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− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=George A. Callaghan|appt=16 July, 1901<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 | + | {{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=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=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>}} |
Revision as of 12:35, 20 May 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 William C. C. Forsyth, May 1897[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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