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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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| + | She was commissioned on 8 July 1896 in order to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]] under the command of Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|Robert . J. Montgomerie]].{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}} | ||
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''Sirius'' recommissioned at Devonport on 1 February, 1912. In mid-1913, she was operating in the West Atlantic.{{NLJul13|p. 376}} | ''Sirius'' recommissioned at Devonport on 1 February, 1912. In mid-1913, she was operating in the West Atlantic.{{NLJul13|p. 376}} | ||
She recommissioned on 27 January, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 374}} | She recommissioned on 27 January, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 374}} | ||
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| + | In April, 1914, she was to proceed from Devonport to Gibraltar with relief crews to carry further onward to New Zealand. However, this plan was cancelled and she was left behind.{{NMI|Saturday, Apr 11, 1914; pg. 14; Issue 40495}}{{NMI|Wednesday, Apr 22, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40504}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Metcalfe Lang|nick=William M. Lang|appt=17 March, 1892|end=8 January, 1894|note=invalided}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Metcalfe Lang|nick=William M. Lang|appt=17 March, 1892|end=8 January, 1894|note=invalided}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=8 January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 245}}|end=c. January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=after Captain Lang was invalided}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=8 January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 245}}|end=c. January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=after Captain Lang was invalided}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Pakenham Pipon|nick=John P. Pipon|appt=10 January, 1894{{NLApr94|p. 255}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Pakenham Pipon|nick=John P. Pipon|appt=10 January, 1894<ref>Pipon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 255}}|ass=8 February, 1894<ref>Pipon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>|end=26 July, 1895<ref>Pipon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|nick=Robert A. J. Montgomerie|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Montgomerie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|end=19 August, 1896<ref>Montgomerie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|note=for | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|nick=Robert A. J. Montgomerie|appt=8 July, 1896{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}<ref>Montgomerie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|end=19 August, 1896<ref>Montgomerie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Creery Stuart|nick=Leslie C. Stuart|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1239.</ref>|note=for | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Creery Stuart|nick=Leslie C. Stuart|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1239.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]|end=13 August, 1897<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1239.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=9 November, 1897<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 9 November, 1897. Issue '''35356''', col C, p. 6.</ref><ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 293.</ref>|end=14 February, 1898<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 293.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=9 November, 1897<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 9 November, 1897. Issue '''35356''', col C, p. 6.</ref><ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 293.</ref>|end=14 February, 1898<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 293.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 446.</ref>|end=24 August, 1901<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 446.</ref>|note=for | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=10 July, 1900{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|11 July 1900, p. 9}}|end=1 September, 1900|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 446.</ref>|end=24 August, 1901<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 446.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=17 March, 1903<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=20 October, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=17 March, 1903<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=20 October, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=21 October, 1905<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 96.</ref>|end=6 April, 1906<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 96.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=21 October, 1905<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 96.</ref>|end=6 April, 1906<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 96.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=9 August, 1906<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 375}}|end=29 September, 1908<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=9 August, 1906<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 375}}|end=29 September, 1908<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Gay Copleston|nick=Reginald G. Copleston|appt=4 April, 1909<ref>Copleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end=5 February, 1910<ref>Copleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Gay Copleston|nick=Reginald G. Copleston|appt=4 April, 1909<ref>Copleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end=5 February, 1910<ref>Copleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=10 June, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|end=14 July, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|note=for | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=10 June, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|end=14 July, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]], but left when he became sick}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Spencer Reginald Strettell Richards|nick=Spencer R. S. Richards|appt=17 March, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 376}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Spencer Reginald Strettell Richards|nick=Spencer R. S. Richards|appt=17 March, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 376}}|end=3 November, 1911}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Crawford Maclachlan|nick=Crawford Maclachlan|appt=1 February, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 376}}|end=1913}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Crawford Maclachlan|nick=Crawford Maclachlan|appt=1 February, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 376}}|end=1913}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=24 December, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 374}}<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>|end=22 May, 1914<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=24 December, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 374}}<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>|end=22 May, 1914<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=William Henderson Boys|nick=William H. Boys|appt=15 September, 1914{{NLAug17|p. 397''y''}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=William Henderson Boys|nick=William H. Boys|appt=15 September, 1914{{NLAug17|p. 397''y''}}|end=}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Noel Marryat Hardy|nick=Henry N. M. Hardy|appt=|end=24 April, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 129}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel sunk at Ostend as blockship under his command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Noel Marryat Hardy|nick=Henry N. M. Hardy|appt=c. 7 February, 1918{{INF}}|end=24 April, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 129}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel sunk at Ostend as blockship under his command}} |
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Sirius.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Sirius.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 6 October 2020
| H.M.S. Sirius (1890) | |
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| Pendant Number: | N.20 (1914) N.94 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2] |
| Laid down: | Sep, 1889[3] |
| Launched: | 27 Oct, 1890[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1891[5] |
| Blockship: | 23 Apr, 1918[6] |
H.M.S. Sirius was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
Service
She was commissioned on 8 July 1896 in order to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 under the command of Captain Robert . J. Montgomerie.[7][8][9]
Sirius recommissioned at Devonport on 1 February, 1912. In mid-1913, she was operating in the West Atlantic.[10]
She recommissioned on 27 January, 1914.[11]
In April, 1914, she was to proceed from Devonport to Gibraltar with relief crews to carry further onward to New Zealand. However, this plan was cancelled and she was left behind.[12][13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William M. Lang, 17 March, 1892 – 8 January, 1894 (invalided)
- Commander Robert S. Rolleston, 8 January, 1894[14][15] – c. January, 1894[16] (after Captain Lang was invalided)
- Captain John P. Pipon, 10 January, 1894[17][18] – 26 July, 1895[19]
- Captain Robert A. J. Montgomerie, 8 July, 1896[20][21] – 19 August, 1896[22] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Captain Leslie C. Stuart, 15 June, 1897[23] – 13 August, 1897[24] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain George M. Henderson, 9 November, 1897[25][26] – 14 February, 1898[27]
- Captain Richard B. Farquhar, 10 July, 1900[28] – 1 September, 1900 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1900)
- Captain Herbert Lyon, 16 July, 1901[29][30] – 24 August, 1901[31] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Captain Charles H. H. Moore, 17 March, 1903[32] – 20 October, 1905[33]
- Captain Robert H. Anstruther, 21 October, 1905[34] – 6 April, 1906[35]
- Captain Herbert A. S. Fyler, 6 April, 1906[36][37] – 9 August, 1906[38]
- Commander Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 9 August, 1906[39][40] – 29 September, 1908[41]
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald G. Copleston, 4 April, 1909[42][43] – 5 February, 1910[44]
- Commander Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 10 June, 1909[45] – 14 July, 1909[46] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909, but left when he became sick)
- Lieutenant & Commander Spencer R. S. Richards, 17 March, 1911[47] – 3 November, 1911
- Captain Crawford Maclachlan, 1 February, 1912[48] – 1913
- Captain Gerald W. Vivian, 24 December, 1913[49][50] – 22 May, 1914[51]
- Commander (retired) William H. Boys, 15 September, 1914[52]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry N. M. Hardy, c. 7 February, 1918[Inference] – 24 April, 1918[53] (vessel sunk at Ostend as blockship under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 11, 1914; pg. 14; Issue 40495.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 22, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40504.
- ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 245.
- ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
- ↑ Pipon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/237. f. 1037.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 255.
- ↑ Pipon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/237. f. 1037.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
- ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
- ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1239.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1239.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 November, 1897. Issue 35356, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), 11 July 1900, p. 9.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
- ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
- ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 375.
- ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
- ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 375.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 375.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397y.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 129.
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