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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=24 August, 1905<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 241.</ref>|end=14 December, 1905<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=24 August, 1905<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 241.</ref>|end=14 December, 1905<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey|nick=Spencer V. Y. de Horsey|appt=15 December, 1905<ref>de Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>|end=11 November, 1907<ref>de Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey|nick=Spencer V. Y. de Horsey|appt=15 December, 1905<ref>de Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>|end=11 November, 1907<ref>de Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 7 January 2017
| H.M.S. Kent (1901) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.27 (1914) P.80 (Sep 1915) P.99 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | 1898-99 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 12 Feb, 1900[4] |
| Launched: | 6 Mar, 1901[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Oct, 1903[6] |
| Sold: | Jun, 1920[7] |
| Fate: | at Hong Kong[8] |
H.M.S. Kent was one of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class completed between 1903 and 1904.
There was also a heavy cruiser Kent launched in the 1920s.
Service
She recommissioned at Singapore on 23 December, 1911 under Allen Thomas Hunt, to return immediately to England.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Douglas A. Gamble, 1 August, 1903[10][11]
- Captain Edward P. Ashe, 1 July, 1905[Citation needed] – 23 August, 1905
- Captain Heathcoat S. Grant, 24 August, 1905[12] – 14 December, 1905[13]
- Captain Spencer V. Y. de Horsey, 15 December, 1905[14] – 11 November, 1907[15]
- Captain Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 12 November, 1907[16] – 13 December, 1909[17]
- Captain Stuart St. J. Farquhar, 3 November, 1909[18][19] – 22 December, 1911[20]
- Captain Allen T. Hunt, 23 December, 1911[21] – 19 August, 1913[22]
- Captain John D. Allen, September, 1914[23] – January, 1916[24] (perhaps not relieved until July)
- Captain George Trewby, 30 June, 1916[25][26] – 1 July, 1918[27]
- Captain John D. Edwards, 11 June, 1918[28] (as Commodore, Second Class)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 506.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 336.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 241.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 657.
- ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 657.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 335.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 336.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 301
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 301
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44 f. 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394w.
- ↑ Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
- ↑ Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 825.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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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