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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> | + | '''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>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920). p. 948.</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.. | ||
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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> | *Captain [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege]], January, 1916 to October, 1916.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumberbatch Family History]</ref> | ||
*Captain [[John B. Stevenson]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}} | *Captain [[John B. Stevenson]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
| + | * Engineer Lieutenant Edward F. Tuckett, 12 September, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920). p. 948.</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 20 December 2012
| 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 Cecil Fiennes Thursby, 1905.[8]
- Captain Henry Venn Wood Elliott, December 1905.[9]
- Captain Herbert A. S. Fyler, 1 January, 1908.[10]
- Captain Philip Howard Colomb, March 1909.[11]
- Captain Spencer Allen Hickley, April 1911.[12]
- Captain Bertram Mordaunt Chambers, July 1912.[13]
- Captain Arthur Gordon Smith, March 1913.[14]
- Captain Charles La Primaudaye Lewin, January 1914.[15]
- Captain Claude Lionel Cumberlege, January, 1916 to October, 1916.[16]
- Captain John B. Stevenson, October 1916.[17]
- Engineer Lieutenant Edward F. Tuckett, 12 September, 1920.[18]
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.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 948.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1908). p. 309.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Cumberbatch Family History
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 948.
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