H.M.S. Encounter (1902)
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| H.M.S. Encounter (1902) | |
|---|---|
| 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.
Service
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..
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- 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 – October, 1916.[16]
- Captain John B. Stevenson, October, 1916.[17]
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.
- ↑ The 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.
Bibliography
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