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Revision as of 14:35, 16 March 2015

H.M.S. Minerva (1895)
Pendant Number: P.32 (1914)
P.1A (Sep 1915)
P.7A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 4 Dec, 1893[4]
Launched: 23 Sep, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 4 Feb, 1897[6]
Sold: 5 Oct, 1920[7]
Fate: to Auten Ltd.[8]

H.M.S. Minerva was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In mid-1913, Minerva was acting as flagship of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.[9]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1918.[10]

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the Cruiser Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 846.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  12. ↑ Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
  13. ↑ Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 352.
  18. ↑ Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 352.
  19. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 125.
  20. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
  22. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  23. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 356.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 846.

Bibliography

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


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