H.M.S. Adventure (1904)

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H.M.S. Adventure (1904)
Pendant Number: D.10 (1914)
P.64 (Sep 1915)
P.01 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 7 Jan, 1904[3]
Launched: 8 Sep, 1904[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1905[5]
Sold: 3 Mar, 1920[6]
Fate: to Ward, Morecambe[7]
H.M.S. Adventure was one of eight Sentinel class Scout Cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1905.

Service

Completed to full crew at Chatham on 18 June, 1907.[8]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 25 April, 1911 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

Reduced to nucleus crew at Devonport on 29 December, 1911, by August 1912 she was working with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

Adventure paid off 12 August, 1919.[11]

In 1938, her bell was one of a number ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It commanded a price of between £3-£10 plus packing and shipping. Interested parties were to apply to win one at its stated price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.[12]

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. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 272.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 273.
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 273.
  11. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 724.
  12. "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 17, 1938; pg. 19; Issue 48180.
  13. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 272.
  15. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 272.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 273.
  18. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  19. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  20. Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
  21. Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
  22. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 273.
  23. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  24. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  25. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 1 December, 1913. Issue 40383, col F, p. 72.
  26. Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  27. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 391c.
  29. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  30. Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
  31. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 391c.
  32. Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
  33. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  34. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  35. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 724.
  36. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  37. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.
  38. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.

Bibliography


Sentinel Class Scout Cruiser
Vickers/Sentinel Group
  Sentinel Skirmisher  
Cammell Laird/Pathfinder Group
  Pathfinder Patrol  
Fairfield/Forward Group
  Foresight Forward  
Armstrong/Adventure Group
  Adventure Attentive  
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