H.M.S. Pathfinder (1904)
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| H.M.S. Pathfinder (1904) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N/A[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead[2] |
| Laid down: | 15 Aug, 1903[3] |
| Launched: | 16 Jul, 1904[4] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Jul, 1905[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 5 Sep, 1914[6] |
| Fate: | by U 21 in North Sea[7] |
H.M.S. Pathfinder was one of eight Sentinel class scout cruisers which entered Royal Navy service in 1905.
She was the first Royal Navy loss to submarine attack when sunk on 5 September, 1914.[8]
Service
Two hundred and sixty-one men died when Pathfinder was torpedoed on 5 September, 1914. This was nearly her entire complement.[9]
On 2 October 1914, the Admiralty inserted into its Weekly Orders a note of "Appreciation of Conduct of Officers and Crews of Ships recently destroyed", mentioning this ship as one of six whose men displayed "exemplary steadiness and coolness... in face of imminent death".[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Spencer A. Hickley, 2 May, 1905[11] – 26 January, 1907[12]
- Commander Wilmot S. Nicholson, 26 January, 1907[13]
- Commander Francis G. St. John, 20 January, 1908[14][15] – 2 February, 1910[16]
- Commander Arthur K. Waistell, 2 February, 1910[17] – 16 January, 1911[18]
- Commander John B. Sparks, 17 January, 1911[19][20] – 1 July, 1913[21]
- Captain Francis M. Leake, 1 October, 1913[22][23] – 5 September, 1914[24] (and as Captain (D) of Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 163.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. v.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 426 of 2 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 352.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 352.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
- ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
- ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
- ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
Bibliography
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