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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[William Osbert Boothby|William O. Boothby]], 1 April, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 346.</ref>
*{{CaptRN}} [[William Osbert Boothby|William O. Boothby]], 1 April, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 346.</ref>
* Captain [[George Cuthbert Cayley]], 1 January, 1910.<ref>ADM 196/42. f. 428.</ref>
* Captain [[George Cuthbert Cayley]], 1 January, 1910.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 428.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward Buxton Kiddle|Edward B. Kiddle]], 10 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 396''b''.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward Buxton Kiddle|Edward B. Kiddle]], 10 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 396''b''.</ref>
* Captain [[Charles Nicolas Tindall-Carill-Worsley]], in command at end of war.
* Captain [[Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth]], December 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
* [[Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth]],
* Captain [[Vincent Barkley Molteno]], December 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
* [[John Ernest Troyte Harper]],
* Captain [[John Ernest Troyte Harper]], February 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Vincent Barkley Molteno]],
* Captain [[Charles Nicolas Tindall-Carill-Worsley]], February 1918.{{MackieRNW}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:48, 19 October 2012

H.M.S. Minotaur (1906)
Pendant Number: 91 (Feb 1915)
87 (Jan 1918)
71 (Apr 1918)
N.73 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1904-05 Programme[3]
Laid down: 2 Jan, 1905[4]
Launched: 6 Jun, 1906[5]
Commissioned: 1 Apr, 1908[6]
Sold: 12 Apr, 1920[7]
Fate: Scrapped


Career

Minotaur was commissioned at Devonport on 1 April, 1908, by Captain William O. Boothby, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron.[8]

Jutland

Her gunnery officer was Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes.

Alterations

An order for a design for a director system for Minotaur was issued on 22 February 1915 and orders for its supply made 12 April, 1916. Priorities for director fittings were such, however that it was only installed in August 1918.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 April, 1908. Issue 38610, col A, p. 12.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 346.
  11. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 428.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396b.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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