bpb42 wrote:Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:12 pm Three hurricanes, all seen by HMS Caesar, while stationed in Bermuda.
1) 3rd & 4th Sept' 1915, Hurricane No 5 of 1915, a category 3 storm.
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The ship was still recording force 10 winds in the early hours of Sept 5th.
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HMS Suffolk also encountered this storm and recorded a floating dry dock breaking adrift, so it seems a little harsh of of the Captain of the Caesar to admonish the Boatswain for damaged awnings on the 4th.
HMS Calgarian was also anchored at Bermuda during this time, reporting force 10-11 winds at midnight on the 3rd and 'Wind blowing at hurricane force throughout the watch' on the 4th.
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2) 23rd Sept' 1916, Hurricane No 11, another category 3 storm.
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The Caesar log page for Sept' 24th includes the entry 'HMS Ready proc'd to St George' so there may be another record of this storm in existance.
3) 4th Sept' 1917; Hurricane No 3, a category 3 storm, is listed in Wikipedia as passing within '120 miles of Hamilton, Bermuda'The log page for the 4th shows force 9 winds throughout the morning so that may have been the point at which the storm passed.
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After passing Bermuda, the storm continued moving northwards and two days later, on the morning of the 6th, appears to have
encountered HMS Donegal.
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