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|builder=[[Thames | |builder=[[Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Blackwall{{Conways1860|p. 72}} | ||
|laid=3 Jun, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 72}} | |laid=3 Jun, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 72}} | ||
|fate=Sunk | |fate=Sunk | ||
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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={{CaptRN}}|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=1 February, 1906<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=21 December, 1906<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Poë<ref>Which one?</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=1 February, 1906<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=21 December, 1906<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Poë<ref>Which one?</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Purefoy FitzGerald Purefoy|nick=Richard P. F. Purefoy|appt=21 December, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 284}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Purefoy FitzGerald Purefoy|nick=Richard P. F. Purefoy|appt=21 December, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 284}}<ref>Purefoy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 617.</ref>|end=4 January, 1909<ref>Purefoy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 617.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Gillbe Barton|nick=Ernest G. Barton|appt=5 January, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 1 December, 1908. Issue '''38818''', col E, p. 6.</ref>|end=12 January, 1911<ref>Barton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 74.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Gillbe Barton|nick=Ernest G. Barton|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 284}}<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 1 December, 1908. Issue '''38818''', col E, p. 6.</ref>|end=12 January, 1911<ref>Barton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 74.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=12 January, 1911<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 17 December, 1910. Issue '''39458''', col A, p. 8.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=12 January, 1911<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 17 December, 1910. Issue '''39458''', col A, p. 8.</ref><ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=25 March, 1912<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Scott Luard|nick=John S. Luard|appt=26 March, 1912<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 313.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Scott Luard|nick=John S. Luard|appt=26 March, 1912<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 313.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 284}}|end=10 April, 1913<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 313.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown|nick=Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown|appt=10 April, 1913{{NLDec14|p. 283}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown|nick=Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown|appt=10 April, 1913{{NLDec14|p. 283}}|end=3 January, 1915{{NLDec14|p. 283}}{{NLOct15|p. 392''k''}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Dick|nick=James D. Dick|appt=3 January, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''k''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Dick|nick=James D. Dick|appt=3 January, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''k''}}|end=22 January, 1916<ref>Dick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 204.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Parry Bonham|nick=Thomas P. Bonham|appt=22 January, 1916<ref>Bonham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 295.</ref>|end=1 June, 1916|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Parry Bonham|nick=Thomas P. Bonham|appt=22 January, 1916<ref>Bonham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 295.</ref>|end=1 June, 1916|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 29 June 2018
H.M.S. Black Prince (1904) | |
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Pendant Number: | 65 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Blackwall[2] |
Ordered: | 1902-03 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 3 Jun, 1903[4] |
Launched: | 8 Nov, 1904[5] |
Completed: | 27 Mar, 1906[6] |
Sunk: | 31 May, 1916[7] |
Fate: | Lost with all hands |
Service
Black Prince had her nucleus crew completed to full complement at Chatham Dockyard on 27 March, 1906, for service in the Second Cruiser Squadron.[8]
As part of the Channel Fleet, Black Prince started a refit on 29 February 1908. She was due to emerge on 29 April.[9]
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 23 April 1912, by mid-1913 she was part of the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[10]
Radio
In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Bernard Currey, 1 February, 1906[12] – 21 December, 1906[13] (and as Flag Captain to Poë[14])
- Captain Richard P. F. Purefoy, 21 December, 1906[15][16] – 4 January, 1909[17]
- Captain Ernest G. Barton, 5 January, 1909[18][19] – 12 January, 1911[20]
- Captain Heathcoat S. Grant, 12 January, 1911[21][22] – 25 March, 1912[23]
- Captain John S. Luard, 26 March, 1912[24][25] – 10 April, 1913[26]
- Captain Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown, 10 April, 1913[27] – 3 January, 1915[28][29]
- Captain James D. Dick, 3 January, 1915[30] – 22 January, 1916[31]
- Captain Thomas P. Bonham, 22 January, 1916[32] – 1 June, 1916 (killed when ship lost under his command at the Battle of Jutland)
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 284.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 March, 1906. Issue 37979, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series. p. 1.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 284.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
- ↑ Which one?
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 284.
- ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
- ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 284.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 December, 1908. Issue 38818, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 74.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 December, 1910. Issue 39458, col A, p. 8.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 284.
- ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392k.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392k.
- ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 204.
- ↑ Bonham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 295.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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