Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Encounter (1902)"
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− | '''H.M.S. ''Encounter'''''' 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>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm | + | '''H.M.S. ''Encounter'''''' 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>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumberbatch Family History]</ref> |
She was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914.. | She was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914.. |
Revision as of 18:37, 23 August 2012
H.M.S. Encounter' 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.[1]
She was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914..
Contents
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Claude Lionel Cumberlege, January, 1916 to October, 1916.[2]
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