H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)
From The Dreadnought Project
History
Cambridge was paid off on 4 November, 1907, and the gunnery school under Captain Eustace became part of Royal Naval Barracks, Plymouth as the Plymouth Gunnery School, under the general control of the Commodore-in-Command.[1]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Henry F. Cleveland, 1 September, 1886[2]
- Captain Henry J. Carr, 6 October, 1889[3]
- Captain Archibald L. Douglas, 1 January, 1892[4]
- Captain Richard H. Hamond, 3 July, 1894[5][6] – 1896[7][8]
- Captain William M. Lang, 1 December, 1896[9]
- Captain Robert W. Craigie, 29 August, 1898[10]
- Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot, 24 August, 1900[11][12] – 24 August, 1903[13]
- Captain Francis J. Foley, 24 August, 1903[14][15] – 6 January, 1906[16]
- Captain Paul W. Bush, 7 January, 1906[17] – 16 Apr, 1907[18]
- Captain John B. Eustace, 16 April, 1907[19]
Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard and Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle also held this position at some point.[Fact Check]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 244.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 September, 1889. Issue 32812, col B, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 January, 1892. Issue 33524, col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 June, 1894. Issue 34289, col G, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 210.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 November, 1896. Issue 35056, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 November, 1896. Issue 35056, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 30 August, 1898. Issue 35608, col C, p. 5.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 August, 1900. Issue 36219, col F, p. 5.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 291.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 July, 1903. Issue 37128, col F, p. 5.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 247.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 December, 1905. Issue 37889, col A, p. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 13 April, 1907. Issue 38306, col A, p. 14.
