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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Encounter'' (1902)|fate2=Scuttled Sep 1932{{DittColl|p. 42}} |comm=21 Nov, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 79}} |fatedate=Jul, 1912{{DittColl|p. 42}} |order= |name=Encounter |launch=18 Jun, 1902{{DittColl|p. 42}} |builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 42}} |laid=28 Jan, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 79}} |fate=to [[Royal Australian Navy|R.A.N.]] |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Encounter''''' was one of two [[Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)|''Challenger'' class cruisers]] completed in 1904 and 1905. ==Service== She spent her first six years in [[Royal Navy]] service in the [[Australia Station]] before being transferred to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] as '''H.M.A.S. ''Encounter''''' on 1 July, 1912.{{NLDec20|p. 948}} She re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 July, 1913.{{NLApr25|p. 294}} ''Encounter'' was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914. She was renamed '''''Penguin''''' in 1923. ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Encounter''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Cecil F. Thursby|appt=7 April, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 308}}<ref>Thursby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>|end=30 November, 1905<ref>Thursby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Venn Wood Elliott|nick=Henry V. W. Elliott|appt=1 December, 1905<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20/153.|D7590398}} ff. 153, 155, 161.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 308}}|end=25 January, 1908<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20/153.|D7590398}} ff. 153, 155, 161.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=14 November, 1907<ref>Fyler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}} f. 182.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 309}}|end=5 March, 1909<ref>Fyler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}} f. 182.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Howard Colomb|nick=Philip H. Colomb|appt=5 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 309}}<ref>Colomb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602325}} f. 476.</ref>|end=20 June, 1911<ref>Colomb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602325}} f. 476.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Spencer Allen Hickley|nick=Spencer A. Hickley|appt=4 April, 1911<ref>Hickley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602446}} f. 108.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 308}}|end=30 June, 1912<ref>Hickley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602446}} f. 108.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=1 July, 1912<ref>Chambers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>|end=February, 1913<ref>Chambers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Gordon Smith|nick=Arthur G. Smith|appt=8 January, 1913<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 305.</ref>|end=28 January, 1914<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 305.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Charles La Primaudaye Lewin|nick=Charles La P. Lewin|appt=28 January, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 399''k''}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=10 January, 1916<ref>Cumberlege Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>|end=31 October, 1916<ref>Cumberlege Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=John Bryan Stevenson|nick=John B. Stevenson|appt=26 October, 1916{{NLJan19|p. 948}}|end=after 1918}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Goodenough Craufurd|nick=Arthur G. Craufurd|appt=9 March, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 294}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Penguin''}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Encounter_(1902)}} * [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-encounter-i Royal Australian Navy page on ''Encounter''] {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{Footer Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Encounter}} {{CatShipSecondClassProtectedCruiser|UK|AU}}

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