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Revision as of 11:06, 26 October 2017
| H.M.S. Medea (1888) | |
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| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 25 Apr, 1887[2] |
| Launched: | 9 Jun, 1888[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1889[4] |
| Sold: | 1914[5] |
H.M.S. Medea was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.
There was also a destroyer named Medea that played a more extensive role in the Great War.
Service
Recommissioned at Devonport on 16 May, 1911. In mid-1913, she was assigned to the Mediterranean.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain George W. Hill, 22 July, 1890 – 11 September, 1890 (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Eustace Rooke, 8 July, 1891 – 22 August, 1891 (for manoeuvres)
- Commander Howard F. Hay, 12 November, 1895[7] – 15 May, 1896[Inference]
- Commander George H. C. MacArthur, 15 May, 1896[8] – 18 January, 1899
- Commander Charles G. May, 18 January, 1899[9] – 5 November, 1900
- Commander Reginald P. Cochran, 5 November, 1900[10][11] – 1901[12]
- Commander Cuthbert G. Chapman, 1 August, 1902[13] – 15 October, 1903[14]
- Commander Henry H. Bruce, 15 October, 1903[15] – 9 December, 1904[16]
- Commander Percival H. H. Thompson, 1 April, 1909[17] – 15 May, 1911
- Commander George M. Keane, 16 October, 1912[18] – 27 October, 1913
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 271.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 279.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
- ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
- ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 107.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 107.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 344.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.
Bibliography
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