[3], In October 1809 Indefatigable was under Captain Henry E. R. Five days later, the BPF attacked a different refinery and 820 Squadron again contributed 10 Avengers to the attack while 1770 Squadron added nine Fireflies. Goodsell served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on HMS Indefatigable. Privacy Policy and 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. Engineer Indefatigable was short of water, so he put the crew of Ranger on board the schooner (though not Ranger's officers) and sent them ashore at Santa Cruz. Both British vessels arrived at Venus at almost the same time (7pm). Born 1925, died 1986. 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. In July 1796, there was an initial distribution of 20,000 of prize money for the capture of Unite and Virginie. [50] Eleven days later, Indefatigable and Sirius captured the French ship Favori. 894 Squadron, equipped with Seafires, landed aboard after the attack on 24 July to complete No. 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. Patrick J. [44] Then on 7 November Nymphe, Indefatigable and Diamond shared in the recapture of the ship Brailsford. Eric J. Davis, R.N.R. [21] She was launched on 8 December 1942 by Victoria of Hesse, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven. Naval Instructor 147, 150, 15253, 175, 195, 197, Hobbs 2011, pp. [1][2][3] She was broken up in 1816. The Implacable-class ships were significantly overweight and displaced 32,110 long tons (32,630t) at deep load. Maurice D. Dymocke. Indefatigable, Sirius and Boadicea shared with Bordelais by agreement, and Shannon further shared with Bordelais.[51]. The Germans opened fire first at 15:48, followed by the British. 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. The first airstrike was tasked to attack Kisarazu Air Field with four Fireflies and six Avengers, escorted by eight Seafires, but was forced to divert to its secondary target because of bad weather. Scott Fitzgerald rather ignores the times: his works were all about very personal relationships. [57], The value of the treasure was very large and, if it had been treated as Prize of War, then Moore and his fellow captains would have become extremely wealthy. [4], The Indefatigable class had a main armament of eight breech-loading BL 12-inch (305mm) Mark X guns mounted in four hydraulically powered twin-gun turrets. The BPF returned to the Sakishima Islands on 17 April before retiring to Leyte Gulf to rest and resupply. var monthlist= ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']; The brig from Bristol, however, had made it into the port of Ferrol, where Pellew had earlier chased two French frigates.[23]. One crew member, Petty Officer Trick rapidly drifted away from the overturned hull of the whaler and Terry desperately swam after him. She was armed with eight guns and carried a crew of 50 men.[26]. [8] In October, the Dutch East Indiaman Zeelilee was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of 25 of her 70 crew. Mate (E) Elliott and Farmer were later rescued by the German torpedo boat S16, but by then Sowerby had died of his injuries. 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. Captain Charles F. Sowerby. [27] The Royal Navy took her into service as HMSEugenie. . List of Officers and Men killed, HMS Indefatigable 31st May 1916,Engineer Lieutenant Commander Patrick J. He stationed the light cruiser Gloucester at the southern exit, and sent Indomitable to coal at Bizerte, where she was ready for action in the Western Mediterranean. She had left the Gironde the evening before on this, her second voyage, to India. A combination of bad weather, refuelling requirements and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima delayed the resumption of air operations until 9 August. [19][20], In September 1796, Indefatigable, Phoebe, Rvolutionnaire, and Amazon captured five Spanish ships. Oh, and if we've helped, a thank-you is appreciated! [61] This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806". The following month, Indefatigable exercised with the Home Fleet in Scottish waters and visited Aarhus again. The site provides information about the records of British seafarers and ships, and access to the CLIP maritime database: The CLIP site provides information and data about the records of British merchant seafarers, mainly from 1863 to 1913. 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]. 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. 