H.M.S. Philomel (1890)

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H.M.S. Philomel (1890)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 8 May, 1889[2]
Launched: 28 Aug, 1890[3]
Commissioned: 10 Nov, 1891[4]
Scuttled: 1949[5]

H.M.S. Philomel was one of nine cruisers of the Pearl class completed for the Royal Navy in 1891 and 1892.

Service

Paid off at Devonport on 1 March, 1898[6] to be refitted for foreign service.[7]

In May, 1906 it was ordered that three cruisers should tow the obsolete Rinaldo, Philomel and Medusa from the Firth of Forth to the Motherbank, where they were to be moored.[8]

Philomel relieved the second class protected cruiser Venus on the Mediterranean Station in February, 1908, allowing Venus to join the Atlantic Fleet.[9]

Philomel re-commissioned at Aden on 4 October, 1911 for service in the East Indies.[10]

She left Colombo on 14 October, 1912, bound for Bombay.[11]

Philomel arrived at Colombo under the command of Commander George Norman Ballard on 29 September 1913, and left on 2 October for Singapore.[12]

From the start of the war through April, 1917, she operated as a training cruiser out of New Zealand under the command of Captain Percival H. Hall Thompson, where operations took her to the Indian Ocean, the Suez and off the Syrian coast.[13] In April, 1917

The cruiser re-commissioned "abroad" on 20 April, 1917.[14] Presumably, this meant she was back in New Zealand, on account of her antiquated nature.

She re-commissioned in Wellington, New Zealand on 1 March, 1921. By March 1925 she was serving as a training and depot ship at Auckland,[15] serving there through at least mid-1937.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Mar 02, 1898; pg. 8; Issue 35453.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 14, 1898; pg. 7; Issue 35463.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 11, 1906; pg. 11; Issue 38017.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 28, 1908; pg. 11; Issue 38554.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 356.
  11. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 15, 1912; pg. 12; Issue 40030.
  12. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 01, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40331.
  13. "Flag Changes." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 01, 1932; pg. 4; Issue 46279.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 867.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 300.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 242.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 242.
  19. O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
  20. O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
  21. O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 291.
  23. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 92.
  24. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 92.
  25. Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
  26. Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
  27. Gurner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 97.
  28. Gurner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 97.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 356.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 356.
  31. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 953-8.
  32. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  33. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 297.
  34. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 297.
  35. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 300.
  36. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 300.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 300.

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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