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The ship was launched on 5 November 1903 and christened by a Miss Cruddas.<ref>"New Cruiser Launched at Elswick". ''The Newcastle Daily Chronicle''. 6 November 1903. p. 7.</ref> Her turbine machinery was reportedly insured for £100,000.<ref>"Naval and Military". ''The Evening News''. 5 November 1903. p. 6.</ref>
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1907.{{NLJan08|p. 276-7}}
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}
 
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}
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Arrived Sheerness, 8 September, 1913.{{MoS|Tuesday, Sep 09, 1913; pg. 8; Issue 40312}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=1 April, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 275}}<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>|end=6 May, 1907<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=1 April, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 275}}<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>|end=6 May, 1907<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Douglas Dick|nick=James D. Dick|appt=7 May, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 276-7}}|end=4 January, 1909<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 204.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Douglas Dick|nick=James D. Dick|appt=7 May, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 276-7}}|end=4 January, 1909<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 204.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 276-7}}<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 124.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 276-7}}<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 124.</ref>|end=17 August, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 124.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=18 August, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 276-7}}|end=1 January, 1913|note=and as Commander (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=18 August, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 276-7}}|end=1 January, 1913|note=and as Commander (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579066}} f. 279.</ref>|end=1 December, 1913<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579066}} f. 279.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=1 December, 1913<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas|end=August, 1914<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=1 December, 1913<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas|end=August, 1914<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=August, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=24 October, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=August, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=24 October, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George James Todd|nick=George J. Todd|appt=2 January, 1915<ref>Todd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 392''a''}}|end=10 March, 1916<ref>Todd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George James Todd|nick=George J. Todd|appt=2 January, 1915<ref>Todd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 392''a''}}|end=10 March, 1916<ref>Todd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Unwin|nick=Edward Unwin|appt=7 March, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 392''b''}}|end=October, 1916}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Unwin|nick=Edward Unwin|appt=7 March, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 392''b''}}|end=October, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick James Boyle, Eighth Earl of Glasgow|nick=Patrick James Boyle|appt=10 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''h''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick James Boyle, Eighth Earl of Glasgow|nick=Patrick James Boyle|appt=10 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''h''}}|end=22 August, 1918}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerard Clarence Pigou|nick=Gerard C. Pigou|appt=26 August, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 729}}|end=16 January, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerard Clarence Pigou|nick=Gerard C. Pigou|appt=26 August, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 729}}|end=16 January, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel John Garfit Anderson|nick=Lionel J. G. Anderson|appt=5 November, 1918<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>|end=15 May, 1919<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel John Garfit Anderson|nick=Lionel J. G. Anderson|appt=5 November, 1918<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>|end=15 May, 1919<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>}}

Latest revision as of 10:54, 20 January 2024

H.M.S. Amethyst (1903)
Pendant Number: P.00 (1914)
P.02 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 7 Jan, 1903[3]
Launched: 5 Nov, 1903[4]
Commissioned: 17 Mar, 1905[5]
Sold: 1 Oct, 1920[6]
Fate: to J. W. Towers, Milford Haven[7]

H.M.S. Amethyst was one of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

The ship was launched on 5 November 1903 and christened by a Miss Cruddas.[8] Her turbine machinery was reportedly insured for £100,000.[9]

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1907.[10]

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.[11]

Arrived Sheerness, 8 September, 1913.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ "New Cruiser Launched at Elswick". The Newcastle Daily Chronicle. 6 November 1903. p. 7.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military". The Evening News. 5 November 1903. p. 6.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 276-7.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
  12. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 09, 1913; pg. 8; Issue 40312.
  13. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 275.
  14. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  15. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 276-7.
  17. ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 204.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 276-7.
  19. ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  20. ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 276-7.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
  23. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  24. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  25. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
  26. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
  27. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  28. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  29. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  30. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  31. ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392a.
  33. ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392b.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391h.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 729.
  37. ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  38. ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.

Bibliography


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