H.M.S. Vindictive (1897)
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H.M.S. Vindictive (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | 7C (1914) P.75 (Sep 1915) P.4C (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[2] |
Laid down: | 27 Jan, 1896[3] |
Launched: | 9 Dec, 1897[4] |
Commissioned: | 4 Jul, 1900[5] |
Blockship: | 10 May, 1918[6] |
Fate: | at Ostend |
H.M.S. Vindictive was one of four Arrogant class cruisers completed between 1898 and 1900.
Service
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 15 March, 1912.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles H. Bayly, 11 July, 1899[8] – 1 February, 1900 (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Herbert A. Warren, 4 July, 1900[9] – 7 January, 1904[10]
- Captain Harry H. Stileman, 14 February, 1905[11] – 17 July, 1906[12]
- Captain Edward H. Moubray, 17 July, 1906[13] – 4 August, 1908[14]
- Captain Marcus R. Hill, 1 August, 1908[15] – 19 October, 1909[16]
- Commander Harold E. Browne, 20 September, 1910[17] – 4 October, 1910[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold G. Innes, 4 October, 1910 – 4 March, 1911
- Captain George B. Hutton, 4 March, 1911[19][20] – 12 June, 1911[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold G. Innes, 22 May, 1911 – 1912 (left upon paying off)
- Captain Herbert W. Richmond, 12 March, 1912[22] – 28 October, 1912[23]
- Captain Arthur K. Waistell, 7 December, 1912[24][25] – 1 September, 1913[26]
- Captain Christopher R. Payne, 1 September, 1913[27] – July, 1915
- Acting Captain Oswald McD. English, 24 July, 1915[28] – 30 June, 1916
- Captain Thomas W. Kemp, September, 1916[29]
- Captain Otto H. Hawke-Genn, 14 September, 1916 – 12 December, 1917 (temporary, initially)
- Acting Captain Norman L. Stanley, 26 January, 1918[30] – 7 February, 1918[31]
- Acting Captain Alfred F. B. Carpenter, 4 April, 1918[32] – 26 April, 1918[33]
- Commander Alfred E. Godsal, – 10 May, 1918[34] (killed when in command before vessel scuttled at Ostend)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
- ↑ 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. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1899. Issue 35877, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 290.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 290.
- ↑ Stileman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/503. f. 1228.
- ↑ Stileman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/503. f. 1228.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
- ↑ Browne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 442.
- ↑ Browne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 442.
- ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 394a.
- ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
- ↑ Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 205.
- ↑ Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 205.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
- ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
- ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399c.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
- ↑ Carpenter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 162.
- ↑ Carpenter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 162.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 132.
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