'P' and 'Q' turrets had some limited ability to fire to the opposite side. [41] Her Seafires were again retained to defend the fleet and only her Avengers and Fireflies attacked the airfields. 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. 2616 The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2006", "The Battle of Jutland's Heritage under Threat: The Extent of Commercial Salvage on the Shipwrecks as Observed 20002016", "The Opening and Closing Sequences of the Battle of Jutland 1916 Re-examined: Archaeological Investigations of the Wrecks of HMS, Maritimequest HMS Indefatigable Photo Gallery, Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project HMS Indefatigable Crew List, List of battlecruisers of the Royal Australian Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Indefatigable_(1909)&oldid=1141693257, World War I battlecruisers of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, North Sea articles missing geocoordinate data, Articles missing coordinates with coordinates on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 09:07. [85], Indefatigable was finally paid off in 1815. Albert T. Walker. Their secondary armament consisted of sixteen BL 4-inch (102mm) Mark VII guns positioned in the superstructure. Despite being embayed and having damaged masts and rigging, Indefatigable was able to repair the damage and beat off the lee shore, showing excellent seamanship. [35], Indefatigable captured the French corvette Vaillante while cruising in the Bay of Biscay on 8 August, after a chase of 24 hours, which was under the command of Lieutenant de Vaisseau La Porte. Lieutenant [58][e], In October 1805 Indefatigable, now under Captain John Tremayne Rodd (1809), was part of the blockade of Brest. [5] Indefatigable was laid up in ordinary at Plymouth in March to April 1802, as a result of the peace of October 1801. A single quadruple 2-pounder mount was also fitted on the port side of the hull. Fleury, presumably among others, was drowned. HMS INDEFATIGABLE - Implacable-class Fleet Aircraft Carrier. 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. There at midnight she captured the French brig corvette Ranger. On 11 January 1798, she was in company with Cambrian and Childers when they captured the French privateer schooner Vengeur. [22] The next day, Pellew and Indefatigable captured the privateer schooner Ariel of Boston off Corunna. [71] On 1 November Indefatigable captured Bonne Louise. She was two days out of Bordeaux and sailing for the coast of Brazil. She had 12 guns and a crew of 75 men. 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. [25] The battle ended with Droits de l'Homme being driven onto shore in a gale. Terms of Service apply. Made the first full transcription from the shipping registers for a group of ports. 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. The British lost six men killed, 36 wounded and 21 missing. The Droits de l'Homme carried 18-pounders in her upper tier, while HMS Indefatigable had an unusually powerful armament for a frigate - 24-pounders on the gun-deck and 42-pounder carronades on the poop and forecastle. Provided the facilities for the transcription of a further 750,000 entries by The National Archives (TNA) and the National Maritime Museum (NMM). [3], In October 1809 Indefatigable was under Captain Henry E. R. [62] On 5 December 1807 Indefatigable captured the Pamelia. We are glad to list them on our acknowledgements page: NB! X-6's crew surrendered after dropping their cargo near the ship. When requesting crew lists please quote the reference number and the year of the crew list required. While still in the water, two survivors found Indefatigable's captain, C. F. Sowerby, who was badly wounded and died before they could be . Denzil C. Tudball. Surgeon resources which are widely used by maritime researchers. William J. Pearne. . Her beam was 95feet 9inches (29.2m) at the waterline,[4] and she had a draught of 29feet 4inches (8.9m) at deep load. On 18 January Indefatigable was at Falmouth. We'd welcome any feedback and suggestions - there's a link to our contact details on the menu bar above. Historians. This had no short-term impact on their activities as they sailed for the Western Mediterranean on their annual winter cruise. Eynon L. Jones, R.N.R. [33] Duke of York also shared in the capture. Indefatigable Goodsell served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on HMS Indefatigable. He was incorrectly reported as a crew member from Nestor in The Times on 24 June 1916. 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. Virginie carried 44 guns, 18 and 9-pounders, and had a crew of 340 men under the command of Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de Vaisseau. [23] Earlier, Pellew had recaptured the brig Queen of Naples, which had been sailing from Lisbon to Cork. seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century. 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. King. Assistant Clerk In 1954 she married T.S. The two halves of the wreck are separated on the seabed by a linear distance of over 500m (1,600ft). Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from IWM collections Menu. Indefatigable and the BPF joined the Americans in attacking the Japanese Home Islands in July and August. Their armoured deck ranged in thickness between 1.5 and 2.5 inches (38 and 64mm) with the thickest portions protecting the steering gear in the stern. Her hangars were modified to accommodate over 1,900 passengers, including women, and she departed for Australia on 25 April carrying 782 RN personnel and 130 Australian war brides. [19][20], In September 1796, Indefatigable, Phoebe, Rvolutionnaire, and Amazon captured five Spanish ships. R.M. 