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'''H.M.S. ''Medea''''' was one of 5 second class protected cruisers of the [[Medea Class Cruiser (1888)|Medea class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Medea''''' was one of five second class protected cruisers of the [[Medea Class Cruiser (1888)|''Medea'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1889 and 1890.
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There was also a destroyer named {{UK-Medea}} that played a more extensive role in the [[Great War]].
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==Service==
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Recommissioned at Devonport on 16 May, 1911.  In mid-1913, she was assigned to the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 343}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George William Hill|nick=George W. Hill|appt=22 July, 1890|end=11 September, 1890|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace Rooke|nick=Eustace Rooke|appt=8 July, 1891|end=22 August, 1891|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1891]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Archibald Tisdall|nick=Vernon A. Tisdall|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Howard Fitzgerald Hay|nick=Howard F. Hay|appt=12 November, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 239}}|end=15 May, 1896{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Hannibal Charles MacArthur|nick=George H. C. MacArthur|appt=15 May, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 270}}|end=18 January, 1899}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Goodhart May|nick=Charles G. May|appt=18 January, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 271}}|end=5 November, 1900}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Purves Cochran|nick=Reginald P. Cochran|appt=5 November, 1900<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 279}}|end=1901<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman|nick=Cuthbert G. Chapman|appt=1 August, 1902<ref>Chapman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref>|end=15 October, 1903<ref>Chapman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Bruce|nick=Henry H. Bruce|appt=15 October, 1903<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.|D8115482}}  f. 107.</ref>|end=9 December, 1904<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.|D8115482}}  f. 107.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percival Henry Hall Thompson|nick=Percival H. H. Thompson|appt=1 April, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 344}}|end=15 May, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Michael Keane|nick=George M. Keane|appt=16 October, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 343}}|end=27 October, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Egerton Woodward|nick=Walter E. Woodward|appt=9 April, 1913|end=22 April, 1913|note=lent by order of C-in-C}}
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==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 14:58, 24 January 2019

H.M.S. Medea (1888)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.
  7. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 239.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 270.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 271.
  11. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 279.
  13. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  14. Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  15. Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  16. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 107.
  17. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 107.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 344.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.

Bibliography


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