Officers and Men Killed in INDEFATIGABLE. A combination of bad weather, refuelling requirements and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima delayed the resumption of air operations until 9 August. 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. [13] After an hour and three quarters of fighting, she still had not struck and had somewhat outmaneuvered Indefatigable when Concorde arrived. The Seafires claimed four Zeros shot down, four others probably shot down, and another four damaged. 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. Virginie carried 44 guns, 18 and 9-pounders, and had a crew of 340 men under the command of Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de Vaisseau. It's said 310 crews. Lieutenant Commander 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 . [61] This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806". A Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber attacked the carrier after the ceasefire went into effect, but its two bombs missed. Made the first full transcription from the shipping registers for a group of ports. A27176.jpg 2,352 1,772; 1.03 MB. 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. The crew of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. The turret crewmen merely had to follow pointers transmitted from the director to align their guns on the target. [5], The 760-foot (231.6m) armoured flight deck had a maximum width of 102 feet (31.1m). She returned to Portland in late March and visited Bournemouth at the end of May. 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. Eynon L. Jones, R.N.R. 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. Chaplain Chief Art. Indefatigable, Melpomene, and Nymphe recaptured the Providence on 10 January 1799, the Pomona on 5 February, and the Wohlfarden on 9 February. 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 Formidable was an Aircraft Carrier of the Illustrious class. HMS Indefatigable was the nameship of the Indefatigable class of battlecruisers. The Reverend Guy Arnott Browning, M.A. [a] Blonde had 16 guns and a crew of 95 men. The BPF returned to the Sakishima Islands on 17 April before retiring to Leyte Gulf to rest and resupply. Media in category "HMS Indefatigable (R10)" The following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total. 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. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Her two consorts Sagesse and Eclatant escaped into the river. The P1121 looks like a Eurofighter Typhoons Grandad! 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. 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. [35] The two separated, with the prize heading directly for Bayonne. Vengeur was sailing in company with three letters of marque a ship, a brig and a schooner that were bound for Guadeloupe. The British were able to decode the German radio messages and left their bases before the Germans put to sea. The ship was transferred to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) at the end of the year and attacked Japanese-controlled oil refineries in Sumatra in January 1945 before joining the American forces in March as they prepared to invade the island of Okinawa in Operation Iceberg. [50] After the ceasefire, Indefatigable's aircraft continued to fly CAP and flew reconnaissance missions looking for Allied prisoners of war, dropping supplies to them as they were located. [14], The ship was also fitted with 55 Oerlikon 20 mm autocannon in 17 single and 19 twin-gun mounts. [7], Indefatigable was first commissioned in December 1794 under Captain Sir Edward Pellew. This had no short-term impact on their activities as they sailed for the Western Mediterranean on their annual winter cruise. The latter penetrated the armoured deck but failed to explode and would probably have inflicted serious damage, possibly even sinking the ship, had it done so. However, the spotting tower was of limited use, as its view was obscured by the conning tower in front of it and the legs of the foremast and superstructure behind it. Read; View source; View history; More. [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. Indefatigable joined Implacable for her annual winter visit to Gibraltar after completing her refit in February 1952. [2], About a year later, on 19 October 1806, Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante captured the chasse marees Achille, Jenny, and Marianne. [7] The sides of the hangars were either 1.5 inches (38mm) or 2 inches (51mm). 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. 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. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from IWM collections Menu. The following day, King George VI inspected the ship; the ground crews later embarked for 820, 887, 894 and 1770 Squadrons. [68], On 19 August Indefatigable, still in company with Conflict, captured Adele. [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. We've divided them into three sections: People, Ships and Documents, For more detail on our data and the sources we have used, please click here: There is one snag - the huge pile of records has no index (that's the point of CLIP). She had cost 25,210 4s 5d to build; her total initial cost including fitting out and coppering was 36,154 18s 7d. [29] Hyne had apparently mistaken Indefatigable for a vessel from Portuguese India. Leonard H. Lindner. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Indefatigable and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. 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. In July 1796, there was an initial distribution of 20,000 of prize money for the capture of Unite and Virginie. 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. 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. Charles R. Longley. Eric J. Davis, R.N.R. Pellew sent Virginie into Plymouth under the escort of Concorde, and followed the next day with Amazon, which had sustained some damage. Goodsell served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on HMS Indefatigable. 