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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Devonshire'' (1904)|fate2=to Ward, Preston and Barrow{{DittColl|p. 43}}
|comm=24 Aug, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|fatedate=9 May, 1921{{DittColl|p. 43}}
|order=1901-02 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|name=Devonshire
|launch=30 Apr, 1904{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
|laid=25 Mar, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=38 (1914)<br>53 (Jan 1918)<br>N.19 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 43}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
==Service==
She recommissioned at Devonport on 6 June, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 300}}

In mid-1913, she was serving in the {{UK-CS|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 300}}

In August, 1919, she was one of four cruisers placed under the command of Captain [[Francis Wade Caulfeild]] under the oversight of the Rear-Admiral commanding the Devonport Reserve.<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>

She paid off in charge of the Naval Shipkeeping Party at Devonport on 31 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 759}}

==Radio==
In 1908, the ship was one of just nine equipped with the [["C" Tune Gear]], capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes.  It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref>

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}

==Alterations==

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=24 August, 1905<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>|end=24 October, 1905<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Thomas Stuart|nick=Arthur T. Stuart|appt=24 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 300}}<ref>Stuart Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578986}} f. 1237.</ref>|end=8 May, 1907<ref>Stuart Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578986}} f. 1237.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John de Mestre Hutchison|nick=John de M. Hutchison|appt=8 May, 1907<ref>Hutchison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 132.</ref>|end=19 March, 1909<ref>Hutchison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 132.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman|nick=Cuthbert G. Chapman|appt=19 March, 1909<ref>Chapman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 March, 1909.  Issue '''38907''', col B, p. 9.</ref><ref>Chapman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 659.</ref>|end=8 November, 1910<ref>Chapman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa|nick=Herbert C. C. Da Costa|appt=8 November, 1910<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 266.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 300}}|end=15 October, 1912<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 266.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Bertram Pelly|nick=Henry B. Pelly|appt=15 October, 1912<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 483.</ref>|end=10 August, 1913<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 483.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William John Standly Alderson|nick=William J. S. Alderson|appt=10 August, 1913<ref>Alderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 455.</ref>|end=9 June, 1914<ref>Alderson Service Record.  {{TNA|196/42.}} f. 455.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edwin Veale Underhill|nick=Edwin V. Underhill|appt=9 June, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393''j''}}|end=3 March, 1916<ref>Underhill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 480.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=John D. Kelly|appt=3 March, 1916<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 166.</ref>|end=1 September, 1916<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 166.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville|nick=Henry B. T. Somerville|appt=20 October, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 393}}|end=10 November, 1917{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bingham Powell|nick=George B. Powell|appt=10 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 775}}<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/255.|D7603507}} f. 263.</ref>|end=21 May, 1919<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/255.|D7603507}} f. 263.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Wade Caulfeild|nick=Francis W. Caulfeild|appt=20 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 740}}<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|end=19 February, 1920<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-1Cornwall}}, {{UK-1Berwick}} and {{UK-1Suffolk}}}}
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==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Devonshire.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Devonshire_(1904)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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