H.M.S. Cumberland (1902)

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H.M.S. Cumberland (1902)
Pendant Number: D.37 (1914)
P.76 (Sep 1915)
P.86 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Ordered: 1900-01 Programme[3]
Laid down: 19 Feb, 1901[4]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1902[5]
Commissioned: 1 Dec, 1904[6]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[7]
Fate: Sold to Ward[8]

H.M.S. Cumberland was one of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class completed between 1903 and 1904.

There was also a heavy cruiser Cumberland launched in the 1920s.

Service

Upon her completion in December, 1904, Cumberland commenced her service career as part of the Channel Fleet's Second Cruiser Squadron. She underwent a refit in 1907–08 to become a training ship for the Part II education of naval cadets.

She was recommissioned at Devonport on 7 September 1909.[9]

She recommissioned at Devonport on 5 September 1911.[10]

The ship paid off on 18 May, 1914.[11]

She again paid off on 25 October, 1916.[12]

Cumberland paid off at Queenstown on 15 April, 1920.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 42.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 298.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300a.
  11. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 261.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393k.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 755.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 298.
  15. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 283.
  16. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 283.
  17. Story Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/498. f. 1236.
  18. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 298.
  19. Story Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/498. f. 1236.
  20. Sowerby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 430.
  21. Sowerby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 430.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 298.
  23. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  24. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 169.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 298.
  26. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 169.
  27. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
  28. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 298.
  29. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 261.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 299.
  31. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.
  33. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  34. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/169. f. 169.
  35. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/169. f. 169.
  36. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392x.
  37. Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  38. Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  39. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 771.
  40. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
  41. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.

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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