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. If you would like to add a photograph please. [2], About a year later, on 19 October 1806, Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante captured the chasse marees Achille, Jenny, and Marianne. Harry Wallis. The latter squadron also flew two Fireflies on an armed reconnaissance mission over an airfield that lay between the carriers and their target. Victorious, one of the Illustrious-class ships upon which Indefatigable's design was based, also carried Type 279 and Type 281B early-warning radars. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by She was 10 days out of Dunkirk and had taken nothing. [40], The BPF arrived in Sydney on 10 February; the crews received leave and the ships got some maintenance before they sailed for the BPF's advance base at Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands, on 27 February. She participated in exercises with the Home Fleet and joined it in Gibraltar in September and October. On 21 July, the Duke of York returned, having chased a French privateer lugger into the hands of Lieutenant Bray, who commanded the Revenue Cutter Hind. The P1121 looks like a Eurofighter Typhoons Grandad! 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. With our small band of volunteers from around the world, and with the help of many archivists, we have: We have now completed all the transcription projects that we manage. [15], The Germans sortied from Messina on 6 August and headed east, toward Constantinople, trailed by Gloucester. At this stage only individual photographs of sailors are being added and not group photographs. Like this page to receive our updates. Set up this site which is widely used as a single resource for researchers into maritime records. 6in-4in - bulkheads. The lugger was armed with two guns and carried a crew of 25 men. The attacks were repeated the next day, sinking two warships and numerous small merchantmen and destroying numerous railroad locomotives and parked aircraft.[49]. Master, R.N.R. 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. "[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. George Barratt. - HMS Indefatigable during the Second World War -. Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. She returned to Portland in late March and visited Bournemouth at the end of May. She departed on 9 June and arrived at Plymouth on 7 July. On 22 October Indefatigable, took the French 28-gun frigate Vnus off the Portuguese coast. [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. 2.5i-1in - belt. The commander of the British Squadron in the famous action between Droits del"homme, HMS Amazon, and HMS Indefatigable, was Sir Edward Pellew. [38], At dawn on 31 December 1798, Indefatigable captured the Minerve, five leagues off Ushant. Sidney Punch. A combination of bad weather, refuelling requirements and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima delayed the resumption of air operations until 9 August. It's said 310 crews. She was 14 days out of Bordeaux. Crew List With Additional Information. The Reverend Guy Arnott Browning, M.A. British seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century are the best documented workers that there have ever been - millions of documents survive, recording Richard F. Durlacher. [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. She had left Saint-Malo the evening before and had not made any captures. She arrived in Wellington on 27 November and was opened for public tours, during which time the Prime Minister, Peter Fraser, also visited. Even after twenty years of work by ourselves and others, the millions of entries Indefatigable was in company. The seas moderated the next day and the visitors departed in safety. Lieutenant Commander [citation needed], By July Indefatigable was back in Portsmouth. The squadron was followed by the Fairey Barracuda torpedo bombers of 826 Squadron in June. [31] Prize money was paid to Indefatigable, Cambrian, and Success. [citation needed], In 1794, she was razed; her upper gun deck was cut away to convert her into a large and heavily armed frigate. Joseph Crabb. )1949: HMS Protector (for duty in HMS Royal Sovereign) 14.06. . Mate (E) learn something along the way. 24 Naval Fighter Wing. It's 500crews. [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. [19] The squadron was assigned to Admiral Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet which had put to sea to intercept a sortie by the High Seas Fleet into the North Sea. All of her 4-inch guns were enclosed in casemates and given gun shields during a refit in November 1915 to better protect the gun crews from weather and enemy action, although two aft guns were removed at the same time. Acting Sub-Lieut. Vengeur was sailing in company with three letters of marque a ship, a brig and a schooner that were bound for Guadeloupe. [15] In 1847, the Admiralty authorised the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 20 Apl. [84], Indefatigable was reported to have been at Lima on 11 July 1815, about to sail for the Galpagos Islands. Indefatigable was present at the formal surrender of the Japanese on 2 September in Tokyo Bay. [5] One boat each from the ships of the line of the squadron, plus three boats each from Indefatigable and Iris entered the Gironde on 15 July 1806 to attack two French corvettes and a convoy. [46] On 11 February Indefatigable captured the Vidette. The next month, she was placed in reserve and Captain MacIntyre retired on 7 January 1947. Admiral Franz von Hipper's battlecruisers spotted the Battlecruiser Fleet to their west at 15:20, but Beatty's ships did not spot the Germans to their east until 15:30. [26] Mount Indefatigable in the Canadian Rockies was named after the battlecruiser in 1917. One week later, after stowing the Avengers of 820 Squadron, the Seafires of 887 and 894 Squadrons and the Fireflies of 1770 Squadron, she set sail for the Far East. 