During her sea trials on 10 April 1911, Indefatigable reached a top speed of 26.89 knots (49.8km/h; 30.9mph) from 55,140shp (41,120kW) after her propellers were replaced. [32][Note 2] Tirpitz was lightly damaged by two hits during this attack, one a 500-pound (230kg) bomb and the other a 1,600-pound (730kg) armour-piercing bomb. 1, p. 181. Made the first full transcription from the shipping registers for a group of ports. 1923. [78] On 20 October Indefatigable re-captured the Portuguese brig Intrigua. Part of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet, she was hit several times in the first minutes of the "Run to the South", the opening phase of the battlecruiser action. His most famous humanitarian endeavour while captain of HMS Indefatigable was the rescue of hundreds of souls from the wreck of the Dutton East Indiaman, which ran aground beneath the citadel in Plymouth in January 1796. 111, 113. [33] Duke of York also shared in the capture. The BPF returned to the Sakishima Islands on 17 April before retiring to Leyte Gulf to rest and resupply. [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). [13] Indefatigable had no casualties. Admiral Bustamente refused and a short engagement ensued. Please note that we do not do privately commissioned research, not at any price - we'd like you to have the fun. Elliott and Farmer were later rescued by the German torpedo boat S16, but by then Sowerby had died of his injuries. [25], Indefatigable, along with the other Jutland wrecks, was belatedly declared a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, to discourage further damage to the resting place of 1,016 men. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Indefatigable. 9293; McCart, pp. [29] Indefatigable and several escort carriers attacked targets in Norway on 10 August, destroying 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighters and sinking a minesweeper. The British lost six men killed, 36 wounded and 21 missing. This page was last edited on 4 November 2022, at 17:54. Indefatigable and the BPF joined the Americans in attacking the Japanese Home Islands in July and August. The aim of CLIP is simple - to improve access to the records of seafarers on British registered ships of the late 19th and early 20th century. [43], On 17 August 1945, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, commander of the BPF, came aboard and addressed the crew. [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. Transcribed 57,000 entries of foreign-going masters and mates from the records in BT 124 at TNA. Records of HMS Indefatigable from other sources. 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. Eynon L. Jones, R.N.R. Last updated on: The ship welcomed home Queen Elizabeth II and her husband four days later as they returned from their tour of the Commonwealth. Subsequently she was called to the Mediterranean to . Boatswain HMS INDEFATIGABLE - Implacable-class Fleet Aircraft Carrier. . Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Indefatigable. She was broken up at Sheerness in August 1816.[5]. She returned to Sydney for the holidays and visited Melbourne on 22 January 1946 before departing for home nine days later. resources which are widely used by maritime researchers. The next day her aircraft attacked targets in the vicinity of Tokyo. [10], Between 11 and 21 March Indefatigable's squadron captured the vessels Favorite Sultana, Friends, Providence, Four Marys, Aimable Justine, and Nouvelle Union. Sub.Lt (A) Maurice Ian James Goodsell HMS Indefatigable (d.24th July 1945) Sub/Lt (A) Maurice I.J. 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. Indefatigable's outline design was prepared in March 1908, and the final design, slightly larger than Invincible with a revised protection arrangement and additional length amidships to allow her two middle turrets to fire on either broadside, was approved in November 1908. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Read; View source; . Keyed at New Zealand, Wellington. 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. Engineer Lieutenant Indefatigable aimed at Von der Tann and New Zealand targeted Moltke while remaining unengaged herself. On the first day, a pair of Fireflies encountered five Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" dive bombers and shot down four of them. 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. Arthur Beales. when a wealth of detail about their lives is revealed. [24] On 7 January, Indefatigable and Amazon captured the Emanuel. [2], About a year later, on 19 October 1806, Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante captured the chasse marees Achille, Jenny, and Marianne. [44] Then on 7 November Nymphe, Indefatigable and Diamond shared in the recapture of the ship Brailsford. CLIP is a not-for-profit volunteer project, set up to assist research into the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century. We explain what indexes are available and how to use them. [34], At daylight on 4 August, Indefatigable sighted the privateer Heureux together with a prize and gave chase. If you need help, we're glad to assist. Photo source: From the Historic Collections of the Institute of Naval Medicine by kind permission of the Commanding Officer, Law, Cecil Robert De Vaux - Sub Lieutenant, Murray-Browne, Granville - Lieutenant-Commander, Randle, Rowland Lickbarrow - Engine Room Artificer 1st Class, Tanner, Charles Philip - Engineer Sub Lieutenant, Wilson, John Skinner - Lieutenant-Commander. Contact us. The loss of his topmasts made it impossible for . [11], Indefatigable was laid down at the Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth on 23 February 1909. The attacks were repeated the next day, sinking two warships and numerous small merchantmen and destroying numerous railroad locomotives and parked aircraft.[49]. [75] Foxhound was also in company for the capture of Nymphe. [23] Pellew immediately set off towards Corunna and was able to intercept the Ariel. The Reverend Guy Arnott Browning, M.A. Ian would love to hear from anyone that knew his father. She was sailing from Rochefort to Senegal. Grimshaw, Edmund Gunther, Reginald Haigh, Wilfred Hardie, Archibald Hardwick, Cyril John Hargreaves, Samuel Harris, William Harry, William Thomas Winstone Hedges, Charles Ivor Colin Herbert, Frederick William Hill, John Isaac Hodgkinson, Harry Simms Holman, Edwin Holt, James Hurley, Denis Jay, Francis Alfred Jelly, Henry Jenkinson, Ernest 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. Michael J. Lambe. After Indefatigable's return, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, addressed the crew on 11 January. She was 36 days out of Brest and, during that time, had captured only one ship, a large American vessel named the Providence which had a cargo of cotton and sugar. She sank immediately, with the loss of all but two of her crew. [45], Then on 6 January 1800 Indefatigable shared with Defiance, Unicorn, Sirius and Stag in the capture of the French brig Ursule. Crew List Name Birth Death Rank/Rate At Jutland From To ON The National Archives Citable Reference Additional Information . We are now on Facebook. It started from trying to trace the sea-going career of Pete's great-grandfather, who ran away to sea in the 1860s. They arrived on 7 March and exercised together before sailing for Ulithi on 18 March. INDOMITABLE. However, we know that the records of ships and seafarers are a [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. Thomas W. Steggles. Sorry, we do not carry out privately commissioned research. 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. HMS Barham. 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. 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. Most of the RN personnel disembarked at Colombo and most of the war brides did the same at Fremantle. Share by: . Naval Instructor Assistant Clerk [31] The first mission took place on the morning of 22 August when Indefatigable launched 12 Barracudas, 11 Fireflies, 8 Hellcats, and 8 Seafires against the German battleship and nearby targets. [17] This attack actually took place before Britain's formal declaration of war against the Ottoman Empire on 6 November. [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. Following the end of hostilities she visited ports in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The ship normally displaced 18,500 long tons (18,800 t) and 22,130 long tons (22,490 t) at deep load. 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 Spain was a neutral country at the time, but was showing strong signs of declaring war in alliance with Napoleonic France. 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