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). [29] Indefatigable and several escort carriers attacked targets in Norway on 10 August, destroying 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighters and sinking a minesweeper. [80], Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe, Indefatigable was on the South American station, where she visited the Galpagos Islands. Terms and Conditions | The fore part of the ship simply drifted on under its own momentum, still under fire, until it foundered. Transcribed 57,000 entries of foreign-going masters and mates from the records in BT 124 at TNA. [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. It started from trying to trace the sea-going career of Pete's great-grandfather, who ran away to sea in the 1860s. document.write("This page was last modified on " + lastmod.getDate()+" " + monthlist[lastmod.getMonth()] +" " + lastmod.getFullYear()+""); Transcribed and checked nearly 1,000,000 (one million) entries from crew lists. He was incorrectly reported as a crew member from Nestor in The Times on 24 June 1916. 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. Michael J. Lambe. [22] Later that month, Indefatigable fought her most famous battle. [6], The Indefatigables were protected by a waterline 46-inch (102152mm) armoured belt that extended between and covered the end barbettes. [43], On 17 August 1945, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, commander of the BPF, came aboard and addressed the crew. 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. A smoke screen again protected Tirpitz and no damage was inflicted; two Seafires failed to return. On the first day, a pair of Fireflies encountered five Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" dive bombers and shot down four of them. Vian transferred his flag to her sister ship Implacable that day and the ship stopped off at Fremantle and Cape Town en route. 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. Indefatigable joined Implacable for her annual winter visit to Gibraltar after completing her refit in February 1952. seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century. She fell out of formation to starboard and started sinking towards the stern and listing to port. [9], On 20 March 1796, Indefatigable and her squadron chased three French corvettes, of which the Volage of 26 guns ran ashore under a battery at the mouth of the Loire. Among the voyage records that survive, the Endeavour draftsman Sydney Parkinson's Journal of a. She participated in exercises with the Home Fleet and joined it in Gibraltar in September and October. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. [31] She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 55 men. [63] Then on the day after Christmas, Indefatigable and Tribune captured the American ship Eliza. The two halves of the wreck are separated on the seabed by a linear distance of over 500m (1,600ft). HMS Indefatigable received a direct hit from enemy fire by the rear turret and began taking on water with a noticeable list to portside. Two days later Captain Robert Sherbrooke, VC, relieved Grindle and Indefatigable began her sea trials on 28 June. 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. Our Privacy Policy - please read | After returning to the UK in early 1946, Indefatigable was modified for transport duties, and ferried troops and civilians for the rest of the year before she was reduced to reserve. Pellew signalled to Rvolutionnaire to cut her off from the shore. She was armed with 22 guns and had a crew of 130 men. Britain and Germany were not yet at war, so Milne turned to shadow the Germans as they headed back to Messina to re-coal. Acting Sub-Lieut. Only three of the crew of 1,019 survived. [46] On 11 February Indefatigable captured the Vidette. She was four weeks out of Saint-Malo and was waiting to enter Brest when captured. when a wealth of detail about their lives is revealed. Brown 2009, pp. 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. Indefatigable was part of the squadron that shared by agreement in the prize money from the Temeraire, which Dasher had captured on 30 May. 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. [67] In December a distribution of 10,000 was payable for the proceeds from Diane and Adele. Percy M. C. Wilde, R.M.A. Top Speed. Our [29], Ten days after that, Indefatigable captured the privateer Hyne after a chase of eight hours. They shared with Indefatigable in the proceeds for the hull, but not the bounty money for the captured crew. Indefatigable continued flying operations until she entered Sagami Bay on 5 September. We explain what indexes are available and how to use them. [Note 1] The ends of the hangars were protected by 2-inch bulkheads[7] and the armour of the hangar deck ranged from 1.5 to 2.5 inches (38 to 64mm) in thickness. On 11 June Vengeur had captured the Jersey-privateer lugger Snake. During this cruise she gave the second largest island, now known as Santa Cruz island, its English name Indefatigable. The following day, King George VI inspected the ship; the ground crews later embarked for 820, 887, 894 and 1770 Squadrons. 