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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Searle Cardale|nick=Hubert S. Cardale|appt=16 July, 1917<ref>Cardale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>|end=25 November, 1917<ref>Cardale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Artois''}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Searle Cardale|nick=Hubert S. Cardale|appt=16 July, 1917<ref>Cardale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>|end=25 November, 1917<ref>Cardale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Artois''}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Digby (1912) | |
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| Pendant Number: | M.83 MI.55 (Jan 1918) MI.33[1] |
| Launched: | 28 Dec, 1912[2] |
| Completed: | Apr, 1913[3] |
| Commissioned: | 22 Nov, 1914[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 6 Jan, 1919[5] |
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H.M.S. Digby was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was renamed H.M.S. Artois in November, 1915.[6]
Service
Commissioned on 22 November[7] or in December, 1914.[8]
Armament
She was armed with:[9]
- five 6-in guns
- two 6-pdrs
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Richard F. F. H. Mahon, 23 November, 1914[10] – 27 August, 1915
- Commander Arthur G. Warren, 27 August, 1915[11] – 25 November, 1915
- Commander Hubert S. Cardale, 16 July, 1917[12] – 25 November, 1917[13]
- Acting Captain Vernon S. Rashleigh, 25 November, 1917 – 27 February, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ naval-history.net.
- ↑ naval-history.net.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401i.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401j.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
Bibliography
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