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'''H.M.S. ''Fox''''' was one of eight [[Astræa Class Cruiser (1892)|''Astræa'' class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] between 1894 and 1896.
  
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==Service==
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''Fox'' was sold on 14 July, 1920, to Cardiff Marine Stores.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  p. 39.</ref>
  
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She recommissioned on 16 July 1912 at Aden.  In mid-1913, she was serving in the East Indies.{{NLJul13|p. 317}}
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She was sold on 14 July, 1920, to Cardiff Marine Stores.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge. p. 39.</ref>
 
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[George Augustus Giffard]], April 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Penrose Humpage|nick=Richard P. Humpage|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]]|precBy=New Command}}
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*Captain [[Frank H. Henderson]], January 1898.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Augustus Giffard|nick=George A. Giffard|appt=14 April, 1896<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>|end=21 January, 1898<ref>Giffard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Frederick Sidney Pelham]], September 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Hannam Henderson|nick=Frank H. Henderson|appt=21 January, 1898<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 615.</ref>|ass=26 February, 1898<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 615.</ref>|end=11 July, 1899<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 615.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[John Bridges Eustace]], November 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Hope Robertson|nick=Charles H. Robertson|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}<ref>Robertson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 447.</ref>|end=23 August, 1901<ref>Robertson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 447.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
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*Captain [[Allen Thomas Hunt|Allen T. Hunt]], 19 May, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 318.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=10 September, 1901<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1025.</ref>|end=25 November, 1904<ref>Pelham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1025.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[James Charles Tancred]], March1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Bridges Eustace|nick=John B. Eustace|appt=26 November, 1904{{NLJun06|p. 318}}|end=}}
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*Captain [[Francis W. Caulfield]], October 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert James Ogilvy Millar|nick=Herbert J. O. Millar|appt=5 February, 1907<ref>Millar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 325.</ref>|end=8 June, 1907<ref>Millar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 325.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allen Thomas Hunt|nick=Allen T. Hunt|appt=19 May, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 319}}<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|end=1 March, 1911<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=1 March, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 317}}|end=7 October, 1912}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Wade Caulfeild|nick=Francis W. Caulfeild|appt=7 October, 1912{{NLOct15|p. 394''f''}}<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|end=27 September, 1915<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=William H. D. Boyle|appt=27 September, 1915{{NLOct16|p. 394''n''}}|end=mid October, 1916|note=apparently, to be replaced for a very short period of time}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Peel Ritchie|nick=Henry P. Ritchie|appt=14 October, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 394''n''}}|end=December, 1916|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=William H. D. Boyle|appt=14 October, 1916<ref>Boyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 419.</ref>|end=24 September, 1917<ref>Boyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 419.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Goodenough Craufurd|nick=Arthur G. Craufurd|appt=24 September, 1917<ref>Craufurd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90/87.|D8115815}} f. 87.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 393''w''}}|end=c. 24 October, 1917|note=cancelled, but may have been brief}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston|nick=Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston|appt=24 October, 1917<ref>Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 115.</ref>|end=March, 1919<ref>Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 115.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRNR}}|name=James Burns|nick=James Burns|appt=14 October, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 796}}|ass=c. March, 1919<ref>I am guessing that his appearance in the Navy List means that he was briefly in command after his Captain left.  Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 115.</ref>|end=1 April, 1919{{NLJun19| p. 796}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Altham|nick=Edward Altham|appt=1 April, 1919{{NLOct19|p. 796}}|end=27 September, 1919|note=and as S.N.O, Arkhangel River Expedition}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:42, 20 May 2019

H.M.S. Fox (1893)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Launched: 15 Jun, 1893[3]
Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1896[4]
Sold: 14 Jul, 1920[5]
Fate: Scrapped

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

Service

Fox was sold on 14 July, 1920, to Cardiff Marine Stores.[6]

She recommissioned on 16 July 1912 at Aden. In mid-1913, she was serving in the East Indies.[7]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 39.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 317.
  8. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  9. ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  10. ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  11. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  12. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  13. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  14. ↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 447.
  15. ↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 447.
  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. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 318.
  19. ↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 325.
  20. ↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 325.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 319.
  22. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  23. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 317.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394f.
  26. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  27. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394n.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394n.
  30. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.
  31. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.
  32. ↑ Craufurd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/87. f. 87.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393w.
  34. ↑ Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 115.
  35. ↑ Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 115.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 796.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 796.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 796.

Bibliography

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


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