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H.M.S. Skirmisher (1905) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.55 (1914) P.55 (Sep 1915) N.95 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers, Barrow[2] |
Laid down: | 29 Jul, 1903[3] |
Launched: | 7 Feb, 1905[4] |
Commissioned: | Jul, 1905[5] |
Sold: | 3 Mar, 1920[6] |
Fate: | to Ward, Preston[7] |
H.M.S. Skirmisher was one of eight Sentinel class Scout Cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1905.
Service
As part of the Channel Fleet, Skirmisher started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Edward Reeves, 2 January, 1908[9]
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 21 March, 1914[10] and as Captain (D) Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.
- Commander Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton, April, 1917[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
Bibliography
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