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Revision as of 17:05, 6 August 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

On 6 September 1910, she was given to the new Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned 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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