What kind of ship was the HMS Impregnable?
HMS Impregnable (1786) was a 98-gun second rate. This ship of the line was launched in 1786 and wrecked in 1799. HMS Impregnable (1810) was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1810.
When did HMS Circe become HMS Impregnable?
HMS Circe was HMS Impregnable IV between 1915 and 1922. HMS Caroline was HMS Impregnable IV between 1919 and 1929. HMS Impregnable (1935 training establishment) was a training establishment for ‘hostilities only’ communications ratings at Plymouth between 1935 and 1947.
When did HMS Impregnable join the C20th?
HMS Impregnable circa 1913. When ratings joined HMS Impregnable Training Establishment, Devonport at the begining of the C20th, (circa 1913), would they have been berthed aboard HMS Impregnable or on another vessel or perhaps put up somewhere ashore?
Who was killed on the HMS Impregnable?
Impregnable lost Mr. John Hawkins, midshipman, 37 seamen, 10 marines and 2 boys killed and Mr. G. N. Wesley, Mr. Henry Quinn, 111 seamen, 21 marines, 9 sappers and miners and 17 boys wounded. The Impregnable saw little further action, apart from a short commission in the Mediterranean, and in 1819 she was placed in the Reserve Fleet at Devonport.
When did HMS Circe become HMS Impregnable IV?
On January 1st 1916 HMS “Circe”, which had operated under her own name since 1874, was re-named “Impregnable IV”. At the end of the Great War the “Impregnable” establishment was paid off. But not for long. In November 1919 HMS “Powerful”was renamed HMS “Impregnable”, while “Powerful II”, the former “Andromeda”, became “Impregnable II”.
Where was the HMS Implacable during World War 2?
HMS Implacable was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon completion in 1944, she was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and attacked targets in Norway for the rest of the year.
When did HMS Impregnable II leave Devonport?
The last draft of boys left the ship on Tuesday January 1st 1929 and the ships were sold on Saturday August 31st 1929 although the former HMS “Andromeda”, otherwise “Impregnable II” was moved upstream to become HMS “Defiance” on Tuesday January 20th 1931 and she survived the Second World War.