H.M.S. Gibraltar (1892)
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| H.M.S. Gibraltar (1892) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | A7 (1914) N.19 (Sep 1915) N.49 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Napier, Glasgow[2] |
| Laid down: | 2 Dec, 1889[3] |
| Launched: | 27 Apr, 1892[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Nov, 1894[5] |
| Sold: | Sep, 1923[6] |
| Fate: | to Cashmore[7] |
H.M.S. Gibraltar was one of nine protected cruisers of the Edgar class completed between 1893 and 1896.
Service
In mid-1913, she was with the Training Squadron in Queenstown.[8]
By the end of 1920, she was housing an anti-submarine training school in Portland.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Andrew K. Bickford, 18 July, 1894[10] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Angus MacLeod, 1 November, 1894[11] – 18 June, 1895[12]
- Captain Harry F. Hughes-Hallett, 14 January, 1896[13]
- Captain Harry L. F. Royle, 28 May, 1898[14]
- Captain Charles E. Kingsmill, 10 July, 1900[15] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Arthur H. Limpus, 6 March, 1901[16] – 17 June, 1904[17]
- Captain Robert H. Johnston Stewart, 14 December, 1904[18] – 29 May, 1905[19]
- Captain Charles H. Morgan, 25 June, 1908[20] – 19 December, 1908[21]
- Commander Herbert du C. Luard, 14 April, 1909[22] – 1910
- Captain E. Percy F. G. Grant, 25 May, 1910[23]
- Commander Cecil F. L. Watson, 10 March, 1911[24] – 25 July, 1911[25] (took command upon reducing)
- Captain George B. Powell, 23 October, 1912[26]
- Captain Ronald A. Hopwood, 20 January, 1913[27][28] – 28 November, 1914[29] (and in command of group of training ships)
- Captain Edward H. Moubray, 27 June, 1915[30] – 29 June, 1916[31]
- Acting Captain Arthur B. F. Dawson, 29 June, 1916[32] – 1917[Inference]
- Captain Arthur H. Oldham, 16 May, 1917[33][34] – 11 February, 1918[35]
- Captain William B. Macdonald, April, 1918[36] – 1918
- Captain (P) Arthur H. Oldham, 18 June, 1918[37] – February, 1919[38]
- Commander Hugh P. Buckle, 3 August, 1918[39] – January, 1919
- Captain Humphrey T. Walwyn, 17 January, 1919[40][41] – 27 April, 1920[42] (and as Captain (A.S.) for Anti-Submarine Service)
- Captain Ronald Howard, 27 April, 1920[43]
- Captain George L. Massey, 28 April, 1922[44] (as Captain A/S)
- Commander James R. C. Cavendish, March, 1923[45] – 6 April, 1923[46]
See Also
- Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net
- 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).
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 319.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). pp. 779-780.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
- ↑ MacLeod Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 824.
- ↑ MacLeod Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 824.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 226.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 252.
- ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 752.
- ↑ Limpus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 137.
- ↑ Limpus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 137.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1252.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1252.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 321.
- ↑ Grant Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 461.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 367.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 367.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/255. f. 263.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 319.
- ↑ Hopwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16.
- ↑ Hopwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394q.
- ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394.
- ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
- ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 800.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 800.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 779.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 762.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
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