H.M.S. Crescent (1892)

H.M.S. Crescent (1892)
Pendant Number:	A4 (1914) N.04 (Sep 1915) N.29 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard^[2]
Laid down:	13 Oct, 1890^[3]
Launched:	30 Mar, 1892^[4]
Commissioned:	22 Feb, 1894^[5]
Sold:	22 Sep, 1921^[6]
Fate:	Broken up

H.M.S. Crescent was one of nine Edgar class protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896.

Service

Crescent was recommissioned at Queenstown on 10 February, 1913.^[7]

She became the first ship to enter the new Rosyth Royal Dockyard via the yard's emergency opening, on 17 March 1916.^[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Robert W. Craigie, 22 February, 1894^[9]^[10] – 2 August, 1894^[11]
Captain Frederic W. Fisher, 2 August, 1894^[12] – 31 December, 1894^[13]
Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot, January, 1895^[14] – 11 March, 1895^[15]
Captain Francis Powell, 12 March, 1895^[16]^[17] – 15 October, 1897^[18]
Captain H.R.H. Prince George, 5 June, 1898^[19]
Captain Sir Charles J. Graves-Sawle, Bart., 2 May, 1899^[20] – 1 March, 1900^[21]
Captain The Hon. Stanley C. J. Colville, 1 March, 1900^[22]
Captain Trevylyan D. W. Napier, 25 March, 1904^[23] – 31 May, 1907^[24]
Captain Rowland Nugent, 22 June, 1907^[25] – 23 August, 1907^[26]
Commander Frederick K. C. Gibbons, c. July, 1907^[27] (apparently temporary, taking ship from Suez to Perim)
Captain Hubert Grant-Dalton, 23 August, 1907^[28] – 14 October, 1907^[29]
Captain Charles F. Henderson, 22 October, 1907^[30]^[31] – 25 January, 1910^[32]
Captain Philip Streatfeild, 25 January, 1910^[33]^[34] – 21 June, 1911^[35]
Captain Philip Streatfeild, 5 August, 1911^[36] – 31 October, 1911^[37]
Commander (I Ru.) Octavius H. Daniel, 4 November, 1911^[38] – 9 December, 1912
Captain William D. Church, 3 April, 1912^[39] – 8 June, 1912^[40] (trooping)
Commander Thomas E. Wardle, 10 February, 1913^[41] – 23 November, 1914^[42]
Captain George Trewby, 31 July, 1914^[43] – 4 December, 1914^[44]
Captain John F. Grant-Dalton, February, 1915^[45] – 11 November, 1915^[46]
Captain Percival H. Warleigh, 6 March, 1916^[47]^[48] – March, 1919^[49]
Captain Henry R. Veale, 29 March, 1921^[50] – 28 February, 1922^[51]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 6, Part 47. p. 3.
↑ Craigie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/258. f. 264.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 212.
↑ Craigie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/258. f. 264.
↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 281.
↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 281.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 39.
↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 215.
↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
↑ George V Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/244. f. 255.
↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29.
↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
↑ Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
↑ Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 29, 1907, Issue 38397, p.8.
↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 297.
↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 297.
↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 297.
↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300.
↑ Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 245.
↑ Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
↑ Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.
↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
↑ Warleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. f. 369.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 768.
↑ Warleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. f. 369.
↑ Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.
↑ Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.

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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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[6] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.

[7] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.

[8] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 6, Part 47. p. 3.

[9] Craigie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/258. f. 264.

[10] The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 212.

[11] Craigie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/258. f. 264.

[12] Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 281.

[13] Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 281.

[14] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[15] Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 39.

[16] Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.

[17] The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 215.

[18] Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.

[19] George V Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/244. f. 255.

[20] Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.

[21] Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.

[22] Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29.

[23] Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.

[24] Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.

[25] Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.

[26] Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.

[27] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 29, 1907, Issue 38397, p.8.

[28] Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.

[29] Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.

[30] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 297.

[31] Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.

[32] Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.

[33] Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.

[34] The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 297.

[35] Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.

[36] Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.

[37] Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.

[38] The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 297.

[39] Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.

[40] Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.

[41] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300.

[42] Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 245.

[43] Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.

[44] Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.

[45] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.

[46] Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.

[47] Warleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. f. 369.

[48] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 768.

[49] Warleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. f. 369.

[50] Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.

[51] Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.

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