H.M.S. Europa (1897)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Europa (1897) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.06 (1914) P.91 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Thompson, Clydebank[2] |
| Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 10 Jan, 1896[4] |
| Launched: | 20 Mar, 1897[5] |
| Commissioned: | 23 Nov, 1899[6] |
| Sold: | 15 Sep, 1920[7] |
| Fate: | Foundered, raised, scrapped[8] |
Service
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 May, 1913 to serve with the Third Fleet.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Archibald J. Pocklington, November, 1899.[10]
- Captain Robert N. Ommanney, 17 March, 1903.[11]
- Captain Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 3 January, 1905.[12]
- Captain Thomas W. Kemp, 19 March, 1907.[13]
- Captain Charles H. Morgan, February, 1908.[14]
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 1 August, 1908, and for command of Special Reserve ships at Devonport.[15]
- Captain Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 28 February, 1910, and for command of a group of special service cruisers at Devonport.[16]
- Captain Robert R. Johnson, December, 1913.[17]
- Captain Gerald W. Vivian, 1 August, 1914.[18]
- Captain Hugh G-C. Somerville, October, 1914.[19]
- Captain John E. Drummond, September, 1915.[20]
- Captain Harold Escombe, July, 1917.[21]
- Captain Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse, March, 1918.[22]
- Captain Bertram S. Evans, 13 January, 1919.[23]
- Captain Michael H. Wilding, March, 1919.[24]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 309.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue 41998, col D, p. 3.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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