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. Richard B. Croft. [37] On 15 November 1798, Indefatigable captured Mercurius. [2], The ship was powered by two sets of Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, each driving two propeller shafts, using steam provided by 31 coal-burning Babcock & Wilcox boilers. 6, 2014. 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. Acting Art. [56], First Mercedes blew up. 9 Naval Torpedo-Bomber Reconnaissance Wing, over the next week. She also had four feet of water in her hold from shot holes. [73], Indefatigable arrived at the Basque Roads on 25 February. [34], At daylight on 4 August, Indefatigable sighted the privateer Heureux together with a prize and gave chase. [7] The sides of the hangars were either 1.5 inches (38mm) or 2 inches (51mm). . Compiled a further 470,000 records of ships from the Mercantile Navy List, making the largest database of British registered ships of the era. and many archives around the world to make the largest database of seafarers' records and provide unique 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. 894 Squadron, equipped with Seafires, landed aboard after the attack on 24 July to complete No. 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). [24] A third survivor, Signalman John Bowyer, was picked up by another unknown German ship. [60] A change in the wind permitted all but one corvette to escape. A Supermarine Seafire hits the barrier on HMS INDEFATIGABLE after returning from a strike on the Japanese oil refinery at Pangkalan Brandan, Sumatra, 1 April 1945. Navy D.O.B.23-5-1925. He then drove Canada on shore where he hoped that her cargo at least would be destroyed. She had only 19 officers and men wounded, with most of those not being serious. The ship conducted uneventful patrols of the North Sea for the next year and a half. I'm doing this for a friend she's the daughter of this man who served on HMS Indefatigable, Vincent Peter Kehoe. [13] The 2-pounder gun had a maximum range of 6,800 yards (6,200m). A smoke screen again protected Tirpitz and no damage was inflicted; two Seafires failed to return. She sank immediately, with the loss of all but two of her crew. However the Dutton was only one of a number of stricken vessels that Pellew and his crew assisted at this time. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. H.M.S. HMS Indefatigable received a direct hit from enemy fire by the rear turret and began taking on water with a noticeable list to portside. An Avenger also claimed one Zero as damaged. The fore part of the ship simply drifted on under its own momentum, still under fire, until it foundered. Duncan B Please note that we do not do privately commissioned research, not at any price - we'd like you to have the fun. Boatswain 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, [35] Her prize was the Canada, John Sewell Master, which had been sailing from Jamaica to London, having stopped in Charlestown, with a cargo of sugar, rum, and coffee. [7] The work was carried out at Portsmouth from September 1794 to February 1795 at a cost of 8,764. We'll do our best to advise. 25kts. 7in-3in - turret faces The intention of the attack was to test the fortifications and measure the Turkish response. Her Seafire squadrons had adapted larger external fuel tanks for their aircraft and they were no longer limited to CAP duty. Indefatigable was sold for scrap the following year. [12] Upon commissioning, Indefatigable served in the 1st Cruiser Squadron, which in January 1913 was renamed the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron (BCS). Stephen Munnelly. 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). When she arrived at Colombo on 15 August, she loaded a full complement of passengers from all three services to return to the UK. The stern portion had not previously been discovered.[23]. [45], Then on 6 January 1800 Indefatigable shared with Defiance, Unicorn, Sirius and Stag in the capture of the French brig Ursule. [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. [17] This attack actually took place before Britain's formal declaration of war against the Ottoman Empire on 6 November. No battlecruisers were ordered after the three Invincible class ships in 1905 until Indefatigable became the lone battlecruiser of the 19081909 Naval Programme. Privacy Policy and The following day, King George VI inspected the ship; the ground crews later embarked for 820, 887, 894 and 1770 Squadrons. 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. Lively had two killed and four wounded. With this turn Hipper was falling back on the High Seas Fleet, then about 60 nautical miles (110km; 69mi) behind him. In the April 1945 Navy List he is shown as being with 1772 Squadron. The Seafires claimed four Zeros shot down, four others probably shot down, and another four damaged. [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. Trois Couleurs carried 10 guns and a crew of 70. We are delighted to help with advice about finding records (that's what CLIP and this web site is all about) but please do not ask us 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 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. [7], Indefatigable was unique among British battlecruisers in having an armoured spotting and signal tower behind the conning tower, protected by 4 inches (102mm) of armour. Extract from the Archibald A. Morison. 