15-448: Limpus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Limpus (1863–1931), British Royal Navy officer Richard Limpus (1824–1875), British organist and composer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Limpus . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
30-674: A ceremony the previous day in the Red State Room of the Palace of Valletta, before Navy and civilian officials, the Fourth Sea Lord had handed over a ceremonial key to the Governor of Malta , who had then passed it to the chairman of Bailey. At the time it was intended that "the yard would continue to be supplied with naval repair work, which would diminish as commercial activities expanded." Supervision of residual naval work in
45-930: A show of force following death of the sultan and the accession of his son in July 1902, and Kenya in August. Limpus was appointed Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee in July 1905 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Albion in October 1907. Promoted to rear admiral on 23 January 1909, he was appointed head of the British naval mission to the Ottoman Empire in May 1912. He became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in September 1914 during
60-652: The First World War . He was promoted to vice admiral on 14 September 1914 and to full admiral on 30 January 1918. Malta Dockyard Malta Dockyard was an important naval base in the Grand Harbour in Malta in the Mediterranean Sea . The infrastructure which is still in operation is now operated by Palumbo Shipyards . The Knights of Malta established dockyard facilities within
75-811: The cruiser HMS Gibraltar in March 1901. The cruiser served as flagship to rear-admiral Sir Arthur Moore , Commander in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station , and was thus involved in the closing phases of the Second Boer War in South Africa . Following the end of the war in June 1902, Gibraltar toured the East Coast of Africa, visiting Zanzibar with seven Royal Navy ships for
90-505: The Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard reported that due to German air attacks on Malta's naval base "practically no workshops were in action other than those underground; all docks were damaged; electric power, light and telephones were largely out of action." The dockyard was handed over to Messrs C.H. Bailey of South Wales, a civilian firm of ship repairers and marine engineers, on the morning of 30 March 1959. At
105-695: The Grand Harbour to maintain their fleet of galleys . These were spread between the cities of Senglea , Cospicua and Vittoriosa . When Malta became a British protectorate in 1800, these facilities were inherited, and gradually consolidated, by the Royal Navy . With the loss of Menorca , Malta swiftly became the Navy's principal Mediterranean base. The Royal Navy Dockyard was initially located around Dockyard Creek in Bormla, and occupied several of
120-545: The course of its government ownership, the dockyard had accumulated €1bn in losses. In 2011, Palumbo acquired on a 30-year lease the neighbouring "superyacht" facility, which includes a drydock with a retractable roof. The dockyard was initially managed by a Resident Commissioner of the Navy Board from 1791 until 1832 when all Resident Commissioners at dockyards were replaced by Superintendents. Admirals Superintendent included: Post holders included: From 1941-1945
135-543: The dockyard buildings formerly used by the Knights of Malta. By 1850 the facilities included storehouses, a ropery , a small steam factory, victualling facilities , houses for the officers of the Yard, and most notably a dry dock – the first to be provided for a Royal Dockyard outside Britain. Begun in 1844, the dry dock was opened in 1847; ten years later it was extended to form a double dock (No. 1 and No. 2 dock). In
150-611: The dockyard would be carried out by personnel under the direction of the Flag Officer Malta. After Baileys were dispossessed by the Maltese Government, by February 1968, the dockyard was closed as a naval base and the Royal Navy withdrew completely in 1979. It was then managed by a workers' council between 1979 and 1996 repairing civilian ships. In 2010, Malta Shipyards Ltd was placed into liquidation and its assets were given over to Palumbo Shipyards . In
165-564: The mechanized Navy. It was an important supply base during the First World War and the Second World War . In January 1941 sixty German dive bombers made a massed attack on the dockyard in an attempt to destroy the damaged British aircraft carrier Illustrious , but she received only one bomb hit. Incessant German and Italian bombing raids targeted Malta through March, opposed by only a handful of British fighters. Then in April 1942
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#1732772936011180-457: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limpus&oldid=956664740 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Arthur Limpus Admiral Sir Arthur Henry Limpus , KCMG , CB (7 June 1863 – 3 November 1931)
195-540: The second half of the century the steam factory with its machine shops and foundries was expanded. Very soon, though, it was clear that more space was required than the crowded wharves of Dockyard Creek afforded, to accommodate the increasing size of ships and the increasing size of the fleet based there. The decision was taken to expand into the adjacent French Creek, and between 1861 and 1909 a further five dry docks—three single plus one double dock—were constructed there, along with an assortment of specialized buildings to serve
210-589: Was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard . Promoted to commander on 1 January 1898, Limpus was posted to the protected cruiser HMS Terrible when it was commissioned in September 1899 under Captain Percy Scott . The ship was intended for service at the China Station , but was delayed in South Africa following the outbreak of the Second Boer War . Limpus
225-574: Was attached to a naval brigade which accompanied the Ladysmith relief force , taking part in the battles of Colenso (December 1899) and Spion Kop (January 1900) and the actual relief of Ladysmith on 28 February 1900. He was specially promoted to the rank of captain on 2 May 1900, for his services in South Africa. The Terrible proceeded to China in March 1900, and took part in the Boxer Rebellion . Limpus became commanding officer of
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