H.M.S. Royal Arthur (1891)
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H.M.S. Royal Arthur (1891) | |
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Pendant Number: | A0 (1914) N.10 (Sep 1915) N.86 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2] |
Laid down: | 20 Jan, 1890[3] |
Launched: | 26 Feb, 1891[4] |
Commissioned: | 2 Mar, 1893[5] |
Sold: | 22 Sep, 1921[6] |
Fate: | to Cohen[7] |
H.M.S. Royal Arthur was one of nine Edgar class protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896. She started the war serving with the Tenth Cruiser Squadron. In 1918, she became a submarine depot ship and was attached to the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla.
Service
Recommissioned at Portsmouth 18 June, 1913 for work with the Third Fleet.[8]
Recommissioned at Sheerness 19 August, 1913.[9]
At the start of the war, the Edgar class cruisers were operating with the Tenth Cruiser Squadron.[10]
In May, 1918, she started work as a depot ship for the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla, which was operating with the Grand Fleet.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frederick P. Trench, 2 March, 1893[12] – 10 May, 1895[13] (died while in command)
- Acting Captain Robert H. S. Stokes, 10 May, 1895[14] – 24 June, 1895[15]
- Captain Frank Finnis, 30 May, 1895[16] – 25 September, 1896[17]
- Captain George F. King-Hall, 15 June, 1897[18] (for Naval Review at Spithead and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain Charles G. Dicken, 4 November, 1897[19][20] – 15 April, 1901[21]
- Captain Thomas P. Walker, 4 February, 1901[22] – 16 January, 1903[23]
- Captain Richard P. F. Purefoy, 17 January, 1903[24] – 30 June, 1904[25]
- Captain A. Gordon H. W. Moore, 18 July, 1905[26] – 15 May, 1906[27]
- Captain George A. Ballard, 15 May, 1906[28] – 3 July, 1906[29] (in reserve)
- Captain Norman C. Palmer, 6 July, 1906[30] – 4 May, 1907[31]
- Commander George E. S. Petch, 4 May, 1907 – 11 June, 1907
- Captain Robert E. R. Benson, 11 June, 1907[32] – 6 January, 1909[33]
- Captain Edwin V. Underhill, 6 January, 1909[34][35] – 23 July, 1909[36] (for trooping)
- Commander Herbert W. James, 23 July, 1909[37] – 20 March, 1910 (sick with pneumonia)
- Captain Francis W. Caulfeild, 24 June, 1910[38] – 15 August, 1911[39]
- Captain Charles B. Miller, 15 August, 1911[40] – 1 September, 1911[41] (and for command of a group of 4th Division ships)
- Captain Basil H. Fanshawe, 20 October, 1911[42] – 8 February, 1912[43]
- Commander George B. W. Young, 1 May, 1912[44] – 26 June, 1912[45]
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 1 July, 1912[46][47] – 22 October, 1912[48] (and for charge of a group of ships of 3rd Fleet)
- Captain John F. E. Green, 22 October, 1912[49] – 3 February, 1913[50]
- Captain Theobald W. B. Kennedy, 23 June, 1913[51] – 17 June, 1913
- Captain Edmund R. Pears, 15 July, 1913[52]
- Commander George C. Hardy, 23 June, 1913[53] – 1 July, 1914
- Commander Ernest O. Ballantyne, 1 July, 1914 – 23 November, 1914
- Captain Adolphus H. Williamson, 1 August, 1914[54] – 7 December, 1914[55]
- Captain Frederic A. Whitehead, c. February, 1915[56][57] – 10 December, 1915[58]
- Acting Captain James D. D. Stewart, 10 December, 1915[59] – 19 March, 1918[60] (first appointed to the ship in February, 1915)
- Lieutenant-Commander Clyfford H. Warren, 17 February, 1919 – 14 January, 1920 (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander William R. D. Crowther, 13 January, 1920[61] – 1 July, 1920[62]
- Commander Gilbert H. Kellett, 10 June, 1920[63][64] – December, 1920[65] (and for duty with submarines)
See Also
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.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
- ↑ See Tenth Cruiser Squadron for references.
- ↑ See Twelfth Submarine Flotilla for references.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 250.
- ↑ Trench Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/521. f. 1324.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1244.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1244.
- ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
- ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
- ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead". The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 291.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 October, 1897. Issue 35340, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 449.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
- ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
- ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
- ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
- ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
- ↑ Underhill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 480.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 369.
- ↑ Underhill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 480.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 369.
- ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
- ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
- ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
- ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/382. f. 456.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/1. f. 1.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/1. f. 1.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 369.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
- ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
- ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
- ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
- ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
- ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
- ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
- ↑ Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
- ↑ Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
- ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 857.
- ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
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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