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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Thomas Carter|nick=Archibald T. Carter|appt=24 February, 1899<ref>Carter Service Record. In our PDF for [[Arthur William Carter]. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 198.</ref>|end=4 March, 1899<ref>Carter Service Record. In our PDF for [[Arthur William Carter]. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 198.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Thomas Carter|nick=Archibald T. Carter|appt=24 February, 1899<ref>Carter Service Record. In our PDF for [[Arthur William Carter]]. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 198.</ref>|end=4 March, 1899<ref>Carter Service Record. In our PDF for [[Arthur William Carter]]. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 198.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=29 July, 1899<ref>Bayly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=17 September, 1899<ref>Bayly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 444.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=29 July, 1899<ref>Bayly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=17 September, 1899<ref>Bayly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 444.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|nick=Ernest F. A. Gaunt|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 276.</ref>|end=2 October, 1905<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 575.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|nick=Ernest F. A. Gaunt|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 276.</ref>|end=2 October, 1905<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 575.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 12 February 2016
| H.M.S. Indefatigable (1891) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | London & Glasgow, Glasgow[1] |
| Laid down: | 1890[2] |
| Launched: | 12 Mar, 1891[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1892[4] |
| Sold: | 1913[5] |
H.M.S. Indefatigable was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
She was renamed Melpomene in 1910 so that the new battlecruiser Indefatigable could take her name.
Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Archibald T. Carter, 24 February, 1899[6] – 4 March, 1899[7]
- Acting Captain Lewis Bayly, 29 July, 1899[8] – 17 September, 1899[9]
- Captain Ernest F. A. Gaunt, 3 January, 1905[10] – 2 October, 1905[11]
- Captain Philip Nelson-Ward, 3 October, 1905[12] – December, 1907[13] (invalided)
- Captain George H. Borrett, 1 January, 1908[14] – 25 January, 1910[15] (ship renamed Melpomene on 11th)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. In our PDF for Arthur William Carter. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. In our PDF for Arthur William Carter. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 79.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 444.
- ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
- ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 575.
- ↑ Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 378.
- ↑ Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 378.
- ↑ Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
- ↑ Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
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