many of the crew members of HMS and HMNZS Gambia as I can find. Leonard H. Lindner. Leading Seaman Bullwas, and Spike Sheldon has identified that, of the Stokers called Smith, one was from Bath, Harold William Smith, so that we have concluded this was him. when a wealth of detail about their lives is revealed. Indefatigable alone lost two killed and 11 wounded. The latter squadron also flew two Fireflies on an armed reconnaissance mission over an airfield that lay between the carriers and their target. [10] Volage lost her masts in running ashore, but the French were later able to refloat her. [37] On 15 November 1798, Indefatigable captured Mercurius. HMS Indefatigable was one of two Implacable -class aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Flight operations resumed on the morning of the 15th after an operational pause to refuel. 15354, Hobbs 2011, pp. [16], Details of the Implacable-class ships' radar suite are not readily available. The Cabinet rejected this proposal in favour of two outmoded armoured cruisers but finally acceded to a request for one battlecruiser instead, after the Admiralty pointed out the need to match the recently published German naval construction plan and to maintain the heavy gun and armour industries. 4in - barbettes. [21] She was launched on 8 December 1942 by Victoria of Hesse, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven. When requesting crew lists please quote the reference number and the year of the crew list required. Harold V. Coombes, R.N.R. John E. Gifford. 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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. She herself scored approximately 10 hits, during the battle. She departed on 9 June and arrived at Plymouth on 7 July. The turret faces were 7 inches (178mm) thick, and the turrets were supported by barbettes of the same thickness. Both British vessels arrived at Venus at almost the same time (7pm). She returned to Portsmouth on 29 November and began a brief refit in preparation for her final trooping voyage. She had a crew of 737 officers and ratings. The ship was laid down on 10th November that year and launched on 26th March 1940 as the 3rd RN Warship to carry the name. [31] She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 55 men. Indefatigable King. She was the temporary flagship of the 2nd BCS during AprilMay 1916, while her half-sister HMASAustralia was under repair after colliding with Indefatigable's other half-sister New Zealand. Survived the War. [80], Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe, Indefatigable was on the South American station, where she visited the Galpagos Islands. Baker. 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. At 0723, roughly around the same time that X-6 was struggling, X-7 was successful in approaching without being detected, and delivered its cargo toward the stern of Tirpitz. [23] Earlier, Pellew had recaptured the brig Queen of Naples, which had been sailing from Lisbon to Cork. [75], In April 1809 Indefatigable participated in the battle of the Basque Roads. [2], About a year later, on 19 October 1806, Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante captured the chasse marees Achille, Jenny, and Marianne. Range. Gunner In 1954 she married T.S. Able Sea. 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. She was launched on 28 October 1909 and was completed on 24 February 1911. King. They arrived on 7 March and exercised together before sailing for Ulithi on 18 March. A single quadruple 2-pounder mount was also fitted on the port side of the hull. Crippled, taking on water and on fire, the warship quickly sank with just two of her 1,019 wartime crew surviving . Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. [13] The 2-pounder gun had a maximum range of 6,800 yards (6,200m). She contributed 23 Barracudas and 12 Fireflies to the mission; the former attacked the battleship while the Fireflies strafed the flak positions defending her. Terms and Conditions | British Third Rate ship of the line 'Indefatigable' (1784) British Third Rate ship of the line 'Indefatigable' (1784). [30], Indefatigable returned to the Channel. Captain Henry Fancourt assumed command on 22 August to prepare for sea. [5] These guns had a maximum range of 4,800 yards (4,400m), but some were replaced by 40 mm Bofors AA guns when the ships were transferred to the Pacific Theatre as the 20mm (0.79in) shell was unlikely to destroy a kamikaze before it hit the ship. The lugger was armed with two guns and carried a crew of 25 men. HMS Indefatigable (1784) was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1784, razeed to a 44-gun frigate in 1795 and broken up in 1816. The magazines for the 4.5-inch guns lay outside the armoured citadel and were protected by 2 to 3-inch roofs, 4.5-inch sides and 1.5 to 2-inch ends.[20]. [3] She carried enough coal and fuel oil to give her a range of 6,330 nautical miles (11,720km; 7,280mi) at a cruising speed of 10 knots (19km/h; 12mph). This was achieved by both decreasing the thickness of hangar walls from 41 to 11 inches and by raising the flight deck by 14 feet. [24], Indefatigable's first mission was a brief sortie on 1 July 1944 to provide air cover for the ocean liner RMSQueen Elizabeth that was ferrying American troops to Britain. 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. HMS Indomitable in 1946 (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge) return to Contents List. email info @ jutlandcrewlists.org (remove spaces). Amazon also ran onto the shore; still, almost her entire crew survived both the battle and the grounding and were captured. [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. Casualty list for HMS Indefatigable Remembered Today: GWF is free to use so please support the Forum. Sub-Lieut. Date: 1863 - 1913 Arrangement: The documents are stored by year in numerical sequence of registered number, as they were received, and have not been rearranged under the names of individual ships. [36] 887 Squadron sank seven seaplanes at their moorings at Banak during the operation. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. var lastmod=new Date(document.lastModified); Even after twenty years of work by ourselves and others, the millions of entries 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 . The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. On 18 January Indefatigable was at Falmouth. [69] On 1 and 9 September 1808 Indefatigable captured two American ships, Sally and Peggy. [75] Foxhound was also in company for the capture of Nymphe. Her Seafires shot down a Mitsubishi Ki-46 "Dinah" reconnaissance aircraft searching for the fleet and 5 Kawasaki Ki-48 "Lily" bombers that attacked at low level. Indefatigable was sunk on 31 May 1916 during the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war. [14] Apparently, Duke of York also shared in some or all of the prize money. [39] Aspahalon, a Newcastle vessel, had been sailing from Halifax to London with a cargo of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. [7], The ships had four Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft, using steam supplied by eight Admiralty 3-drum boilers. Goodsell served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on HMS Indefatigable. 