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Revision as of 14:02, 10 March 2015

H.M.S. Charybdis (1893)
Pendant Number: D.56 (1914)
P.56 (Sep 1915)
N.21 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[3]
Laid down: 1891[4]
Launched: 15 Jun, 1893[5]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[6]
Sold: 27 Jan, 1922[7]
Fate: Scrapped

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

Service

Charybdis re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 April 1913 and was serving in the Third Fleet out of Devonport by mid-year.[8]

Following a collision she was laid up at Bermuda in 1914. She was repaired as a cargo carrier and until February, 1919, she was on loan. She was sold at Bermuda on 27 January, 1922, and resold in October, 1923, for breaking up in the Netherlands.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Daniel McNab Riddel may also have commanded this ship,[Fact Check] possibly in the late 1890s.[Inference] Lawrence de Wahl Satow may also have commanded this ship.[Fact Check]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Wintz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 931.
  14. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 931.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 March, 1907. Issue 38283, col E, p. 9.
  17. ↑ Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  18. ↑ Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Day of month inferred by end of predecessor's time in her. Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 290.

Bibliography

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


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