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==Service==
==Service==
''Cambrian'' was renamed ''Harlech'' in March 1916,<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  p. 39.</ref> and attached to the [[Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport]], for training Stokers, Second Class.{{NLDec16|p. 410-417}}  She was renamed ''Vivid'' in September, 1921, and sold on 21 February, 1923, to Young, Sunderland.{{DittColl|p. 39}}
She re-commissioned at Colombo on 10 October, 1907 and was attached to the Australia Station.{{NLJan08|p. 290}}


In mid-1913, she was Admiral King-Hall's flagship on the Australia Station.{{NLJul13|p. 290}}
She arrived at Melbourne under the command of [[John Edmund Drummond]] and flying the flag of Admiral Sir [[George Fowler King-Hall]], Commander-in-Chief, Australia on 30 July, 1913.  She would serve as King-Hall's flagship on the station.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 31, 1913; pg. 12; Issue 40278.</ref>
 
''Cambrian'' was renamed ''Harlech'' in March 1916,{{DittColl|p. 39}} and attached to the [[Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport]], for training Stokers, Second Class.{{NLDec16|p. 410-417}}  She was renamed ''Vivid'' in September, 1921, and sold on 21 February, 1923, to Young, Sunderland.{{DittColl|p. 39}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven|nick=H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg|appt=16 October, 1894<ref>Milford Haven Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 391.</ref>|end=10 May, 1897<ref>Milford Haven Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 391.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven|nick=H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg|appt=16 October, 1894<ref>Milford Haven Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 391.</ref>|end=10 May, 1897<ref>Milford Haven Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 391.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|nick=Robert A. J. Montgomerie|appt=8 April, 1897<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|end=13 January, 1898<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|nick=Robert A. J. Montgomerie|appt=8 April, 1897<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|end=13 January, 1898<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Horsley|nick=Arthur J. Horsley|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Horsley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 47/92.</ref>|end=22 August, 1899<ref>Horsley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 47/92.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Horsley|nick=Arthur J. Horsley|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Horsley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 47/92.</ref>|end=22 August, 1899<ref>Horsley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 47/92.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Kyle McAlpine|nick=Robert K. McAlpine|appt=31 October, 1899|end=3 September, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=5 March, 1901<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1025.</ref>|end=18 April, 1901<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1025.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=20 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 June, 1902.  Issue '''36783''', col D, p. 9.</ref>|ass=28 July, 1902<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 456.</ref>|end=26 May, 1904<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 456.</ref>|note=as Commodore, South Coast of America?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=20 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 June, 1902.  Issue '''36783''', col D, p. 9.</ref>|ass=28 July, 1902<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 456.</ref>|end=26 May, 1904<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 456.</ref>|note=as Commodore, South Coast of America?}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|nick=Ernest F. A. Gaunt|appt=3 October, 1905<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 276.</ref>|end=3 November, 1907<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 575.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward George Shortland|nick=Edward G. Shortland|appt=26 May, 1904<ref>Shortland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 362.</ref>|end=2 July, 1904<ref>Shortland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 362.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|nick=Ernest F. A. Gaunt|appt=3 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 290}}<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 276.</ref>|end=3 November, 1907<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 575.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Price Vaughan Lewes|nick=Price V. Lewes|appt=3 September, 1907<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 300.</ref>|end=7 September, 1909<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 300.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Price Vaughan Lewes|nick=Price V. Lewes|appt=3 September, 1907<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 300.</ref>|end=7 September, 1909<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 300.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Edmund Drummond|nick=John E. Drummond|appt=16 September, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 290}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss|nick=Edward W. E. Wemyss|appt=7 September, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 290}}|end=5 September, 1911}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Edmund Drummond|nick=John E. Drummond|appt=16 September, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 290}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 12:40, 29 June 2018

H.M.S. Cambrian (1893)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Launched: 30 Jan, 1893[3]
Sold: 21 Feb, 1923[4]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Cambrian was one of eight Astræa class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1894 and 1896.

Service

She re-commissioned at Colombo on 10 October, 1907 and was attached to the Australia Station.[5]

She arrived at Melbourne under the command of John Edmund Drummond and flying the flag of Admiral Sir George Fowler King-Hall, Commander-in-Chief, Australia on 30 July, 1913. She would serve as King-Hall's flagship on the station.[6]

Cambrian was renamed Harlech in March 1916,[7] and attached to the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport, for training Stokers, Second Class.[8] She was renamed Vivid in September, 1921, and sold on 21 February, 1923, to Young, Sunderland.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 290.
  6. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 31, 1913; pg. 12; Issue 40278.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 410-417.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  10. ↑ Milford Haven Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 391.
  11. ↑ Milford Haven Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 391.
  12. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
  13. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
  14. ↑ Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
  15. ↑ Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
  16. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  17. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  18. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 2 June, 1902. Issue 36783, col D, p. 9.
  19. ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 456.
  20. ↑ Shortland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 362.
  21. ↑ Shortland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 362.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 290.
  23. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
  24. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 575.
  25. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  26. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 290.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 290.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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