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| − | '''H.M.S. ''Encounter''''' | + | '''H.M.S. ''Encounter''''' was one of two [[Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)|''Challenger'' class cruisers]] completed in 1904 and 1905. |
| − | She was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914.. | + | 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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* [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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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 21:49, 8 November 2013
| 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 was one of two Challenger class cruisers completed in 1904 and 1905.
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]
Encounter 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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