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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> | '''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 (1902) | |
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| 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 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 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.[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Cumberbatch Family History
- ↑ Cumberbatch Family History
Bibliography
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