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==Service==
 
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}
 
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Arrived Sheerness, 8 September, 1913.{{MoS|Tuesday, Sep 09, 1913; pg. 8; Issue 40312}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=18 August, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 276-7}}|end=1 January, 1913|note=and as Commander (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=18 August, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 276-7}}|end=1 January, 1913|note=and as Commander (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579066}} f. 279.</ref>|end=1 December, 1913<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579066}} f. 279.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=1 December, 1913<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas|end=August, 1914<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=1 December, 1913<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas|end=August, 1914<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=August, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=24 October, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=August, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=24 October, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}

Revision as of 21:24, 30 May 2018

H.M.S. Amethyst (1903)
Pendant Number: P.00 (1914)
P.02 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 7 Jan, 1903[3]
Launched: 5 Nov, 1903[4]
Commissioned: 17 Mar, 1905[5]
Sold: 1 Oct, 1920[6]
Fate: to J. W. Towers, Milford Haven[7]

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

Service

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.[8]

Arrived Sheerness, 8 September, 1913.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  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. 276-7.
  9. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 09, 1913; pg. 8; Issue 40312.
  10. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 275.
  11. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  12. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 276-7.
  14. ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 204.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 276-7.
  16. ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 276-7.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
  19. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  20. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  21. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
  22. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
  23. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  24. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  25. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  26. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  27. ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392a.
  29. ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392b.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391h.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 729.
  33. ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  34. ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.

Bibliography


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