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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
*{{CaptRN}} [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe]], November 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|The Honourable Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe]], November 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Morgan Singer]], 19 December, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908)p. 368.</ref>
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*Captain [[Morgan Singer]], 19 December, 1907.<ref>Singer Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 220.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cuthbert Edward Hunter|Cuthbert E. Hunter]], 25 January, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 8 January, 1910.  Issue '''39164''', col A, p. 5.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cuthbert Edward Hunter|Cuthbert E. Hunter]], 25 January, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 8 January, 1910.  Issue '''39164''', col A, p. 5.</ref>
*Captain [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler]], 15 September, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 368.</ref>
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*Captain [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler|Cole C. Fowler]], 15 September, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 368.</ref>
*Captain [[Philip Wylie Dumas]], 26 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 368.</ref>
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*Captain [[Philip Wylie Dumas|Philip W. Dumas]], 26 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 368.</ref>
*Captain [[Sydney Stewart Hall]], July 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Sydney Stewart Hall|Stewart S. Hall]], July 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers]], October 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]], October 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|Cunningham R. de C. Foot]], 27 April, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 397''l-r''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|Cunningham R. de C. Foot]], 27 April, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 397''l-r''.</ref>
*Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead]], December 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|Frederic A. Whitehead]], December 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Gerald William Vivian]], September 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Gerald William Vivian|Gerard W. Vivian]], September 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 02:26, 31 July 2013

H.M.S. Roxburgh (1904)
Pendant Number: 86 (1914)
3A (Jan 1918)
N.34 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 13 Jun, 1902[4]
Launched: 19 Jan, 1904[5]
Commissioned: 5 Sep, 1905[6]
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[7]
Fate: to Slough T.C.[8]

Service

Completed to full crew at Devonport on 12 February, 1913 for service in the Third Cruiser Squadron.[9]

Alterations

As part of the Channel Fleet, Roxburgh was to start refitting in Devonport in September 1908, after Hampshire rejoined the Fleet.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 368.
  10. Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 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.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
  13. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 8 January, 1910. Issue 39164, col A, p. 5.
  14. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 368.
  15. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 368.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • 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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