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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 Cumberbatch Family History]</ref>
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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 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 18:47, 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..

Captains

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Cumberbatch Family History
  2. Cumberbatch Family History

Bibliography

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