1796". Share by: . Indefatigable remained in the Mediterranean until she was relieved by Inflexible on 24 January 1915 and proceeded to Malta for a refit; she then sailed to England on 14 February and joined the 2nd BCS upon her arrival. If you need help, we're glad to assist. Displacement (loaded) 22,110t. resources which are widely used by maritime researchers. We've spent a lot of time trying to make it as clear and helpful as possible. HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. The Board of Admiralty decided that she was redundant in early 1954 and decommissioned her later that year. Brown, David K., p. 51, fn. [56] The Royal Navy took Medea into service as Iphigenia and Clara as Leocadia. INDEFATIGABLE CREW PHOTOGRAPHS If you would like to add a photograph please email info @ jutlandcrewlists.org (remove spaces). [31] Prize money was paid to Indefatigable, Cambrian, and Success. Gunner The squadron claimed to have shot down a Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar", for the loss of a Firefly that ran out of fuel and had to ditch next to the ship. One of the survivors, Gunnery Officer Hubert Edward Dannreuther, was the godson of German composer Richard Wagner. Douglas B. Bucham Brown. [39] En route to Sydney to prepare for operations in the Pacific, the BPF's carriers attacked oil refineries near Palembang, Sumatra, on 24 and 29 January (Operation Meridian). We'd welcome any feedback and suggestions - there's a link to our contact details on the menu bar above. Each of the pages has its own set of notes (linked from a button top-right) to explain where the data came from and any points to look out for when using it. 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. The ship exercised with the Home Fleet and made a port visit to Casablanca, Morocco, before visiting Gibraltar. One Barracuda was forced to ditch near the carrier and its crew was rescued by the destroyer Verulam.[28]. Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net. Completed in 1944, her aircraft made several attacks that year against the German battleshipTirpitz, inflicting only light damage; they also raided targets in Norway. Eng.-Sub-Lieut. When the First World War began, Indefatigable was serving with the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron (BCS) in the Mediterranean, where she unsuccessfully pursued the battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau of the German Imperial Navy as they fled . 9. We are continuing to add to The HMS Indefatigable was a British Royal Navy Indefatigable-class battlecruiser.It was launched 28 October 1909. [47] The BPF's aircraft crippled the escort carrier Kaiyo and sank numerous smaller ships on 24 July. They also destroyed two unnamed brigs and a chasse maree. The loss of his topmasts made it impossible for . Fleet Surgeon She was two days out of Bordeaux and sailing for the coast of Brazil. Under the command of Enseigne de vausseau provisorie Fleury, she had sailed from Pasajes with despatches for le de France. Made the first full transcription from the shipping registers for a group of ports. 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. Vengeur was sailing in company with three letters of marque a ship, a brig and a schooner that were bound for Guadeloupe. Henry G. S. Laing. [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. We are now on Facebook. [10] Volage lost her masts in running ashore, but the French were later able to refloat her. The British ships were still in the process of making their turn as only the two leading ships, Lion and Princess Royal, had steadied on their course when the Germans opened fire. The gun had a maximum range of 20,760 yards (18,980m). [23] Of her crew of 1,019, only three survived. Sig.-Boatswain Flight operations resumed on the morning of the 15th after an operational pause to refuel. Commander [7], Indefatigable was first commissioned in December 1794 under Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Stanley N. de Quetteville, R.C.N from our data, or from other data sites, or by helping you find the original documents so that you can order copies. If you have any unwanted Welcome to CLIP - the Crew List Index Project. [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. Abraham, Charles: 14/05/1884: 31/05/1916: Gunner RMA: 24/02/1911: Set up this site which is widely used as a single resource for researchers into maritime records. 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. William N. Eden. Battleship: Royal Navy (UK) Built: 1910s. [23] Pellew immediately set off towards Corunna and was able to intercept the Ariel. On 9 August, Milne was given clear orders to "chase Goeben which had passed Cape Matapan on the 7th steering north-east. Indefatigable and the BPF joined the Americans in attacking the Japanese Home Islands in July and August. [84], Indefatigable was reported to have been at Lima on 11 July 1815, about to sail for the Galpagos Islands. [5], On 9 March 1795, Indefatigable, Concorde, and Jason captured numerous French prizes: Temeraire, Minerve, Gentille, Regeneration, and a brig and sloop of unknown names. The voyage records that survive, the Endeavour draftsman Sydney Parkinson & # x27 s. 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