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. The British were able to decode the German radio messages and left their bases before the Germans put to sea. Acting Gunner [13] In December of the same year, she transferred to the Mediterranean, where she joined the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron. If you have hit a snag, please [15] By August 1945, Indefatigable had 10 single Bofors guns, plus 14 twin and 12 single Oerlikon mounts. Claude de N. Lucas. She had taken several prizes, one of which, the Asphalon, Indefatigable captured on 1 January 1799. [8] The turbines were designed to produce a total of 148,000 shaft horsepower (110,000kW), enough to give the Indefatigable-class ships a maximum speed of 32.5 knots (60.2km/h; 37.4mph). The ship normally displaced 18,500 long tons (18,800 t) and 22,130 long tons (22,490 t) at deep load. [41] Damage to the ship was minimal and the flight deck was back in operation thirty minutes later. We've spent a lot of time trying to make it as clear and helpful as possible. She had a crew of 737 officers and ratings. This site uses cookies. 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. Henry E. D. H. Willoughby. Indefatigable, Melpomene, and Nymphe recaptured the Providence on 10 January 1799, the Pomona on 5 February, and the Wohlfarden on 9 February. 6,330 nautical miles at 10kts. [23] Her consort, the schooner Vengeur, was of the same strength, and Pellew yet hoped to catch her, too. We add around 200,000 new records each month. THE NAVY LIST - HMS INDEFATIGABLE. Her Seafire squadrons lacked 13 of their authorised strength of 50 pilots and could not sustain the pace of the first day of operations, when they flew 72 sorties. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Captain Charles F. Sowerby. Indefatigable continued on to Sydney, where she embarked a complete naval hospital, with patients, and over 1,000 RN officers and ratings. 1944 Implacable-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, Sources disagree about the thickness of this armour. 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. 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. hms prince of wales crew list, royal family maid breaks her silence, cashedge transfer failure, juan ibarra political views, mac miller house address studio city, . Sub-Lieut. Flight operations resumed on the morning of the 15th after an operational pause to refuel. HMS Indefatigable - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives Home Search Military Records Your New Records Unit Info Historic Documents Collections Maps Hire a Researcher Help Help Centre Contact Us Tutorials Research Guides My Account Login / Register Search Free Forum Features About Us Home Help Login / Register [a] Blonde had 16 guns and a crew of 95 men. This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 15:24. HMS Indefatigable Crew List. Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. 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. [16], Details of the Implacable-class ships' radar suite are not readily available. [12] The Royal Navy took the frigate into service as HMS Unite. CLIP is run by Pete and Jan Owens as a not-for-profit volunteer project. Engineer Lieutenant Commander 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. Harold V. Coombes, R.N.R. 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). The Bofors gun had a maximum range of 10,750 yards (9,830m). The additional crewmen, maintenance personnel and facilities needed to support these aircraft were housed in the lower hangar. [5], On 11 January 1810, Indefatigable captured Mouche 26 near Cap de Peas. A flight of four Seafires on CAP spotted four Japanese fighters, three Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes and a Kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony" later that morning, and shot down one Zero. Around this time Beatty altered course to the east as it was quickly apparent that he was still too far north to cut off Hipper.[20]. ACTING LEADING ENGINEER MECHANIC Served from 1953 - 1955 Served in HMS Indefatigable Albert Cooper ABLESEAMAN Served from 1954 - 1956 Served in HMS Indefatigable John Cole Served from 1944 - 1944 Served in HMS Indefatigable Tommy Gilmore LT-CDR RNR (RTD.) Type 282 and Type 285 gunnery radars were mounted on the fire-control directors. [48] After replenishing, airstrikes resumed on 28 and 30 July, the British sinking the escort Okinawa near Maizuru. Gordon's 820 Squadron shipmates - HMS Indefatigable - BPF Ron Taplin - Fleet Air Arm Ron with friend in Australia 1946 Ron Taplin, who was a Dubliner who served on the ship during WW2. The British role during the operation was to neutralise airfields on the Sakishima Islands, between Okinawa and Formosa, beginning on 26 March. Official History; " Naval Operations" by Sir Julian S. Corbett. [30] For Operation Goodwood, a series of attacks on Tirpitz, the Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters of 1840 Squadron replaced the Barracudas of 826 Squadron. As it was, the money and ships were declared to be "Droits of Admiralty" on the grounds that war had not been declared. [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. William F. R. A. Cooper. 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