H.M.S. Iphigenia (1891)
| H.M.S. Iphigenia (1891) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.27 (1914) N.60 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | London & Glasgow, Glasgow[2] |
| Laid down: | 1890[3] |
| Launched: | 19 Nov, 1891[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1892[5] |
| Blockship: | 23 Apr, 1918[6] |
| Fate: | at Zeebrugge |
H.M.S. Iphigenia was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
Service
The ship was paid off at Portsmouth by Captain Horatio Nelson Dudding on 8 June, 1900 and the crew went on leave until 25 July.[7]
On 6 July, 1903, Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Reginald Henderson had occasion to telephone Archibald Pocklington, the Captain of the Fleet Reserve to complain that "An orderly has just brought to my office a ring of keys of shell rooms of Iphigenia. Information is requested why these keys were not included in the magazine key box previously deposited in my office, and who has had charge of them in the mean time." A reply came, reporting the normal procedures employed and promising an investigation. In the meanwhile, the gunner who had taken them out last was being sent to Henderson's office for them! A back-and-forth on the matter took nearly a full year to resolve, resulting in a clear procedure for handling the keys to be sent to the Commander-in-Chief of each of the three Home Ports.[8]
In mid-1913, Iphigenia was active with the Minelaying Squadron in Second Fleet.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Francis C. B. Bridgeman-Simpson, 11 July, 1893[10] – 19 August, 1893[11] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1893)
- Captain Thomas MacGill, 18 July, 1894[12] – 24 August, 1894[13] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Captain John L. Burr, 24 July, 1895[14][15] – 28 August, 1895[16] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
- Captain William Wilson, 8 July, 1896[17][18] – 15 August, 1896[19] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Captain Horatio N. Dudding, 19 January, 1897[20] – 10 July, 1900
- Captain Richard H. Peirse, 16 July, 1901[21][22] – 24 August, 1901[23] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Captain Spencer V. Y. de Horsey, 17 September, 1901[24] – 10 March, 1902[25]
- Captain Henry R. Robinson, 21 July, 1903[26] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Captain William B. Fawckner, 14 April, 1904[27][28] – 10 January, 1906[29]
- Captain Algernon W. Heneage, 11 January, 1906[30] – 10 January, 1907[31]
- Captain Herbert Chatterton, 10 January, 1907[32] – 1 August, 1907[33]
- Commander Charles R. N. Burne, 1 August, 1907[34] – 31 August, 1909[Inference]
- Commander Herbert C. J. Grant, 31 August, 1909[35]
- Commander (I Gr.) Oswald McD. English, 12 September, 1911 – 17 April, 1912
- Commander Arthur G. Warren, 24 April, 1912[36] – 30 April, 1914
- Commander Edgar R. Morant, 30 April, 1914 – 11 March, 1915
- Captain Thomas W. Kemp, 26 September, 1915[37] (as Commodore, Second Class from 10 June, 1916)
- Acting Commander Kenneth A. F. Guy, 28 September, 1915[38] – early 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander George H. I. Parker, March, 1917[39] – 1 January, 1918[40]
- Lieutenant in Command Edward W. Billyard-Leake, – 24 April, 1918[41] (vessel sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 09, 1900; pg. 13; Issue 36164.
- ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1905. pp. 431-8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 333.
- ↑ Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1187.
- ↑ Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1187.
- ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 79.
- ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 79.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
- ↑ Burr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 86/174.
- ↑ Burr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 86/174.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 211.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 263.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/262. f. 1024.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/262. f. 1024.
- ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 657.
- ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 657.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Fawckner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/374. ff. 445-6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 332.
- ↑ Fawckner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/374. ff. 445-6.
- ↑ Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 174.
- ↑ Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 174.
- ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
- ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 333.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 333.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 331.
- ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 52.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395l.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394s.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/180. f. 181.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 129.
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