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*Captain [[Robert Stevenson Dalton Cuming|Robert S. D. Cumming]], February, 1903.{{MackieRNW}} | *Captain [[Robert Stevenson Dalton Cuming|Robert S. D. Cumming]], February, 1903.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
*Captain [[Richard Henry Peirse|Richard H. Peirse]], 21 May, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 21 May, 1903. Issue '''37086''', col B, p. 8.</ref> | *Captain [[Richard Henry Peirse|Richard H. Peirse]], 21 May, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 21 May, 1903. Issue '''37086''', col B, p. 8.</ref> | ||
| − | *Captain [[Charles Eustace Anson|Charles E. Anson]], November, 1904.{{ | + | *Captain [[Charles Eustace Anson|Charles E. Anson]], 14 November, 1904.<ref>Anson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 32.</ref> |
*Captain [[Stuart Nicholson]], 23 March, 1906.<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</ref> | *Captain [[Stuart Nicholson]], 23 March, 1906.<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[Drury St. Aubyn Wake|Drury St. A. Wake]], 5 March 1907.<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 125.</ref> | *Captain [[Drury St. Aubyn Wake|Drury St. A. Wake]], 5 March 1907.<ref>Wake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 125.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 21 January 2014
| H.M.S. Dido (1896) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.05 (1914) P.87 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | London & Glasgow[2] |
| Ordered: | 1893-94 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 30 Aug, 1894[4] |
| Launched: | 20 Mar, 1896[5] |
| Commissioned: | 10 May, 1898[6] |
| Sold: | 16 Dec, 1926[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Completed as a Second-class protected cruiser in 1898, H.M.S. Dido served in the Great War with the Royal Navy as a depot ship.
Service
She completed her conversion to a depot ship in 1913[8] and recommissioned at Portsmouth on 9 April under Captain Frederic Aubrey Whitehead.[9]
At the start of the war, she was a depot ship with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, remaining with it through July 1915 when it was redesignated as the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla. In December, 1916, she was with the First Destroyer Flotilla. By July 1918, possibly earlier, she was supporting the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]
Dido reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[11]
Radio
In 1901 while assigned to the China Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain George Neville, May, 1898.[13]
- Captain Philip F. Tillard, January, 1900.[14]
- Captain Robert S. D. Cumming, February, 1903.[15]
- Captain Richard H. Peirse, 21 May, 1903.[16]
- Captain Charles E. Anson, 14 November, 1904.[17]
- Captain Stuart Nicholson, 23 March, 1906.[18]
- Captain Drury St. A. Wake, 5 March 1907.[19]
- Captain Henry G. G. Sandeman, 11 September, 1908.[20]
- Captain Herbert A. Adam, September, 1911.[21]
- Captain Frederic A. Whitehead, 9 April, 1913.[22]
- Captain Charles D. Duncan, August, 1913.[23]
- Captain William M. Moir, 16 January, 1914 through the end of the war.[24]
- Captain Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton, February, 1919.[25]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 301.
- ↑ Citations at the Flotilla pages in question.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 May, 1903. Issue 37086, col B, p. 8.
- ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 32.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
- ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 125.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 301.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 776.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December, 1920). p. 759.
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