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Revision as of 17:06, 21 April 2015

H.M.S. Niobe (1897)
Pendant Number: none[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 16 Dec, 1895[4]
Launched: 20 Feb, 1897[5]
Commissioned: 6 Dec, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1922[7]
Fate: at Philadelphia[8]

Service

In 1910, given to the new Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S Niobe – their first vessel.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Francis Spurstow Miller is alleged to have held this command from 1905, but no record is found of this.[28][Fact Check]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  10. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  11. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
  12. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
  13. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 232.
  14. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 232.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  17. Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  18. Hyde Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  19. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  20. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  21. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  22. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  23. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, p. 17.
  24. Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
  25. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 14 April, 1910. Issue 39246, col B, p. 9.
  26. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  27. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).



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