H.M.S. Niobe (1897)
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H.M.S. Niobe (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | none[1] |
Builder: | Vickers, Barrow[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 16 Dec, 1895[4] |
Launched: | 20 Feb, 1897[5] |
Commissioned: | 6 Dec, 1898[6] |
Broken up: | 1922[7] |
Fate: | at Philadelphia[8] |
In 1910, given to the new Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S Niobe – their first vessel.
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edmond Hyde Parker, 28 May, 1907.[9]
- Captain Henry Montagu Doughty, 1 February, 1910.[10]
- Captain Herbert John Savill, 12 April, 1910 – unknown[11]
- Captain Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa,
- Captain Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt,
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 22 May, 1907. Issue 38339, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, p. 17.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 14 April, 1910. Issue 39246, col B, p. 9.
Bibliography
- 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).
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