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Revision as of 00:49, 29 September 2014

H.M.S. Cambrian (1893)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Launched: 30 Jan, 1893[3]
Sold: 21 Feb, 1923[4]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Cambrian was one of eight Astræa class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1894 and 1896.

Service

Cambrian was renamed Harlech in March 1916,[5] and attached to the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport, for training Stokers, Second Class.[6] She was renamed Vivid in September, 1921, and sold on 21 February, 1923, to Young, Sunderland.[7]

In mid-1913, she was Admiral King-Hall's flagship on the Australia Station.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 39.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 410-417.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 290.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 2 June, 1902. Issue 36783, col D, p. 9.
  10. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 290.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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