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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| − | She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 March, 1913 to join the Training Squadron in Queenstown. | + | She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 March, 1913 to join the Training Squadron in Queenstown.{{NLJul13|p. 306}} |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 13 November 2014
| H.M.S. Edgar (1890) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | A5 (1914) N.05 (Sep 1915) N.38 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | 3 Jun, 1889[3] |
| Launched: | 24 Nov, 1890[4] |
| Commissioned: | 2 Mar, 1893[5] |
| Sold: | 9 May, 1921[6] |
| Fate: | to Ward, Morecambe[7] |
H.M.S. Edgar was completed in 1893, name ship for her class of nine first-class protected cruisers.
Service
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 March, 1913 to join the Training Squadron in Queenstown.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William A. D. Acland, 2 March, 1893[9]
- Captain William H. Henderson, January, 1894[10]
- Captain Harry S. F. Niblett, 1 November, 1898[11]
- Captain George A. Callaghan, 16 July, 1901[12] – 27 August, 1901[13] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Bernard Currey, 16 July, 1902[14] – 27 August, 1902[15]
- Captain John E. Bearcroft, 9 April, 1903[16] – 21 March, 1904[17]
- Captain Casper J. Baker, February, 1905[18]
- Captain Laurence E. Power, 12 September, 1906[19]
- Captain Cuthbert E. Hunter, 1907[20]
- Captain Henry D. Wilkin, 27 June, 1908[21]
- Captain Charles L. Napier, 14 June, 1909[Citation needed]
- Captain The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle, 12 January, 1910[22] – 26 June, 1910[23]
- Commander Charles W. Bruton, 4 February, 1913[24]
- Captain Charles F. Thorp, 31 July, 1914[25]
- Captain Douglas L. Dent, 25 June, 1915[26]
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 8 June, 1916[27]
- Captain Alldin U. Moore, 15 May, 1917[28]
- Commander Reginald Henniker-Heaton, 21 May, 1918[29]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
- ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 6.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 202.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
- ↑ Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
- ↑ Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 307.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 January, 1910. Issue 39158, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19643. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p.307.
- ↑ Thorp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 20.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393p.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 782.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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