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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{CaptRN}} [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|The Honourable Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe]], November, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Morgan Singer]], 19 December, 1907.<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 220.</ref>
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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>
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Captain [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler|Cole C. Fowler]], 15 September, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 368}}
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Captain [[Philip Wylie Dumas|Philip W. Dumas]], 26 December, 1913.{{NLApr14|p. 368}}
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Captain [[Sydney Stewart Hall|Sydney S. Hall]], July, 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|Bertram M. Chambers]], October 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|Cunningham R. de C. Foot]], 27 April, 1915.{{NLOct15|p. 397''l-r''}}
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Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|Frederic A. Whitehead]], December, 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Gerald William Vivian|Gerald W. Vivian]], September, 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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Revision as of 14:42, 6 May 2014

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]

Radio

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
  14. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 8 January, 1910. Issue 39164, col A, p. 5.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 368.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. 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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