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− | + | <div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Edgar'' (1890)|fate2=to Ward, Morecambe{{DittColl|p. 38}} | |
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− | | | + | |launch=24 Nov, 1890{{Conways1860|p. 66}} |
− | | | + | |builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 66}} |
− | | | + | |laid=3 Jun, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 66}} |
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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== |
− | + | 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== | |
− | + | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | |
− | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Edgar''"> | |
− | + | {{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}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Hannam Henderson|nick=William H. Henderson|appt=25 January, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 220}}|end=}} | |
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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]]}} | ||
+ | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest James Fleet|nick=Ernest J. Fleet|appt=6 July, 1900|end=|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}} | ||
+ | {{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]]}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=16 April, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 307}}|end=June, 1909|note=lent}} | ||
+ | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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=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}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Peel Ritchie|nick=Henry P. Ritchie|appt=19 March, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 306}}|end=31 December, 1912}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Octavius Harold Daniel|nick=Octavius H. Daniel|appt=16 December, 1912|end=4 February, 1913}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alldin Usborne Moore|nick=Alldin U. Moore|appt=15 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''h''}}|end=19 March, 1918}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 16 October 2019
H.M.S. Edgar (1890) | |
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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.
- Captain William A. D. Acland, 2 March, 1893[11]
- Captain William H. Henderson, 25 January, 1894[12]
- Captain Arthur C. Clarke, 23 March, 1897[13] – 12 May, 1897[14]
- Captain John S. Hallifax, 11 May, 1897 (initially for passage home, but then for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain William C. C. Forsyth, c. July, 1898[Inference] – 15 February, 1898 (invalided to Hong Kong w/ hemiplegia)
- Acting Captain Robert C. Sparkes, 16 February, 1898 – 25 June, 1898 (subbing for invalided Forsyth)
- Captain Harry S. F. Niblett, 1 November, 1898[15] – 15 February, 1899[16]
- Captain Walter H. B. Graham, 15 February, 1899[17] – c. April, 1899 (took ship to Malta and transferred to command H.M.S. Royal Oak)
- Captain Frederick L. Campbell, 17 April, 1899[18] – 5 August, 1899[19] (for particular service)
- Captain Ernest J. Fleet, 6 July, 1900 (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1900)
- Captain George A. Callaghan, 16 July, 1901[20][21] – 27 August, 1901[22] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Captain Bernard Currey, 16 July, 1902[23] – 27 August, 1902[24]
- Captain John E. Bearcroft, 9 April, 1903[25] – 21 March, 1904[26]
- Captain Casper J. Baker, 1 February, 1905[27][28] – 11 September, 1906[29]
- Captain Laurence E. Power, 12 September, 1906[30] – 11 February, 1907[31]
- Captain Cuthbert E. Hunter, 11 February, 1907[32] – 30 April, 1908[33]
- Captain Henry D. Wilkin, 27 June, 1908[34][35] – 5 January, 1909[36]
- Commander Christopher P. Metcalfe, 16 April, 1909[37] – June, 1909 (lent)
- Captain Charles L. Napier, 14 June, 1909[38] (for manoeuvres)
- Commander Carlton V. de M. Cowper, 24 July, 1909[39][40] – 3 January, 1910[41]
- Captain The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle, 12 January, 1910[42] – 26 June, 1910[43]
- Captain Charles B. Miller, 21 February, 1911[44][45] – 22 July, 1911[46] (trooping)
- Commander Henry P. Ritchie, 19 March, 1912[47] – 31 December, 1912
- Commander Octavius H. Daniel, 16 December, 1912 – 4 February, 1913
- Commander Charles W. Bruton, 4 February, 1913[48][49] – 23 November, 1914[50]
- Captain Charles F. Thorp, 31 July, 1914[51] – 5 December, 1914[52]
- Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 20 March, 1915[53] – 7 May, 1915[54] (temporary)
- Captain Douglas L. Dent, 25 June, 1915[55] – 8 June, 1916[56]
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 8 June, 1916[57][58] – 29 May, 1917[59]
- Captain Alldin U. Moore, 15 May, 1917[60] – 19 March, 1918
- Commander Reginald Henniker-Heaton, 21 May, 1918[61][62] – 7 April, 1919[63]
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.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 18, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35756.
- ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
- ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 220.
- ↑ Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/216. ff. 223, 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 308.
- ↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
- ↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
- ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 306.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
- ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 469.
- ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
- ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
- ↑ Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 307.
- ↑ Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 307.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 72.
- ↑ Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 307.
- ↑ Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 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 196/43. f. 169.
- ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 307.
- ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 306.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p.307.
- ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
- ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
- ↑ Thorp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 20.
- ↑ Thorp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 20.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393p.
- ↑ Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394a.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 782.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
- ↑ 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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