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'''H.M.S. ''Royal Arthur''''' was one of nine [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class]] protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896.  She started the war serving with the {{UK-CS|10}}.  In 1918, she became a submarine depot ship and was attached to the {{UK-SF|12}}.
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth 18 June, 1913 for work with the Third Fleet.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 369.</ref>
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth 18 June, 1913 for work with the Third Fleet.{{NLJul13|p. 369}}
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Recommissioned at Sheerness 19 August, 1913.{{NLApr14|p. 368}}
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At the start of the war, the ''Edgar'' class cruisers were operating with the {{UK-CS|10}}.<ref>See {{UK-CS|10}} for references.</ref>
  
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Recommissioned at Sheerness 19 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 368.</ref>
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In May, 1918, she started work as a depot ship for the {{UK-SF|12}}, which was operating with the [[Grand Fleet]].<ref>See {{UK-SF|12}} for references.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Perceval Trench|Frederick P. Trench]], March 1893.{{MackieRNW}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Royal Arthur''">
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*Captain [[Frank Finnis]], May 1895.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Perceval Trench|nick=Frederick P. Trench|appt=2 March, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 250}}|end=10 May, 1895<ref>Trench Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/521.|}}  f. 1324.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=died while in command}}
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*Captain [[Charles Gauntlett Dicken|Charles G. Dicken]], 4 November, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 21 October, 1897.  Issue '''35340''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Henry Simpson Stokes|nick=Robert H. S. Stokes|appt=10 May, 1895<ref>Stokes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1244.</ref>|end=24 June, 1895<ref>Stokes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1244.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Thomas Philip Walker]], April 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=30 May, 1895<ref>Finnis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>|end=25 September, 1896<ref>Finnis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Richard Purefoy FitzGerald Purefoy|Richard P. F. Purefoy]], January 1903.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=George F. King-Hall|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>"The Naval Review at Spithead".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=|note=for Naval Review at Spithead and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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*Captain [[Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|A. Gordon H. W. Moore]], July 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Gauntlett Dicken|nick=Charles G. Dicken|appt=4 November, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 291}}<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 21 October, 1897.  Issue '''35340''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|end=15 April, 1901<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 449.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[George Alexander Ballard|George A. Ballard]], 15 May, 1906.<ref>Ballard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 65.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Philip Walker|nick=Thomas P. Walker|appt=4 February, 1901<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 295/1378.</ref>|ass=16 April, 1901<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 295/1378.</ref>|end=16 January, 1903<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 295/1378.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Norman Craig Palmer|Norman C. Palmer]], July 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Purefoy FitzGerald Purefoy|nick=Richard P. F. Purefoy|appt=17 January, 1903<ref>Purefoy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 617.</ref>|end=30 June, 1904<ref>Purefoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 617.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson|Robert E. R. Benson]], June 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=A. Gordon H. W. Moore|appt=18 July, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>|end=15 May, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 64.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Basil Hew Fanshawe|Basil H. Fanshawe]], October 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Alexander Ballard|nick=George A. Ballard|appt=15 May, 1906<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 65.</ref>|end=3 July, 1906<ref>Ballard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 65.</ref>|note=in reserve}}
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*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 1 July, 1912.<ref>Possibly at Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Craig Palmer|nick=Norman C. Palmer|appt=6 July, 1906<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 416.</ref>|end=4 May, 1907<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 416.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[John Frederick Ernest Green|John F. E. Green]], October 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Ernest Stapleton Petch|nick=George E. S. Petch|appt=4 May, 1907|end=11 June, 1907}}
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*Captain [[Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy|Theobald W. B. Kennedy]], 23 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 369.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=11 June, 1907<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|end=6 January, 1909<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>}}
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*{{CommRN}} [[George Cecil Hardy|George C. Hardy]], 23 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 368.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edwin Veale Underhill|nick=Edwin V. Underhill|appt=6 January, 1909<ref>Underhill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 480.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 369}}|note=for trooping|end=23 July, 1909<ref>Underhill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 480.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|Adolphus H. Williamson]], August 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William James|nick=Herbert W. James|appt=23 July, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 369}}|end=20 March, 1910|note=sick with pneumonia}}
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*Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|Frederic A. Whitehead]], February 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Wade Caulfeild|nick=Francis W. Caulfeild|appt=24 June, 1910<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|end=15 August, 1911<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[James Denham Douglas Stewart|James D. D. Stewart]], December 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Blois Miller|nick=Charles B. Miller|appt=15 August, 1911<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/382.|D8115576}} f. 456.</ref>|end=1 September, 1911<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/382.|D8115576}} f. 456.</ref>|note=and for command of a group of 4th Division ships}}
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*Commander [[Gilbert H. Kellett]], 10 June 1920, and for duty with submarines.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 857.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Basil Hew Fanshawe|nick=Basil H. Fanshawe|appt=20 October, 1911<ref>Fanshawe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/1.|D7602351}} f. 1.</ref>|end=8 February, 1912<ref>Fanshawe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/1.|D7602351}} f. 1.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Bennett Weston Young|nick=George B. W. Young|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}}  f. 352.</ref>|end=26 June, 1912<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}}  f. 352.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=1 July, 1912<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 369}}|end=22 October, 1912<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>|note=and for charge of a group of ships of 3rd Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Frederick Ernest Green|nick=John F. E. Green|appt=22 October, 1912<ref>Green Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 260.</ref>|end=3 February, 1913<ref>Green Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 260.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy|nick=Theobald W. B. Kennedy|appt=23 June, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 369}}|end=17 June, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=15 July, 1913<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=10 October, 1913<ref>Pears Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Cecil Hardy|nick=George C. Hardy|appt=23 June, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 368}}|ass=10 October, 1913<ref>Inferred from Pears Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=1 July, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Ernest Orford Ballantyne|nick=Ernest O. Ballantyne|appt=1 July, 1914|end=23 November, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Williamson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 22.</ref>|end=7 December, 1914<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|nick=Frederic A. Whitehead|appt=c. February, 1915<ref>Whitehead Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/453.|D7602771}} f. 504.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 397''l-r''}}|end=10 December, 1915<ref>Whitehead Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/453.|D7602771}} f. 504.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=James Denham Douglas Stewart|nick=James D. D. Stewart|appt=10 December, 1915<ref>Stewart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/136.|D7602922}} f. 151.</ref>|end=19 March, 1918<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/136.|D7602922}} f. 151.</ref>|note=first appointed to the ship in February, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Clyfford Harris Warren|nick=Clyfford H. Warren|appt=17 February, 1919|end=14 January, 1920|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Reginald Denys Crowther|nick=William R. D. Crowther|appt=13 January, 1920<ref>Crowther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/160.|D7604064}} f. 564.</ref>|end=1 July, 1920<ref>Crowther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/160.|D7604064}} f. 564.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Hilton Kellett|nick=Gilbert H. Kellett|appt=10 June, 1920<ref>Kellett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/204.|D7604302}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 857}}|end=December, 1920<ref>Kellett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/204.|D7604302}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 11:52, 5 August 2021

