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'''H.M.S. ''Encounter''''' was one of two [[Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)|''Challenger'' class cruisers]] completed in 1904 and 1905.  
 
'''H.M.S. ''Encounter''''' was one of two [[Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)|''Challenger'' class cruisers]] completed in 1904 and 1905.  
  
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She spent her first six years in [[Royal Navy]] service in the [[Australia Station]] before being transferred to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] as '''H.M.A.S. ''Encounter''''' on 1 July, 1912.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 948.</ref>
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==Service==
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She spent her first six years in [[Royal Navy]] service in the [[Australia Station]] before being transferred to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] as '''H.M.A.S. ''Encounter''''' on 1 July, 1912.{{NLDec20|p. 948}}
  
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''Encounter'' was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914..
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She re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 July, 1913.{{NLApr25|p. 294}}
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''Encounter'' was the first ship in the fledgling R.A.N. to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914.
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She was renamed '''H.M.A.S. ''Penguin''''' in 1923.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby]], 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Encounter''">
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*Captain [[Henry Venn Wood Elliott]], December 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Cecil F. Thursby|appt=7 April, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 308}}<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>|end=30 November, 1905<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|Herbert A. S. Fyler]], 1 January, 1908.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 309.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Venn Wood Elliott|nick=Henry V. W. Elliott|appt=1 December, 1905<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20/153.|D7590398}} ff. 153, 155, 161.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 308}}|end=25 January, 1908<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20/153.|D7590398}} ff. 153, 155, 161.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Philip Howard Colomb]], March 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=14 November, 1907<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 309}}|end=5 March, 1909<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Spencer Allen Hickley]], April 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Howard Colomb|nick=Philip H. Colomb|appt=5 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 309}}<ref>Colomb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602325}} f. 476.</ref>|end=20 June, 1911<ref>Colomb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602325}} f. 476.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers]], July 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Spencer Allen Hickley|nick=Spencer A. Hickley|appt=4 April, 1911<ref>Hickley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602446}} f. 108.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 308}}|end=30 June, 1912<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602446}} f. 108.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Arthur Gordon Smith]], March 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=1 July, 1912<ref>Chambers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>|end=February, 1913<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Charles La Primaudaye Lewin]], January 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Gordon Smith|nick=Arthur G. Smith|appt=8 January, 1913<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 305.</ref>|end=28 January, 1914<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 305.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege]], January, 1916 to October, 1916.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumberbatch Family History]</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Charles La Primaudaye Lewin|nick=Charles La P. Lewin|appt=28 January, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 399''k''}}|end=1 January, 1916}}
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*Captain [[John B. Stevenson]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=10 January, 1916<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>|end=31 October, 1916<ref>Cumberlege Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=John Bryan Stevenson|nick=John B. Stevenson|appt=26 October, 1916{{NLJan19|p. 948}}|end=after 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Walter Hugh Charles Samuel Thring|nick=Walter H. C. S. Thring|appt=November, 1918|end=January, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=John Francis Robins|nick=John F. Robins|appt=January, 1919<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-encounter-i Royal Australian Navy page on ''Encounter'']</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Goodenough Craufurd|nick=Arthur G. Craufurd|appt=9 March, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 294}}|end=mid 1925|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Penguin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson|nick=Frederick R. M. Johnson|appt=mid 1925|end=late 1925|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Penguin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Wynter|nick=Gerald C. Wynter|appt=20 November, 1925|end=9 May, 1928|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Penguin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rupert Clare Garsia|nick=Rupert C. Garsia|appt=13 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 294}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Penguin''}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-encounter-i Royal Australian Navy page on ''Encounter'']
 
* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-encounter-i Royal Australian Navy page on ''Encounter'']
 
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Revision as of 12:28, 5 July 2020

H.M.S. Encounter (1902)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 28 Jan, 1901[2]
Launched: 18 Jun, 1902[3]
Commissioned: 21 Nov, 1905[4]
to R.A.N.: Jul, 1912[5]
Fate: Scuttled Sep 1932[6]

H.M.S. Encounter was one of two Challenger class cruisers completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

She spent her first six years in Royal Navy service in the Australia Station before being transferred to the Royal Australian Navy as H.M.A.S. Encounter on 1 July, 1912.[7]

She re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 July, 1913.[8]

Encounter was the first ship in the fledgling R.A.N. to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914.

She was renamed H.M.A.S. Penguin in 1923.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 948.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 294.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 308.
  10. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
  11. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
  12. ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/153. ff. 153, 155, 161.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 308.
  14. ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/153. ff. 153, 155, 161.
  15. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 309.
  17. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 309.
  19. ↑ Colomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 476.
  20. ↑ Colomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 476.
  21. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 308.
  23. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
  24. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  25. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  26. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
  27. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399k.
  29. ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  30. ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 948.
  32. ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on Encounter
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 294.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 294.

Bibliography


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