H.M.S. Nymphe (1888)
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H.M.S. Nymphe (1888) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 5 Jul, 1887[2] |
Launched: | 1 May, 1888[3] |
Completed: | Feb, 1889[4] |
Commissioned: | 3 Jul, 1889[5] |
Sold: | 1920[6] |
She was renamed Wildfire in 1906, Gannet in 1916, and finally became H.M.S. Pembroke in 1917.
Service
Nymphe was commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 July, 1889.[7]
Nymphe's captain, Cdr. Henry James Daniel Laxton was thought to have been at fault after she collided with the screw sloop Basilisk around early 1901.
Captains
- Commander Charles T. Turner, 3 July, 1889[8] – 24 November, 1892[Inference]
- Commander George Huntingford, 22 September, 1892[9] – 2 April, 1896
- Commander James P. Montgomery, 17 September, 1896 – 14 October, 1896
- Commander Joseph Honner, 15 October, 1896[10] – 22 December, 1896[11] (left upon medical unfitness due to climate)
- Captain Charles L. Ottley, 11 January, 1897[12][13] – 17 July, 1899[14]
- Captain Richard B. Farquhar, 18 July, 1899[15] – 16 February, 1900[16]
- Commander Henry J. D. Laxton, 4 September, 1900[17] – 20 May, 1901
- Commander Edmund P. E. Jervoise, 20 May, 1901[18] – 11 August, 1904
- Gunner in Command Benjamin G. Carroll, December, 1904[19]
- Chief Gunner in Command John B. Thomas, 30 January, 1908[20]
- Chief Gunner in Command John Hayes, 30 January, 1910[21] – 30 January, 1912
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles W. Cock, 30 January, 1912[22][23] – 5 March, 1914[24]
- Chief Gunner in Command Arthur Jennings, 4 March, 1914 – 21 October, 1914
- Commander Edward Altham, 20 October, 1914[25] – 30 October, 1914[26]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 238.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 244.
- ↑ Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
- ↑ Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 275.
- ↑ Ottley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 988.
- ↑ Ottley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 988.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 445.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 446.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397.
- ↑ Cock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/241. f. 121.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 397.
- ↑ Cock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/241. f. 121.
- ↑ Altham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/17. f. 222.
- ↑ Altham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/17. f. 222.
Bibliography
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