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| Name | Glatton (1871) | Explanation | |
| Type | Breastwork monitor | ||
| Launched | 8 March 1871 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 4910 tons | ||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1903 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/196 | ||
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| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 3 June 1878 - 26 August 1878 | Commanded by Captain Morgan Singer for the Particular Service fleet during the Russian war scare | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 6 November 1871 | The passage of the strange-looking ship, the Glatton, 2, armour-plated turret ship, down the Medway to Sheerness was everything that could be wished. Though apparently such a heavy, unwieldy vessel, she answered her helm admirably; her engines worked well, and also her steam steering apparatus. On Saturday she tested her cables and adjusted her compasses at Sheerness. To-day she will make her official trial of speed off the Maplin Sands at the measured mile. | ||
| Fr 1 December 1871 | Galvanic action, and to some considerable extent we are given to understand, has taken effect upon the outside of the hull of the twin screw turret-ship Glatton at the aftermost part, under the quarters, and in the vicinity of the stern-post. The protecting composition covering the iron there has, apparently, chafed through by warps used in moving the ship. The iron plating of the ship's hull being thus laid bare a powerful battery was at once formed by the immediate vicinity of the metal twin screws, which, in the still water in which the vessel has recently been lying at Chatham, has written its story in unmistakable characters upon the ship's plating, and furnishes another and most instructive lesson upon galvanic influences on the iron ships of Her Majesty's Navy. The Glatton is not expected to be ready for undocking on the day fixed, the 8th inst., for her trial cruise with the Hotspur. The work will not be completed till a few days later. | ||
| Ma 18 December 1871 | The Glatton, 2, double screw armour plated turret-ship, 2,700 tons, Capt. Lord John Hay, C.B., was on Saturday floated out of No. 1 dock at the Chatham dockyard extension, and proceeded under steam, accompanied by two steam tugs, to Sheerness, whence she will proceed early this week to the measured mile off the Maplin Sands to test her speed. During the time the vessel has been in dock not only has her bottom been thoroughly cleansed from the accumulation made during the months she was lying in the Medway to be completed, but several of her bottom plates have been repaired, and the copper pipes from her double bottom have been taken out and tinned; she has also had her exterior repainted. After the trial of her engines she will leave Sheerness to join the Hotspur, 3, armour-plated ram, for a trial cruise, both ships being under the command of Capt. Lord John Hay. | ||
| Tu 26 December 1871 | The Glatton, 2, armour-plated turret-ship, Capt. Lord John Hay, C.B., is not likely to have her trial cruise with the Hotspur for some little time yet. After the trial of her engines at the measured mile off the Maplin Sands she returned to Chatham, and was placed at her old moorings off the Dockyard in order to have some additional machinery provided for her turret — an operation expected to occupy a considerable time. | ||
| Sa 12 April 1873 | The new financial year opens with much work going on at Chatham Dockyard, there being no fewer than eight vessels now in hand, and more will be commenced during the year. The ships, of three classes, would form a good fleet by themselves; there are two powerful armour-plated vessels, a large iron unarmoured sloop, and several iron composite gun-vessels. Some have been just commenced, others are almost ready for service. The gun-vessel Ready is to be commissioned early next week, and the Ariel and the Zephyr, similar ships, will be shortly completed for sea; the Ariel has just tried her machinery, with satisfactory results. Messrs. Humphrey, Tennant, and Co., have supplied the engines for both these vessels. Two more gun-vessels, rather larger, have been commenced; one, the Albatross, is to be launched and completed for service this year; but the other, the Flying Fish, will only be advanced about a third. The great turret-ship Rupert is being completed in the river off the dockyard; there is mush to be done to her, but as there are many hands employed on her, it is expected that in a few months she will be ready for her trial trip. The new armoured broadside ship Superb has been recently commenced. The Raleigh, wood-sheathed iron ship, is completing in the repairing basin of the Dockyard Extension. In addition to all the work involved in building or completing these ships, a number of men are now engaged in repairing the damaged turret, and making alterations on board the armour-plated ship Glatton, and in bringing forward the Beacon, a composite gun-vessel, for commission. | ||
| Ma 30 June 1873 | The fleet remaining at Spithead anchorage yesterday comprised the following vessels:—The Agincourt, flagship, Rear-Admiral Hornby, C.B., commanding-in-chief; the Sultan, carrying the broad pennant of Commodore Vansittart, C.B., second in command; the Northumberland, Hercules, Monarch, Audacious, Vanguard, Black Prince, Caledonia, Penelope, Hector, Valiant, Achilles, Glatton, Devastation, Royal Sovereign, and Valorous, paddle. The Devastation, Glatton, and Royal Sovereign are expected to go into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead this morning. | ||