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. [80], Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe, Indefatigable was on the South American station, where she visited the Galpagos Islands. Served from 1951 - 1953 Served in HMS Indefatigable Robin David Rogers Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by [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. Our On 11 May, Indefatigable in company with Phoebe, Cleopatra, Childers, and Duke of York captured Nouvelle Eugnie. CLIP is run by Pete and Jan Owens as a not-for-profit volunteer project. HMS Truculent was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. 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. [15] By August 1945, Indefatigable had 10 single Bofors guns, plus 14 twin and 12 single Oerlikon mounts. Range. 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. Crew list photos of HMS Indefatigable H.M.S. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. data is focussed on tracking down crew lists, but we provide other resources, such as indexed images of the Mercantile Navy List, as well as a comprehensive set of links to other sites. [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. Contact us. [48] After replenishing, airstrikes resumed on 28 and 30 July, the British sinking the escort Okinawa near Maizuru. Around 16:00, Indefatigable was hit around the rear turret by two or three shells from Von der Tann. [39] Aspahalon, a Newcastle vessel, had been sailing from Halifax to London with a cargo of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. Richard B. Croft. Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. One crew member, Petty Officer Trick rapidly drifted away from the overturned hull of the whaler and Terry desperately swam after him. [31] Prize money was paid to Indefatigable, Cambrian, and Success. After her recapture Argo arrived at Falmouth. first read carefully through the details on this site. [41][c], From March 1799 until the end of 1800 Indefatigable was under the command of Captain Henry Curzon. 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). She was broken up at Sheerness in August 1816.[5]. 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. Then Indefatigable captured Mede, and Lively captured Clara. At the moment it contains a little over 3,600 people. The German fire was accurate from the beginning, but the British overestimated the range as the German ships blended into the haze. [28], On 14 October, Indefatigable arrived at Teneriffe. Jutland Bank, 31st May 1916. [23] Pellew immediately set off towards Corunna and was able to intercept the Ariel. We'd welcome any feedback and suggestions - there's a link to our contact details on the menu bar above. R.M. 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. I'm doing this for a friend she's the daughter of this man who served on HMS Indefatigable, Vincent Peter Kehoe. The action earned her crew another clasp to the Naval General Service Medal: "Basque Roads 1809". Sorry, we do not carry out privately commissioned research. 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. & Home. Ian would love to hear from anyone that knew his father. Among the voyage records that survive, the Endeavour draftsman Sydney Parkinson's Journal of a. Hugh Leigh Norris. En route they were attacked by a dozen Zeros in the last British air combat of the war. Indefatigable alone lost two killed and 11 wounded. [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. [52] Venus was armed with 32-guns and had a crew of 200 men. Rear Admiral Royer Dick hoisted his flag aboard the carrier in September until she began a short refit at Devonport in January 1952.[53]. https://battleofjutlandcrewlists.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Indefatigable_Crew_List&oldid=40442, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0), About Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. 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. They also destroyed two unnamed brigs and a chasse maree. 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. By April 1946 these had been reduced to 11 Bofors guns, 6 twin and 7 single Oerlikon guns. [3], In October 1809 Indefatigable was under Captain Henry E. R. [44] Then on 7 November Nymphe, Indefatigable and Diamond shared in the recapture of the ship Brailsford. 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. She had a crew of 737 officers and ratings. The lugger was armed with two guns and carried a crew of 25 men. Ranger was armed with 14 guns and carried a crew of 70 men. [13] The Royal Navy took Virginie into service as Virginie. A single quadruple 2-pounder mount was also fitted on the port side of the hull. Keyed at New Zealand, Wellington. She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 50 men. Harry Wallis. [5] On 17 February 1795, a further two 12-pounder guns were added to her quarterdeck, though her official rating remained unchanged. Thomas states that the commanding officer of 1840 Squadron was lost on 24 August, Campbell, pp. On 18 January Indefatigable was at Falmouth. [71] On 20 February Statira captured the French schooner Matilda. She was scuttled at Scapa Flow 21st June 1919. Sub-Lieut. [60] The 21 missing men were in a boat from Revenge; a later report suggested that most, if not all, had been taken prisoner. She departed three days later for Manus en route to Sydney. Naval Instructor 6in-4in - bulkheads. We'll do our best to advise. 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, . [5] They mounted two 17.72-inch (450mm) submerged torpedo tubes, one on each side aft of 'X' barbette, and twelve torpedoes were carried. [73], Indefatigable arrived at the Basque Roads on 25 February. . 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. 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