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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=10 December, 1913<ref>Bruce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}} f. 351.</ref>|end=27 January, 1914<ref>Bruce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}} f. 351.</ref>|ass=19 December, 1913<ref>Inferred from date predecessor quit. Molteno Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 260.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=10 December, 1913<ref>Bruce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}} f. 351.</ref>|end=27 January, 1914<ref>Bruce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}} f. 351.</ref>|ass=19 December, 1913<ref>Inferred from date predecessor quit. Molteno Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 260.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|nick=Cecil D. S. Raikes|appt=27 January, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 378''a''}}<ref>Raikes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>|end=5 March, 1915<ref>Raikes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|nick=Cecil D. S. Raikes|appt=27 January, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 378''a''}}<ref>Raikes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>|end=5 March, 1915<ref>Raikes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>}} | ||
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| − | {{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Sidney Richard Olivier|nick=Sidney R. Olivier|appt=2 November, 1915{{NLJan19|p. 900}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Sidney Richard Olivier|nick=Sidney R. Olivier|appt=2 November, 1915{{NLJan19|p. 900}}|end=1919}} |
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| H.M.S. St. George (1892) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.31 (1914) N.88 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Earle, Hull[2] |
| Laid down: | 23 Apr, 1890[3] |
| Launched: | 23 Jun, 1892[4] |
| Commissioned: | 25 Oct, 1894[5] |
| Sold: | 1 Jul, 1920[6] |
H.M.S. St. George was completed in 1894 as one of nine Edgar class cruisers, but was converted to a depot ship before the Great War.
Service
St. George completed conversion to depot ship in March, 1910,[7] commissioning at Chatham on the 15th.[8] She would serve the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla in the Forth from mid-1913 if not earlier,[9] the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla in the Humber in 1914-15, and finally to the Mediterranean.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edward H. Gamble, 10 December, 1894[11] – 28 June, 1895[12]
- Captain George Le C. Egerton, 11 May, 1895[13] – 28 December, 1897[14]
- Captain Philip F. Tillard, 11 July, 1899[15] – 26 August, 1899[16] (for manoeuvres)
- Commodore, Second Class Edmund S. Poë, 31 October, 1899[17] – 5 October, 1900[18]
- Captain Paul W. Bush, 26 February, 1901[19]
- Captain Edward G. Shortland, 15 March, 1904[20] – 25 May, 1904[21]
- Captain Frank Finnis, 26 May, 1904[22] – 7 December, 1904[23]
- Captain Arthur Y. Moggridge, 8 December, 1904[24] – 14 May, 1906[25]
- Captain Charles H. H. Moore, 15 May, 1906[26] – 8 August, 1906[27]
- Captain Herbert A. S. Fyler, 8 August, 1906[28][29]
- Captain Charles H. Morgan, 14 November, 1907[30] – 4 February, 1908[31]
- Captain Edward F. Bruen, 25 June, 1908[32] – 19 September, 1908[33]
- Captain Guy L. Sclater, 15 March, 1910[34] – 30 May, 1911[35]
- Captain Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 30 May, 1911[36][37]
- Captain Vincent B. Molteno, 1 May, 1912[38][39] – 19 December, 1913[40]
- Captain Alan C. Bruce, 10 December, 1913[41] – 27 January, 1914[42]
- Captain Cecil D. S. Raikes, 27 January, 1914[43][44] – 5 March, 1915[45]
- Captain Reginald L. Crichton, 21 March, 1915[46] – 2 November, 1915[47][48]
- Acting Captain Sidney R. Olivier, 2 November, 1915[49] – 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 370.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 370.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.
- ↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 16.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 375.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 375.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1051.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 405.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 February, 1901. Issue 36384, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Shortland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 362.
- ↑ Shortland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 362.
- ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
- ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
- ↑ Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
- ↑ Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
- ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 69.
- ↑ Day of month inferred from predecessor. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 210/418.
- ↑ Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 210/418.
- ↑ Sclater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/20. f. 21.
- ↑ Sclater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/20. f. 21.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor. Sclater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/20. f. 21.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 370.
- ↑ Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
- ↑ Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 378a.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397t.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397t.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 900.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 900.
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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