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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Gloucester''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Gloucester|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=9 July, 1910<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=9 July, 1910<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 320}}|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=30 June, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 320}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=30 June, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 320}}<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>|end=16 March, 1914<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Archibald Howard Kelly|nick=William A. H. Kelly|appt=21 March, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''j''}}<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 312.</ref>|end=after 15 March, 1916<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 312.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Archibald Howard Kelly|nick=William A. H. Kelly|appt=21 March, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''j''}}<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 312.</ref>|end=after 15 March, 1916<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 312.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=April, 1916<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>|end=June, 1916<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=April, 1916<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>|end=June, 1916<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ernest Troyte Harper|nick=John E. T. Harper|appt=10 June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 394''r''}}<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 507.</ref>|end=4 Decmber, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ernest Troyte Harper|nick=John E. T. Harper|appt=10 June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 394''r''}}<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/522.|D7576577}} f. 507.</ref>|end=4 December, 1916<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/522.|D7576577}} f. 507.</ref>|note=invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peter William Edward Hill|nick=Peter W. E. Hill|appt=5 December, 1916{{NLFeb19|p. 803}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peter William Edward Hill|nick=Peter W. E. Hill|appt=5 December, 1916<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/291.|D7602621}} f. 319.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 803}}|end=7 May, 1919<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/291.|D7602621}} f. 319.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Gloucester.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
*[[Third L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
*[[Third L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(1909)}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(1909)}}
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 25 June 2019

H.M.S. Gloucester (1909)
Pendant Number: 58 (1914)
68 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Laid down: 15 Apr, 1909[3]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1909[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1910[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward, Briton Ferry[7]

H.M.S. Gloucester was one of five Bristol class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1910.

She fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.

Service

Gloucester was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 January, 1913 to become the temporary flagship of Second-in-Command, Mediterranean.[8]

At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers, operating under Captain William Frederick Blunt.[9]

She paid off in charge of a Naval Shipkeeping Party at Devonport on 31 March, 1920.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 320.
  9. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  11. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 320.
  13. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 320.
  15. ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  16. ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394j.
  18. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 312.
  19. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 312.
  20. ↑ Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
  21. ↑ Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394r.
  23. ↑ Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/522. f. 507.
  24. ↑ Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/522. f. 507.
  25. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/291. f. 319.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 803.
  27. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/291. f. 319.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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