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| − | * {{CaptRN}} [[Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|Alfred A. C. Parr]], 17 June, 1890.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1891), p. 235.</ref> | + | * {{CaptRN}} [[Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|Alfred A. C. Parr]], 17 June, 1890.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1891), p. 235.</ref> |
| − | * {{CaptRN}} [[Henry Montagu Doughty|Henry M. Doughty]], 16 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 344.</ref> | + | * {{CaptRN}} [[Henry Montagu Doughty|Henry M. Doughty]], 16 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 344.</ref> |
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 28 April 2014
| H.M.S. Melpomene (1888) | |
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| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 Oct, 1887[2] |
| Launched: | 20 Sep, 1888[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1890[4] |
| Sold: | 1905[5] |
H.M.S. Melpomene was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.
There was a later destroyer named Melpomene that fought in the Great War.
Service
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912. By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Alfred A. C. Parr, 17 June, 1890.[7]
- Captain Henry M. Doughty, 16 January, 1912.[8]
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. 344.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1891), p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 344.
Bibliography
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