H.M.S. Latona (1890)

H.M.S. Latona (1890)
Pendant Number:	P.51 (1914) N.49 (Sep 1915) N.03 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Vickers^[2]
Laid down:	1889^[3]
Launched:	22 May, 1890^[4]
Commissioned:	1893^[5]
Sold:	22 Dec, 1920^[6]
Fate:	at Malta^[7]

H.M.S. Latona was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.

Service

Recommissioned at Chatham on 1 June, 1908. In mid-1913, active with the Minelayer Squadron of Second Fleet.^[8]

Latona paid off 23 December, 1918 at Malta.^[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 8 July, 1891^[10] – 28 August, 1891^[11] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1891)
Captain Henry B. Lang, 18 July, 1894^[12] – August, 1894 (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
Captain Charles H. Cross, 24 July, 1895^[13]^[14] – 28 August, 1895^[15] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
Captain Charles H. Cross, 8 July, 1896^[16] – 15 August, 1896^[17] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
Captain John Denison, 15 June, 1897^[18] – 30 July, 1897^[19] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
Lieutenant (N) (in Command?) Richard Hyde, 4 July, 1898^[20]
Captain Frederick G. Stopford, 11 July, 1899 – 29 January, 1900 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1899)
Captain Henry C. A. Baynes, 12 December, 1899^[21] – 8 February, 1900^[22]
Captain Frederick R. W. Morgan, 16 July, 1901^[23]^[24] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
Captain Reginald H. S. Bacon, 1 January, 1903^[25] – 21 July, 1903^[26] (and as Inspecting Captain of Submarines)
Captain Charles W. Winnington-Ingram, 21 July, 1903^[27] – 28 August, 1903 (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
Captain Herbert W. Savory, 19 January, 1904^[28] – 16 February, 1904^[29]
Captain Charles H. Robertson, 17 February, 1904^[30] – 12 April, 1904^[31] (for passage home)
Lieutenant & Commander Charles M. Foot, 14 February, 1905 – 20 February, 1905
Captain Hugh T. Hibbert, 1 April, 1905^[32]^[33] – 2 May, 1907^[34]
Commander Alexander Farrington, 1 July, 1908^[35] – mid 1910
Commander Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 2 August, 1910^[36]^[37] – 10 October, 1911^[38]
Commander John G. de O. Coke, 9 October, 1911^[39] – 15 February, 1912^[40]
Commander James U. Farie, 15 February, 1912^[41] – 20 August, 1913^[42]
Captain Rudolf M. Burmester, 20 August, 1913^[43]^[44] – 25 July, 1914^[45]
Commander Thomas H. M. Maurice, 25 July, 1914^[46] – 9 March, 1915
Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 7 August, 1915^[47]^[48] – mid September, 1916^[49]
Captain Cecil V. Usborne, 18 September, 1916^[50]^[51] – 5 October, 1918^[52] (and as Interpreter in French)
Lieutenant-Commander Arthur F. Powell, 12 December, 1916 – 1 February, 1917
Captain Henry G. H. Adams, 5 October, 1918 – 23 December, 1918

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 338.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 800.
↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 34.
↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 34.
↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 411.
↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 411.
↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 266.
↑ Baynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. ff. 32, 57.
↑ Baynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. ff. 32, 57.
↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 37.
↑ Bacon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 262.
↑ Bacon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 262.
↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 447.
↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 447.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 339.
↑ Hibbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 309/624.
↑ Hibbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 309/624.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 338.
↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 338.
↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 338.
↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 337.
↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 345.
↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395j.
↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186. Day of month is illegible.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395tt.
↑ Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.
↑ Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.

Bibliography

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.

[4] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.

[6] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.

[7] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.

[8] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 338.

[9] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 800.

[10] Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 34.

[11] Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 34.

[12] "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.

[13] "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.

[14] Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 411.

[15] Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 411.

[16] Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.

[17] Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.

[18] Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.

[19] Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.

[20] The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 266.

[21] Baynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. ff. 32, 57.

[22] Baynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. ff. 32, 57.

[23] "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.

[24] Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 37.

[25] Bacon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 262.

[26] Bacon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 262.

[27] "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.

[28] Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.

[29] Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.

[30] Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 447.

[31] Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 447.

[32] The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 339.

[33] Hibbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 309/624.

[34] Hibbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 309/624.

[35] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 338.

[36] Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.

[37] The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 338.

[38] Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.

[39] Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.

[40] Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.

[41] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 338.

[42] Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.

[43] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 337.

[44] Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.

[45] Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.

[46] The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 345.

[47] Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.

[48] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395j.

[49] Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186. Day of month is illegible.

[50] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395tt.

[51] Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.

[52] Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.

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