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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Edgar'' (1890)|fate2=to Ward, Morecambe{{DittColl|p. 38}}
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Edgar'''''
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'''H.M.S. ''Edgar''''' was completed in 1893, name ship for [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|her class]] of nine first-class protected cruisers.
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==Service==
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In early 1899, ''Edgar'' lost a funnel in a gale.  She was expected to be ready for sea again on 2 March, when she would go out to the Mediterranean with a new crew for the {{UK-1RoyalOak|f=t}}.{{NMI|Saturday, Feb 18, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35756}}  After handing over his ship, Captain [[Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham]] was informed by Admiralty Letter that the ship's engine room was "unfavourable" when inspected by A. Fremantle on 20 March.<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/561.}} f. 547.</ref>
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She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 March, 1913 to join the Training Squadron in Queenstown.{{NLJul13|p. 306}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Edgar''">
*Captain [[William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|William A. D. Acland]], c1890
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|nick=William A. D. Acland|appt=2 March, 1893<ref>Acland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 6.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Henry Douglas Wilkin|Henry D. Wilkin]], 27 June, 1908.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 307.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Hannam Henderson|nick=William H. Henderson|appt=25 January, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 220}}|end=}}
*Captain [[Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle|The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle]], 12 January, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 January, 1910.  Issue '''39158''', col D, pg. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Calvert Clarke|nick=Arthur C. Clarke|appt=23 March, 1897<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/216.|D7600955}}  ff. 223, 227.</ref>|end=12 May, 1897{{NLJan01|p. 308}}}}
*Captain [[Charles Frederick Thorp|Charles F. Thorp]], 31 July, 1914.<ref>Thorp Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  Book 5.  f. 20.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Salwey Hallifax|nick=John S. Hallifax|appt=11 May, 1897|end=|note=initially for passage home, but then for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth|nick=William C. C. Forsyth|appt=c. July, 1898{{INF}}|end=15 February, 1898|note=invalided to Hong Kong w/ hemiplegia}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Copland Sparkes|nick=Robert C. Sparkes|appt=16 February, 1898|end=25 June, 1898|note=subbing for invalided Forsyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Seawell Frank Niblett|nick=Harry S. F. Niblett|appt=1 November, 1898<ref>Niblett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 956.</ref>|end=15 February, 1899<ref>Niblett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 956.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham|nick=Walter H. B. Graham|appt=15 February, 1899<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/561.}} f. 547.</ref>|end=c. April, 1899|note=took ship to Malta and transferred to command {{UK-1RoyalOak|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Livington Campbell|nick=Frederick L. Campbell|appt=17 April, 1899<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/221.|D7578797}} ff. 195, 199.</ref>|end=5 August, 1899<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/221.|D7578797}} ff. 195, 199.</ref>|note=for particular service}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest James Fleet|nick=Ernest J. Fleet|appt=6 July, 1900|end=|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=George A. Callaghan|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 202.</ref>|end=27 August, 1901<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18}}.  f. 535.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=16 July, 1902<ref>Currey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 36.</ref>|end=27 August, 1902<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Edward Bearcroft|nick=John E. Bearcroft|appt=9 April, 1903<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>|end=21 March, 1904<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Joseph Baker|nick=Casper J. Baker|appt=1 February, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 306}}<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|end=11 September, 1906<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Laurence Eliot Power|nick=Laurence E. Power|appt=12 September, 1906<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=11 February, 1907<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 469.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Edward Hunter|nick=Cuthbert E. Hunter|appt=11 February, 1907<ref>Hunter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 372.</ref>|end=30 April, 1908<ref>Hunter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 372.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Douglas Wilkin|nick=Henry D. Wilkin|appt=27 June, 1908<ref>Wilkin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D8112173}} f. 175.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 307}}|end=5 January, 1909<ref>Wilkin Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D8112173}} f. 175.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=16 April, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 307}}|end=June, 1909|note=lent}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Lionel Napier|nick=Charles L. Napier|appt=14 June, 1909<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 72.</ref>|end=|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Carlton Valentine de Mornay Cowper|nick=Carlton V. de M. Cowper|appt=24 July, 1909<ref>Cowper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/262.|D7602197}}  f. 307.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 307}}|end=3 January, 1910<ref>Cowper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/262.|D7602197}}  f. 307.</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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Blois Miller|nick=Charles B. Miller|appt=21 February, 1911<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/382.|D8115576}} f. 456.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 307}}|end=22 July, 1911<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/382.|D8115576}} f. 456.</ref>|note=trooping}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Peel Ritchie|nick=Henry P. Ritchie|appt=19 March, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 306}}|end=31 December, 1912}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Octavius Harold Daniel|nick=Octavius H. Daniel|appt=16 December, 1912|end=4 February, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles William Bruton|nick=Charles W. Bruton|appt=4 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p.307}}<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>|end=23 November, 1914<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>}}
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{{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>|end=5 December, 1914<ref>Thorp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 20.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=20 March, 1915<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=7 May, 1915<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Lionel Dent|nick=Douglas L. Dent|appt=25 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 393''p''}}|end=8 June, 1916<ref>Dent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 50.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=8 June, 1916<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 394''a''}}|end=29 May, 1917<ref>Brown Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alldin Usborne Moore|nick=Alldin U. Moore|appt=15 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''h''}}|end=19 March, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|nick=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|appt=21 May, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 782}}<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>|end=7 April, 1919<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>}}
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==Bibliography==
 
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 16 October 2019

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

In early 1899, Edgar lost a funnel in a gale. She was expected to be ready for sea again on 2 March, when she would go out to the Mediterranean with a new crew for the battleship Royal Oak.[8] After handing over his ship, Captain Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham was informed by Admiralty Letter that the ship's engine room was "unfavourable" when inspected by A. Fremantle on 20 March.[9]

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 March, 1913 to join the Training Squadron in Queenstown.[10]

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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 18, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35756.
  9. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
  11. Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 6.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 220.
  13. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/216. ff. 223, 227.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 308.
  15. Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
  16. Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
  17. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
  18. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
  19. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
  20. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  21. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 202.
  22. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
  23. Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  24. Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  25. Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
  26. Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
  27. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 306.
  28. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  29. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  30. Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
  31. Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 469.
  32. Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
  33. Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
  34. Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 307.
  36. Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 307.
  38. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 72.
  39. Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
  40. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 307.
  41. Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
  42. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 January, 1910. Issue 39158, col D, p. 10.
  43. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 169.
  44. Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
  45. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 307.
  46. Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
  47. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 306.
  48. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p.307.
  49. Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  50. Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  51. Thorp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 20.
  52. Thorp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 20.
  53. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  54. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  55. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393p.
  56. Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  57. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  58. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394a.
  59. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  60. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393h.
  61. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 782.
  62. Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  63. Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.

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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