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| + | Completed in 1909, '''H.M.S. ''Boadicea''''' was one of two cruisers in [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|her class]]. She served as flagship of the {{UK-DF|3}} during the period from 1910-1912 (at least), under the flag of [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Robert Arbuthnot]]. | ||
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| − | + | The ship was one of seven which tested [[Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraph]]s; all the other ships were much larger than she. Testing was completed in late 1913.{{AWO1913|607 of 24 Oct, 1913}} | |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 12 November 2012
| H.M.S. Boadicea (1908) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 4C (1914) 19 (Jan 1918) 11 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | 1907 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 1 Jun, 1907[4] |
| Launched: | 14 May, 1908[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jun, 1909[6] |
| Sold: | 13 Jul, 1926[7] |
| Fate: | to Alloa, Rosyth[8] |
Completed in 1909, H.M.S. Boadicea was one of two cruisers in her class. She served as flagship of the Third Destroyer Flotilla during the period from 1910-1912 (at least), under the flag of Robert Arbuthnot.
The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs; all the other ships were much larger than she. Testing was completed in late 1913.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edward Francis Benedict Charlton, November 1908.[10]
- Captain Robert Keith Arbuthnot, December 1910.[11]
- Captain Ernest Saumarez Carey, July 1912.[12]
- Captain Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 5 July, 1913,[13] in command at start of war.[14]
- Captain Algernon Henry Chester Candy, September 1916.[15]
- Captain Edwin Harold Edwards, November 1917.[16]
- Captain Harry W. C. Hughes, March 1919.[17]
- Captain Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, ?.[Fact Check]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 607 of 24 Oct, 1913.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392l.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 438.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
| Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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