H.M.S. Royal Arthur (1891)
Pendant Number: A0 (1914)
N.10 (Sep 1915)
N.86 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 20 Jan, 1890[3]
Launched: 26 Feb, 1891[4]
Commissioned: 2 Mar, 1893[5]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[6]
Fate: to Cohen[7]

H.M.S. Royal Arthur was one of nine Edgar class protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896. She started the war serving with the Tenth Cruiser Squadron. In 1918, she became a submarine depot ship and was attached to the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla.

Service

Recommissioned at Portsmouth 18 June, 1913 for work with the Third Fleet.[8]

Recommissioned at Sheerness 19 August, 1913.[9]

At the start of the war, the Edgar class cruisers were operating with the Tenth Cruiser Squadron.[10]

In May, 1918, she started work as a depot ship for the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla, which was operating with the Grand Fleet.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
  10. ↑ See Tenth Cruiser Squadron for references.
  11. ↑ See Twelfth Submarine Flotilla for references.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 250.
  13. ↑ Trench Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/521. f. 1324.
  14. ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1244.
  15. ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1244.
  16. ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
  17. ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
  18. ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead". The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col D, p. 10.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 291.
  20. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 October, 1897. Issue 35340, col C, p. 10.
  21. ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 449.
  22. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
  23. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
  24. ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
  25. ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
  26. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  27. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  28. ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
  29. ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
  30. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
  31. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
  32. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  33. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  34. ↑ Underhill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 480.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 369.
  36. ↑ Underhill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 480.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 369.
  38. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  39. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  40. ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
  41. ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
  42. ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/1. f. 1.
  43. ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/1. f. 1.
  44. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  45. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  46. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 369.
  48. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  49. ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  50. ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  51. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
  52. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  53. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
  54. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  55. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  56. ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
  57. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  58. ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
  59. ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
  60. ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
  61. ↑ Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
  62. ↑ Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
  63. ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
  64. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 857.
  65. ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.

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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