H.M.S. Pomone (1897)

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H.M.S. Pomone (1897)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 21 Dec, 1896[2]
Launched: 25 Nov, 1897[3]
Commissioned: May, 1899[4]
Sold: 25 Oct, 1922[5]

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

Service

Pomone commissioned at Dartmouth on 5 January, 1910.[6]

In mid-1913, she was part of the Royal Navy College, Dartmouth.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 41, 323.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 830.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 357.
  8. Simons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1189.
  9. Simons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1189.
  10. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 April 1902. (36731), p. 8.
  11. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 293.
  12. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 356.
  13. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 356.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 357.
  15. Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 432.

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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