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* Captain [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|Godfrey H. B. Mundy]], August, 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|Godfrey H. B. Mundy]], August, 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[William Oswald Story|William O. Story]], 1 February, 1908.<ref>Story Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1236.</ref>
 
* Captain [[William Oswald Story|William O. Story]], 1 February, 1908.<ref>Story Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1236.</ref>
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* Commander [[Francis Gerald St. John|Francis G. St. John]], 15 February, 1910, borne in {{UK-Albion}}.{{NLApr10|p. 291}}
 
* Commander [[Tristan Dannreuther]], 2 August, 1910, borne additional in {{UK-Albion}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 8 July, 1910.  Issue '''39319''', col F, p. 9.</ref>
 
* Commander [[Tristan Dannreuther]], 2 August, 1910, borne additional in {{UK-Albion}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 8 July, 1910.  Issue '''39319''', col F, p. 9.</ref>
 
* Captain [[Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|Heathcoat S. Grant]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 288.</ref>
 
* Captain [[Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|Heathcoat S. Grant]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 288.</ref>

Revision as of 23:28, 18 April 2014

H.M.S. Canopus (1897)
Pendant Number: N.29 (1914)
N.17 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 4 Jan, 1897[3]
Launched: 13 Oct, 1897[4]
Commissioned: 5 Dec, 1899
Sold: 18 Feb, 1920[5]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

She paid off at Portsmouth on 24 April, 1903, preparatory to going to a private yard for refit.[6] On 18 July, 1904, a number of officers were appointed to Canopus for tactical exercises, amongst whom were Robert L. Groome,[7] and Maurice Woollcombe.[8]

In mid-1913, she was in the Third Fleet at The Nore. In July, she was to "proceed to Pembroke Dock".[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Radio

In 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she had or was slated to receive a Marconi W/T kit.[19]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 25 April, 1903. Issue 37064, col E, p. 12.
  7. Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 546.
  8. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 290.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 221.
  12. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 458.
  13. Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 506.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Story Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1236.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 291.
  17. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 8 July, 1910. Issue 39319, col F, p. 9.
  18. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 288.
  19. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.

Bibliography


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