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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Canopus'' (1897)|fate2=Scrapped |comm=5 Dec, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 235}} |fatedate=18 Feb, 1920{{DittColl|p. 30}} |order= |name=Canopus |launch=13 Oct, 1897{{DittColl|p. 30}} |builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 30}} |laid=4 Jan, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 34}} |fate=Sold |pend=N.29 (1914)<br>N.17 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 30}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Canopus''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Canopus Class Battleship (1896)|''Canopus'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1899. ==Service== Around 1900, ''Canopus'' was assisting in radio experiments in which doubled antenna wires were allowing her to reliably converse with {{UK-Jaseur}} and ''Hector'' at ranges of twelve miles.{{ARTS1900|pp. 89-131}} She paid off at Portsmouth on 24 April, 1903, preparatory to going to a private yard for refit.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 25 April, 1903. Issue '''37064''', col E, p. 12.</ref> On 18 July, 1904, a number of officers were appointed to ''Canopus'' for tactical exercises, amongst whom were [[Robert Leonard Groome|Robert L. Groome]],<ref>Groome Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 546.</ref> and [[Maurice Woollcombe]].<ref>Woollcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 504.</ref> In mid-1913, she was in the Third Fleet at The Nore. In July, she was to "proceed to Pembroke Dock".{{NLJul13|p. 290}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Canopus''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=5 December, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 235}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Seawell Frank Niblett|nick=Harry S. F. Niblett|appt=9 November, 1900<ref>Niblett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 956.</ref>|end=15 December, 1902<ref>Niblett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 956.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Francis Tillard|nick=Philip F. Tillard|appt=1 December, 1902<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 557.</ref>|end=24 April, 1903<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 557.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=18 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}<ref>Stafford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 221.</ref>|end=8 May, 1905<ref>Stafford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 524.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederic William Fisher|nick=Frederic W. Fisher|appt=9 May, 1905<ref>Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 458.</ref>|end=10 September, 1905<ref>Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18}}. p. 547.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Austin Gamble|nick=Douglas A. Gamble|appt=14 August, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 292}}<ref>Gamble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 506.</ref>|ass=11 September, 1905<ref>Conveyed his predecessor on passage from that date. Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18}}. p. 547.</ref>|end=April, 1907{{NLMar07|p. 291}}{{INF}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=30 April, 1907{{NLJan08|p. 291}}<ref>Mundy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 920.</ref>|end=1 February, 1908<ref>Mundy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 920.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Oswald Story|nick=William O. Story|appt=1 February, 1908<ref>Story Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/498.|D7578990}} f. 1236.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 291}}|end=30 April, 1909<ref>Story Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/498.|D7578990}} f. 1236.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis George Eyre|nick=Francis G. Eyre|appt=19 March, 1909<ref>Eyre Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=December, 1909<ref>Inferred from his temporary successor. Wardle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 245.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Thomas Erskine Wardle|nick=Thomas E. Wardle|appt=December, 1909<ref>Wardle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 245.</ref>|end=15 February, 1910<ref>Wardle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 245.</ref>|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=15 February, 1910<ref>St. John Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 291}}|end=2 August, 1910<ref>St. John Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Tristan Dannreuther|nick=Tristan Dannreuther|appt=2 August, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. Friday, 8 July, 1910. Issue '''39319''', col F, p. 9.</ref>|note=borne additional in {{UK-Albion}}|end=17 January, 1911<ref>Dannreuther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/245.|D7602578}} f. 270.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (in Command?)|name=James William Guy Innes|nick=James W. G. Innes|appt=17 January, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 291}}|end=1 August, 1911}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Foster Grant-Dalton|nick=John F. Grant-Dalton|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref>|end=21 May, 1912<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edgar Robert Morant|nick=Edgar R. Morant|appt=21 May, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 291}}|end=30 April, 1914}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip James Stopford|nick=Philip J. Stopford|appt=15 May, 1914<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>|end=?<ref>Not clear when this ended.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=July, 1914<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 258.</ref>|note=for Test Mobilisation}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=3 August, 1914<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=5 May, 1916<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain (retired)|name=Edgar Guy Hudson Gamble|nick=Edgar G. H. Gamble|appt=28 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''d''}}|end=17 September, 1918}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Radio== In 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she had or was slated to receive a Marconi W/T kit.{{ARTS1901|p. 111}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Canopus.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Canopus_(1897)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} * Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. ''Canopus'', August, 1914, to March, 1916—I." ''The Naval Review'' '''XI''' (1): pp. 143-152. * Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. ''Canopus'', August, 1914, to March, 1916—II." ''The Naval Review'' '''XI''' (2): pp. 324-337. * Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. ''Canopus'', August, 1914, to March, 1916—III." ''The Naval Review'' '''XI''' (3): pp. 526-537. * Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. ''Canopus'', August, 1914, to March, 1916—IV." ''The Naval Review'' '''XI''' (4): pp. 717-736. *{{ParkesBritishBattleships}} {{refend}} {{Footer Canopus Class Battleship (1897)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Canopus}} {{CatShipPreDreadnought|UK}}

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