| Fr 14 June 1878 | The Reserve Squadron commenced to weigh anchor and move into position at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and eventually left Spithead for Portland about 8 o'clock, rounding the Warner in the following order of columns of division — the starboard division consisting of the Hercules, Captain Fisher, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key; the Hector, Captain Simpson; the Resistance, Captain Thrupp; and the Lord Warden, Captain Fremantle: the port division consisting of the Warrior, Captain Douglas, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Boys; the Valiant, Captain Chapman; the Penelope, Captain Brown; and the Boadicea, unarmoured corvette, Captain Erskine. The despatch vessel Lively, Lieutenant-Commander Sir Baldwin Walker, occupied a position between the columns. The Glatton, turret-ship, Captain Singer, and the gunboats and torpedo vessels remain at Portsmouth until further orders. | ||
| Sa 22 June 1878 | On Thursday the turret-ship squadron at Portland again got under way as early as half-past six in the morning. and did not anchor until 4 in the afternoon. They steamed away in columns and divisions in line ahead, the formation being as follows:— Port Division.—The Thunderer, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key; the Gorgon, Hydra. Prince Albert, and the Tweed gunboat. Starboard Division.—The Glatton. Capt. Morgan Singer; the Hecate, Cyclops, and Tay gunboat, the whole making a formidable fleet of 32 guns, of which two are 38 ton, two 35 tons, two 23 tons, 16 18 tons, and four 12 ton guns. Steam tactics were practised in the morning, and at 10 o'clock the crews went to quarters and fired a couple of rounds from each gun with battering charges. The afternoon was wholly devoted to steam tactics. The Admiral was well pleased with the performances of the monitors, though the behaviour of the Prince Albert was such as to confirm the previous bad impression as to her steering capacity and to prove that she would be a dangerous neighbour in a fog. There is a rumour in the fleet that the ships will leave, Portland for a cruise to Bantry Bay on the 29th inst., and await orders at Berehaven. | ||
| Th 8 August 1878 | The following Information has been officially notified:— "The inspection of the Fleet by Her Majesty the Queen on Tuesday, the 13th inst., will take place about 4 p.m., at Spithead. There will be no general issue of tickets as only a very limited number of vessels can be set apart for the conveyance of official visitors. Naval officers on half-pay and military officers of the Portsmouth garrison will be accommodated on board Her Majesty's ships Valorous and Dasher respectively, and should apply at the Commander-in-Chief's office at Portsmouth Dockyard." The special service fleet of masted ironclad turret ships and gunboats, under the command of Admiral Sir Cooper Key and Rear-Admiral Boys, numbering 19 sail all told, arrived yesterday afternoon at Spithead, where they will be reviewed on Tuesday next by the Queen. After leaving Portland Admiral Boys hoisted his flag on board the Thunderer and took command of the turret ships. The fleet forming into columns of sub-divisions, line abreast, each column of masted ships having a column of monitors on its starboard beam. In this order the fleet proceeded up Channel at a speed of five knots. On rounding Culver Cliff previous to entering the Solent the formation was altered to columns of division line ahead, the weather line being headed by the Hercules, flagship of Admiral Key, followed by the Valiant, Hector, Lord Warden, Warrior, Penelope, Resistance, and Boadicea. The starboard line, consisting of the turret-ships, was formed as follows:— Thunderer (bearing the flagship of the Rear-Admiral), Belleisle, Gorgon, Hydra, Hecate, Glatton, Cyclops, and Prince Albert, the rear being composed of the gunboats Tay, Tees, and Blazer. In this order the ships steamed towards Gilkicker Point, when the helms of both lines were put hard over, the frigates turning outwards to the Isle of Wight and the monitors outwards to Portsmouth and Southsea, and steamed back to the Noman and anchored in the same relative positions in line in readiness for the review. The Valorous, paddle steamer. Has been appropriated for the accommodation of naval half-pay officers. | ||
| Fr 16 August 1878 | The Queen received the Admirals and Captains assembled at Spithead at Osborne yesterday afternoon. Admiral Fanshawe, C.B., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, who arrived with the officers in Her Majesty's ship Lively, presented Admiral Sir A. Cooper Key, K.C.B., to Her Majesty. Sir A, Cooper Key then presented Rear-Admiral Boys and the following officers to Her Majesty:— Captains.— E.H. Howard, Her Majesty’s chip Hecate (Aide-de-Camp to the Queen); J.C. Wilson, Her Majesty's ship Thunderer (Aide-de-Camp to the Queen); A.T. Thrupp, Her Majesty's ship Resistance; W.C. Chapman, Her Majesty's ship Valiant; R.G. Douglas, Her Majesty's ship Warrior; C.H. Simpson, Her Majesty's ship Hector; W.S. Brown, Her Majesty's ship Penelope; C.J. Rowley, Her Majesty's ship Belleisle; the Hon. E.R. Fremantle, C.B., C.M.G., Her Majesty's ship Lord Warden; M. Singer, Her Majesty's ship Glatton; J. D'Arcy, Her Majesty's ship Euryalus; L.F. Jones, Her Majesty's ship Prince Albert; E. Kelly, Her Majesty's ship Cyclops; W.H. Maxwell, Her Majesty's ship Emerald; Sir Lambton Loraine, Her Majesty's ship Gorgon; J.A. Fisher, Her Majesty's ship Hercules; and A.H. Markham, Her Majesty's ship Hydra. The officers who were presented to Her Majesty in the Drawing-room, then retired. | ||
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