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Hearts of Oak
Charles Lewis
Royal Navy [1891-1905]
West Africa Station
1900-1904
Ships Reported
Merchant Ships
Sailing Ship INCHCAPE ROCK -
Lost Algoa Bay 1902.
1,492 ton steel British
sailing ship.
SS NAUTILUS local coaster;
Saldanha Bay area
SS ULSTERMORE
William Johnston & Co
Built 1894 by Harland &
Wolff
6,411 tons; 451ft x 48.3 ft x
27.3ft; 627 nhp; triple-expansion engines.
22nd January 1913
Wrecked Taylor's Bank Revetment, Crosby
Channel
On voyage from Baltimore to
Liverpool with general cargo.
SS WINNIE
Ferguson & Reid
Built 1896 by J.Blumer &
Co
2,532 tons; 304 ft x 44ft x
20.6ft ; 245 nhp; triple-expansion engines.
10th
November,1917 Wrecked in Busso Sound,
Vardo,
On voyage from Archangel to
Lerwick with a cargo of pit props.
SS VICTORIA
Built 1872; scrapped 1905
www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=16851
Royal Navy Ships
HMS SYBILLE Lost – described
by Charles Lewis
HMS NAIAD
HMS TERPSICHORE
Apollo Class
http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-apollo.html
HMS THRUSH
http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/warships/vessel.asp?id=2381
HMS FORTE
Astraea class
http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Astraea.html
HMS BEAGLE
Large sloop 1,170 tons, 195
feet. Built Portsmouth 1889.
Eight guns, twin screw.
www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00499.html
Sold 11 July 1905 and eventually towed to Stavanger,
Norway, to be scrapped
David J Hepper writes ....
She served on the South American station 1890 to 1892;
North America/West Indies station 1892 to 1894;
South America again from 1894.
She returned home in March 1896.
Refitted and repaired at Portsmouth during 1896;
served on South American station from 1897 to 1900;
paid off into reserve at Portsmouth March 1900.
Out of reserve May 1901 for service in South African
waters;
from 1903 South
American station.
Returned home for last time in mid-1904 and paid off for
disposal.
Sold in July 1905 for scrap and ended up in a scrap yard
in Stavanger.
The National Maritime Museum catalogue indicates they have
two photos of her,
negative numbers N.3801 and N.3802.
HMS DWARF
http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=8128
HMS TARTAR
http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/222783x9/8330/a0.htm
HMS DORIS Devonport Memorial
http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/221447x9/8330/a0.htm
HMS MONARCH
http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/248423x9/8330/a0.htm
HMS BARRACOUTA & HMS
BLANCHE
http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/222564/8330/a0.htm
HMS PEARL
http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/222679x9/8330/a0.htm
HMS GIBRALTAR (& HMS
EDGAR)
Edgar class
http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/armoured-cruiser/hms-edgar.html
TRANSPORT NUMBER 61
This was a Boer war Troopship
Carrier. SS TEMPLEMORE.
She was eventually lost in a
storm in 1911, off Ballycastle, Ireland
Picture at http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/images/006383P.html
TORPEDO BOAT 60
Paul Benyon’s site http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/T/04804.htm
Raymond Forward
Thanks to D J Hepper