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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Mercury'' (1878)|comm=Sep, 1879{{Conways1860|p. 74}} |fatedate=1919{{Conways1860|p. 74}} |order= |name=Mercury |launch=17 Apr, 1878{{Conways1860|p. 74}} |builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 74}} |laid=16 Mar, 1876{{Conways1860|p. 74}} |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Mercury''''' was one of two second class protected cruisers of the [[Iris Class Cruiser (1877)|''Iris'' class]]. She was best known during the Dreadnought Era as being the ship which trained officers and men for submarine service. ==Service== Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 February, 1890, Captain [[Charles John Balfour|Charles J. Balfour]] in command.{{NLMar91|pp. 235-6}} ''Mercury'' was a submarine depot ship at Portsmouth from 1906 to 1913 at which time she moved to Harwich. ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Mercury''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles John Balfour|nick=Charles J. Balfour|appt=18 February, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 235}}|end=19 January, 1893<ref>Balfour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/172.|D7578473}} f. 39.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=November, 1892<ref>Fawkes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}} f. 59/118.</ref>|end=March, 1896<ref>Fawkes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}} f. 59/118.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Young Greet|nick=Thomas Y. Greet|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Greet Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 80/158.</ref>|end=23 August, 1899<ref>Greet Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 80/158.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William John Grogan|nick=William J. Grogan|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}|end=30 September, 1901|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=18 June, 1903<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref>|end=21 February, 1906<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edgar Lees|nick=Edgar Lees|appt=18 April, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 345}}|end=|note=and as [[Inspecting Captain of Submarines]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=12 November, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 345}}<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 258.</ref>|end=14 November, 1910<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 258.</ref>|note=and as [[Inspecting Captain of Submarines]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=14 November, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 344}}|end=|note=and as [[Inspecting Captain of Submarines]]}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Mercury_(1878)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Iris Class Cruiser (1877)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercury}} {{CatShipSecondClassProtectedCruiser|UK}}

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