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'''H.M.S. ''Edgar''''' was completed in 1893, name ship for her class of nine first-class protected cruisers.
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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.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 March, 1913 to join the Training Squadron in Queenstown.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 306.</ref>
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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}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|William A. D. Acland]], 2 March, 1893.<ref>Acland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 6.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Hannam Henderson|William H. Henderson]], January, 1894. {{MackieRNW}}
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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}}
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*Captain [[Harry Seawell Frank Niblett|Harry S. F. Niblett]], 1 November, 1898.<ref>Niblett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 956.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Hannam Henderson|nick=William H. Henderson|appt=25 January, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 220}}|end=}}
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*Captain [[George Astley Callaghan|George A. Callaghan]], (Man&oelig;uvres) 16 July, 1901.<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 202.</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}}}}
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*Captain [[Bernard Currey]], (Man&oelig;uvres) 16 July, 1902.<ref>Currey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 36.</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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*Captain [[John Edward Bearcroft|John E. Bearcroft]], September, 1902. {{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Casper Joseph Baker|Casper J. Baker]], February, 1905. {{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Laurence Eliot Power|Laurence E. Power]], 12 September, 1906.<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 230.</ref>
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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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*Captain [[Cuthbert Edward Hunter|Cuthbert E. Hunter]], 1907. {{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Henry Douglas Wilkin|Henry D. Wilkin]], 27 June, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 307.</ref>
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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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*Captain [[Charles Lionel Napier|Charles L. Napier]], 14 June, 1909.{{CN}}
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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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*Captain [[Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle|The Honourable 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, p. 10.</ref>
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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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*{{CommRN}} [[Charles William Bruton|Charles W. Bruton]], 4 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p.307.</ref>
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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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*Captain [[Charles Frederick Thorp|Charles F. Thorp]], 31 July, 1914.<ref>Thorp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 20.</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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*Captain [[Douglas Lionel Dent|Douglas L. Dent]], June, 1915. {{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Francis Clifton Brown|Francis C. Brown]], June, 1916. {{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Alldin Usborne Moore|Alldin U. Moore]], May, 1917. {{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Commander [[Reginald Henniker-Heaton]], 21 May, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 782}}
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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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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

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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