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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Douglas Wilkin|nick=Henry D. Wilkin|appt=27 June, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 307}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Douglas Wilkin|nick=Henry D. Wilkin|appt=27 June, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 307}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Lionel Napier|nick=Charles L. Napier|appt=14 June, 1909{{CN}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Lionel Napier|nick=Charles L. Napier|appt=14 June, 1909{{CN}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle|nick=The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle|appt=12 January, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 January, 1910.  Issue '''39158''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=26 June, 1910<ref>Boyle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 19643.}} f. 169.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle|nick=The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle|appt=12 January, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 January, 1910.  Issue '''39158''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=26 June, 1910<ref>Boyle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 169.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles William Bruton|nick=Charles W. Bruton|appt=4 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p.307}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles William Bruton|nick=Charles W. Bruton|appt=4 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p.307}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Thorp|nick=Charles F. Thorp|appt=31 July, 1914<ref>Thorp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 20.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Thorp|nick=Charles F. Thorp|appt=31 July, 1914<ref>Thorp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 20.</ref>}}

Revision as of 21:11, 9 February 2015

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.

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
  9. Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 6.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
  12. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 202.
  13. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
  14. Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  15. Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  16. Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
  17. Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 307.
  22. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 January, 1910. Issue 39158, col D, p. 10.
  23. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 169.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p.307.
  25. Thorp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 20.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393p.
  27. Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  28. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394a.
  29. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393h.
  30. 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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