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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Norman Litchfield Stanley|nick=Norman L. Stanley|appt=23 November, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 401''q''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Norman Litchfield Stanley|nick=Norman L. Stanley|appt=23 November, 1914<ref>Stanley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/292.|D8112215}} f. 321.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 401''r''}}|end=2 December, 1915<ref>Stanley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/292.|D8112215}} f. 321.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy George Brown|nick=Percy G. Brown|appt=19 July, 1917<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/435.|D7602753}} f. 486.</ref>|end=9 October, 1917<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/435.|D7602753}} f. 486.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Champagne''|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 18:25, 22 January 2017

H.M.S. Oropesa (1895)
Pendant Number: M.88[1]
Launched: c. 1895
Commissioned: 8 Dec, 1914[2]
Torpedoed: 9 Oct, 1917[3]
Fate: by U 96

H.M.S. Oropesa was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

She was renamed H.M.S. Champagne in December, 1915.[4]

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[5]

  • six 6-in guns
  • two 3-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401q.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401r.
  8. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
  9. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.
  10. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.

Bibliography

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