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'''H.M.S. ''Niobe''''' was one of eight [[Diadem Class Cruiser (1896)|''Diadem'' class]] protected cruisers completed for the [[Royal Navy]] near the beginning of the twentieth century.
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Assigned to the [[Channel Squadron]] in early 1899, ''Niobe'' was the scene of "a daring robbery" when the paymaster's cabin was entered and "a large sum of money" was taken from the safe.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720.</ref>
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On 6 September 1910, she was given to the new [[Royal Canadian Navy]] and commissioned as '''H.M.C.S ''Niobe''''' &ndash; their first vessel.
 
On 6 September 1910, she was given to the new [[Royal Canadian Navy]] and commissioned as '''H.M.C.S ''Niobe''''' &ndash; their first vessel.
  
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=6 December, 1898<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>|end=1 October, 1900<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=6 December, 1898<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>|end=1 October, 1900<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=2 October, 1900<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=18 November, 1902<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=2 October, 1900<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=18 November, 1902<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Umfreville|nick=Charles H. Umfreville|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 349}}|end=6 November, 1906}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Umfreville|nick=Charles H. Umfreville|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 349}}|end=6 November, 1906}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur David Ricardo|nick=Arthur D. Ricardo|appt=20 February, 1905<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 232.</ref>|end=27 February, 1905<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 232.</ref>|note=temporary?}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur David Ricardo|nick=Arthur D. Ricardo|appt=20 February, 1905<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 232.</ref>|end=27 February, 1905<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 232.</ref>|note=temporary?}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Savill|nick=Herbert J. Savill|appt=12 April, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 14 April, 1910.  Issue '''39246''', col B, p. 9.</ref><ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=1 June, 1910<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Savill|nick=Herbert J. Savill|appt=12 April, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 14 April, 1910.  Issue '''39246''', col B, p. 9.</ref><ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=1 June, 1910<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Balfour Macdonald|nick=William B. Macdonald|appt=6 September, 1910{{NLAug12|p. 398''b''}}|end=July, 1913{{RCNL1910-14|pp. 35-8}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''|note=to transfer to Canadian service, removed from command after grounding the ship}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Balfour Macdonald|nick=William B. Macdonald|appt=6 September, 1910{{NLAug12|p. 398''b''}}|end=July, 1913{{RCNL1910-14|pp. 35-8}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''|note=to transfer to Canadian service, removed from command after grounding the ship}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Charles Edward Aglionby|nick=Charles E. Aglionby|ass=c. August, 1913{{RCNL1910-14|pp. 35-8}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Charles Edward Aglionby|nick=Charles E. Aglionby|appt=c. August, 1913|ass=c. August, 1913{{RCNL1910-14|pp. 35-8}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=10 June, 1914{{RCNL1910-14|p. 37}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=10 June, 1914{{RCNL1910-14|p. 37}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Gwynne Corbett|nick=Robert G. Corbett|appt=16 August, 1914<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>|end=3 September, 1915<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Gwynne Corbett|nick=Robert G. Corbett|appt=16 August, 1914<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>|end=3 September, 1915<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Niobe''}}
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H.M.S. Niobe (1897)
Pendant Number: none[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 16 Dec, 1895[4]
Launched: 20 Feb, 1897[5]
Commissioned: 6 Dec, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1922[7]
Fate: at Philadelphia[8]

H.M.S. Niobe was one of eight Diadem class protected cruisers completed for the Royal Navy near the beginning of the twentieth century.

Service

Assigned to the Channel Squadron in early 1899, Niobe was the scene of "a daring robbery" when the paymaster's cabin was entered and "a large sum of money" was taken from the safe.[9]

On 6 September 1910, she was given to the new Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned as H.M.C.S Niobe – their first vessel.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720.
  10. ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  11. ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  12. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
  13. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 349.
  15. ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 232.
  16. ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 232.
  17. ↑ Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  18. ↑ Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  19. ↑ Hyde Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  20. ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 350.
  22. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  23. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  24. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, p. 17.
  25. ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
  26. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 14 April, 1910. Issue 39246, col B, p. 9.
  27. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  28. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 398b.
  30. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  31. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 399q.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399p.

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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