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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Highflyer'' (1898)|fate2=at Bombay{{DittColl|p. 42}}
|comm=7 Dec, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 79}}
|fatedate=Jun, 1921{{DittColl|p. 42}}
|order=
|name=Highflyer
|launch=4 Jun, 1898{{Conways1860|p. 79}}
|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 79}}
|laid=7 Jun, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 79}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=D.22 (1914)<br>N.69 (Sep 1915)<br>N.58 (Jan 1918)<br>''none'' (Apr 1918)<br>N.85 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 42}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
==Service==
Recommissioned at Chatham on 14 June, 1913 and temporarily assigned to Third Fleet at The Nore.{{NLJul13|p. 325}}

She recommissioned in July, 1919 and became the flagship of the East Indies station.{{NLJan21|p. 787}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=7 December, 1899<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 220.</ref>|end=17 August, 1902<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 220.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=5 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 3 May, 1902.  Issue '''36758''', col B, p. 14.</ref>|end=24 November, 1903<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579047}} f. 142.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. Phipps Hornby|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}<ref>Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 338.</ref>|end=|note=lent for as Flag Captain for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Hervey Campbell|nick=Henry H. Campbell|appt=19 November, 1904<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 309.</ref>|end=3 May, 1905<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 309.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Craig Palmer|nick=Norman C. Palmer|appt=3 May, 1905<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 416.</ref>|end=6 July, 1906<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 416.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Spencer Hickley|nick=Cecil S. Hickley|appt=7 December, 1906<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 330.</ref>|end=18 September, 1908<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 330.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=19 September, 1908{{NLJul09|p. 327}}|end=11 January, 1910<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 210/418.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Russell Hulbert|nick=Arthur R. Hulbert|appt=13 December, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 326}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Dick|nick=James D. Dick|appt=March, 1911<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=15 February, 1912<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 204.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Le Mesurier|nick=Charles E. Le Mesurier|appt=15 February, 1912<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 56.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 326}}|end=10 December, 1912<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Raymond Andrew Nugent|nick=Raymond A. Nugent|appt=10 December, 1912{{NLApr13|p. 325}}|end=April, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Temple Marshall|nick=Herbert J. T. Marshall|appt=24 April, 1913<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>{{NLJun13|p. 325}}|end=31 May, 1913<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Tritton Buller|nick=Henry T. Buller|appt=1 July, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 394''p''}}<ref>Buller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 403.</ref>|end=13 May, 1916<ref>Buller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 403.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Neville Garnett|nick=Herbert N. Garnett|appt=May, 1916<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>|ass=13 May, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 394''j''}}<ref>Day of month inferred from Buller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 403.</ref>|end=January, 1918<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=7 January, 1918<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|end=7 August, 1918<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Sir [[William Lowther Grant|W. Lowther Grant]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Graham Sherbrooke|nick=Henry G. Sherbrooke|appt=27 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 813}}|end=21 December, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Johns Beckett Law|nick=William J. B. Law|appt=21 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 813}}|end=6 February, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lawrence Walter Braithwaite|nick=Lewis W. Braithwaite|appt=July, 1919<ref>Braithwaite Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/504.|D7576642}} f. 507.</ref>|note=and as Chief of Staff to R/A Tothill}}
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==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Highflyer.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Highflyer_(1898)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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