HMS Talbot

The Ship


Sold for Scrap 1921


HMS Talbot
Displacement: 5600 tons. I.H.P: c.8,000 Length: 350 feet. Beam: 53 ft 6 ins. Depth: 20 ft 6 ins. Speed: c.18.5 knots. Complement: 450.

The second-class cruiser Talbot was commissioned for the North America and West Indies Station on September 15th 1895 by Captain Edward H Gamble who had previously commanded Raleigh, St George and Endymion. The Talbot was a new type of ship which was only 10 ft shorter than the first-class cruisers of the Edgar class and she was also one knot faster.

Service Included:

Cruiser Force G / 12 Cruiser Squadron Channel.
September 1914 Captured German merchant ship.
April 1915 Dardanelles.
May 1916 East Africa.
1918 Cape of Good Hope.
1921 Sold for scrap.

My Postcards

Postally used 26 Jan 1914.
Postcard series: Boots Cash Chemists, Real Photograph Series

 

Postally used 13 May 1910.
Postcard series: Boots Cash Chemists, Real Photograph Series

 

Not postally used.
Postcard series: Boots Cash Chemists, Real Photograph Series

 

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