H.M.S. Hyacinth (1898)

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H.M.S. Hyacinth (1898)
Pendant Number: none[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Laid down: 27 Jan, 1897[3]
Launched: 27 Oct, 1898[4]
Commissioned: 3 Sep, 1900[5]
Sold: Nov, 1923[6]
Fate: to Cohen, Swansea[7]

The second-class protected cruiser H.M.S. Hyacinth was one of three Highflyer class cruisers completed in 1899 and 1900.

Service

In mid-1913, she was flag ship at the Cape of Good Hope.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 327.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 329.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 325.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Highflyer Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
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