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. Most of the boats in the attack were so shot through that the British later abandoned them. resources which are widely used by maritime researchers. Seeing that she was outnumbered, Virginie struck.[13]. Despatches, Statistics If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small [16], On 3 November 1914, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, ordered the first British attack on the Dardanelles following the commencement of hostilities between Ottoman Turkey and Russia. The following month, Indefatigable exercised with the Home Fleet in Scottish waters and visited Aarhus again. CLIP data. Virginie carried 44 guns, 18 and 9-pounders, and had a crew of 340 men under the command of Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de Vaisseau. CLIP is run by Pete and Jan Owens as a not-for-profit volunteer project. The belt was closed by 1.5 to 2-inch transverse bulkheads fore and aft. [60] The French were expecting the attack and put up a strong resistance. [44], The BPF arrived back at Sydney on 5 June and sailed for Manus three weeks later. During her sea trials on 10 April 1911, Indefatigable reached a top speed of 26.89 knots (49.8km/h; 30.9mph) from 55,140shp (41,120kW) after her propellers were replaced. In July 1945 they would have been involved in flying missions against targets in Japan. After a chase of 32 hours on a great circular route, Indefatigable and her quarry found themselves off Bayonne where Indefatigable intercepted the prize and captured her. 14445, 149, 151; Hobbs 2013, pp. She also had four feet of water in her hold from shot holes. The first Royal Navy aircraft carrier to take a hit from a kamikaze was HMS Indefatigable. While Indefatigable was visiting the latter city, she was opened to the public, and the Governor-General of South Africa toured the ship. Build to defeat German excellence and cement the presence of the British in naval combat, this ship is a famous veteran of World War I. This page was last edited on 4 November 2022, at 17:54. [citation needed], By July Indefatigable was back in Portsmouth. Acting Art. 24 Naval Fighter Wing. John Gray. Sig.-Boatswain Indefatigable was ordered on 3 August 1780 (long after Slade's death), and her keel was laid down in May 1781 at the Bucklers Hard shipyard in Hampshire owned by Henry Adams. [a] Blonde had 16 guns and a crew of 95 men. Lieutenant Commander 6in-4in - bulkheads. [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. [b] Each was under the command of an ensign de vaisseau and both vessels had left Brest two days earlier for a six-week cruise, but had not yet taken any prizes. to do your research for you - all the data we have is either on this site or for sale via findmypast and we'd like you to have the fun of doing the research. [1][2][3] She was broken up in 1816. Hence the captains and crew shared a relatively small ex gratia payment of 160,000 for the bullion, plus the proceeds of the sale of the hull and cargo. She carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 6,900 nautical miles (12,800km; 7,900mi) at 20 knots (37km/h; 23mph). Gunner Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Indefatigable. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [35] Pellew exchanged prisoners, taking off the crew of the Canada and putting on her the crew of Heureux. My Grandparents War -wild Pictures Limited production for Channel 4 Television in association with WNET. At 14:30,[Note 2] he received an incorrect message from the Admiralty stating that Britain was at war with Austria-Hungary. William L. Griffith. Ian would love to hear from anyone that knew his father. 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. Sub.Lt (A) Maurice Ian James Goodsell HMS Indefatigable (d.24th July 1945) Sub/Lt (A) Maurice I.J. The ship bombarded Ottoman fortifications defending the Dardanelles on 3 November 1914, then, following a refit in Malta, returned to the United Kingdom in February where she rejoined the 2nd BCS. The stern portion had not previously been discovered.[23]. 2.5i-1in - belt. [49], On 3 July Indefatigable recaptured the brig Cultivator, from the French. She was 10 days out of Dunkirk and had taken nothing. Photo source: From the Historic Collections of the Institute of Naval Medicine by kind permission of the Commanding Officer, Law, Cecil Robert De Vaux - Sub Lieutenant, Murray-Browne, Granville - Lieutenant-Commander, Randle, Rowland Lickbarrow - Engine Room Artificer 1st Class, Tanner, Charles Philip - Engineer Sub Lieutenant, Wilson, John Skinner - Lieutenant-Commander. [7][12] Indefatigable's light anti-aircraft defences included five octuple mounts for QF 2-pounder ("pom-pom") anti-aircraft (AA) guns, two on the flight deck forward of the island, one on the aft part of the island, and two in sponsons on the port side of the hull. Her next voyage involved transporting a much smaller number of men to Malta and Colombo; only 47 officers and 67 ratings, most of whom left the ship at Malta. Hugh Leigh Norris. [43], On 17 August 1945, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, commander of the BPF, came aboard and addressed the crew. [83] When the gun-brig Hearty detained the Prussian vessel Friede on 29 September, Indefatigable, Desiree, Primrose, Cretan, Drake, were either in company or sharing by agreement. On the first day, a pair of Fireflies encountered five Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" dive bombers and shot down four of them. [44] Then on 7 November Nymphe, Indefatigable and Diamond shared in the recapture of the ship Brailsford. HMS Indefatigable was an Implacable -class aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. Victorious, one of the Illustrious-class ships upon which Indefatigable's design was based, also carried Type 279 and Type 281B early-warning radars. Indefatigable and the BPF joined the Americans in attacking the Japanese Home Islands in July and August. [47], On 12 June 1800, Indefatigable captured the French privateer brig Vengeur. 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