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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Arthur K. Waistell|appt=2 February, 1910<ref>Waistell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>|end=16 January, 1911<ref>Waistell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Arthur K. Waistell|appt=2 February, 1910<ref>Waistell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>|end=16 January, 1911<ref>Waistell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 October, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}<ref>Leake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 69.</ref>|end=5 September, 1914<ref>Leake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 69.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=17 January, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 352}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=17 January, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 352}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 October, 1913{{NLSep14|p. 366}}|end=5 September, 1914|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 October, 1913{{NLSep14|p. 366}}|end=5 September, 1914|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 1 March 2015
| H.M.S. Pathfinder (1904) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N/A[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead[2] |
| Laid down: | 15 Aug, 1903[3] |
| Launched: | 16 Jul, 1904[4] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Jul, 1905[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 5 Sep, 1914[6] |
| Fate: | by U 21 in North Sea[7] |
H.M.S. Pathfinder was one of eight Sentinel class scout cruisers which entered Royal Navy service in 1905.
She was the first Royal Navy loss to submarine attack when sunk on 5 September, 1914.[8]
Service
Honours
On 2 October 1914, the Admiralty inserted into its Weekly Orders a note of "Appreciation of Conduct of Officers and Crews of Ships recently destroyed", mentioning this ship as one of six whose men displayed "exemplary steadiness and coolness... in face of imminent death".[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Francis G. St. John, 20 January, 1908[10]
- Commander Arthur K. Waistell, 2 February, 1910[11] – 16 January, 1911[12]
- Captain Francis M. Leake, 1 October, 1913[13][14] – 5 September, 1914[15] (and as Captain (D) of Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander John B. Sparks, 17 January, 1911[16]
- Captain Francis M. Leake, 1 October, 1913[17] – 5 September, 1914
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 163.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 426 of 2 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 352.
- ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
- ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
- ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
- ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 366.
Bibliography
| Sentinel Class Scout Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vickers/Sentinel Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sentinel | Skirmisher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cammell Laird/Pathfinder Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pathfinder | Patrol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield/Forward Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foresight | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Armstrong/Adventure Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adventure | Attentive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Gem Class | Minor Cruisers (UK) | Boadicea Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
