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Revision as of 20:35, 7 January 2017

H.M.S. Topaze (1903)
Pendant Number: P.29 (1914)
P.2A (Sep 1915)
P.1C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird, Birkenhead[2]
Laid down: 14 Aug, 1902[3]
Launched: 23 Jul, 1903[4]
Commissioned: 6 Dec, 1904[5]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[6]
Fate: to Cohen[7]

H.M.S. Topaze was the first of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

In mid-1913, Topaze was serving with Third Fleet.[8]

She paid off at Portsmouth on 7 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 6 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[35]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 386.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 387.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 876.
  10. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  11. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  12. ↑ Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  13. ↑ Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  14. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 84.
  15. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 444.
  16. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  17. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  18. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  19. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  20. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  21. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  22. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 July, 1910. Issue 39316, col C, p. 9.
  23. ↑ Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  24. ↑ Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  25. ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
  26. ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
  27. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 387.
  29. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398r.
  31. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  32. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 921.
  35. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.

Bibliography


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