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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur William Carter|nick=Arthur W. Carter|appt=16 March, 1897<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600930}} f. 198.</ref>|end=21 April, 1897<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600930}} f. 198.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Sumner Gibson|nick=Herbert W. S. Gibson|appt=15 December, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 265}}|ass=21 February, 1898|end=|note=and in charge of Steam Reserve and Naval Establishments, Sydney}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Lucius Fanshawe Royle|nick=Harry L. F. Royle|appt=15 December, 1899{{NLJan01|p. 273}}|end=19 August, 1902|note=and in charge of Naval Establishments, Sydney}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 10:21, 20 December 2019

H.M.S. Katoomba (1889)
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[1]
Laid down: 15 Aug, 1888[2]
Launched: 27 Aug, 1889[3]
Commissioned: 24 Mar, 1891[4]
Sold: 1906[5]

H.M.S. Katoomba was one of nine cruisers of the Pearl class completed for the Royal Navy in 1891 and 1892.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  6. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  7. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 236.
  9. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
  10. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
  11. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
  12. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 265.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 273.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 276.
  16. ↑ Hewitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/556. f. 619.
  17. ↑ Hewitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/556. f. 619.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 335.

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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