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''Proserpine'' commissioned at Malta on 26 February, 1913 for service in the Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 363.</ref>
 
''Proserpine'' commissioned at Malta on 26 February, 1913 for service in the Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 363.</ref>
  
''Proserpine'' recommissioned at Sheerness on 9 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 362.</ref>
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''Proserpine'' re-commissioned at Sheerness on 9 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 362.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], 1 August, 1908.<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], 1 August, 1908.<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish|Tufton P. H. Beamish]], 26 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 363.</ref>  
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish|Tufton P. H. Beamish]], 26 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 363.</ref>  
*{{LCommRN}} Henry C. D. Field, 14 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 362.</ref>
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*{{LCommRN}} [[Henry Chalker Durrant Field|Henry C. D. Field]], 14 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 362.</ref>
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* {{CommRN}} [[Harold Brisbane Bedwell|Harold B. Bedwell]], 18 June, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 885a}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 19:32, 7 January 2014

H.M.S. Proserpine (1896)
Pendant Number: N.84 (1914)
none (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: Mar, 1896[3]
Launched: 5 Dec, 1896[4]
Commissioned: 1899[5]
Sold: 30 Nov, 1919[6]

H.M.S. Proserpine was one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1901.

Service

Proserpine commissioned at Malta on 26 February, 1913 for service in the Mediterranean.[7]

Proserpine re-commissioned at Sheerness on 9 January, 1914.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 363.
  8. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 362.
  9. Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 363.
  11. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 362.
  12. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 885a.

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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