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==Service==
==Service==
''Challenger'' recommissioned at Devonport on 1 November, 1912.{{NLApr14|p. 293}}
''Challenger'' recommissioned at Sydney on 9 December, 1910.{{NLAug12|p. 291}}
 
Part of the Australia Squadron, on 12 June 1911 ''Challenger'' departed Salina Cruz for Acapulco under the command of Captain [[Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt|Guy R. A. Gaunt]].{{MoS|Wednesday, June 14, 1911, Issue 39611, p.16}}
 
''Challenger'' returned to England in mid 1912 and recommissioned at Devonport on 1 November, 1912.{{NLApr14|p. 293}}{{NLAug12|p. 291}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa|nick=Herbert C. C. Da Costa|appt=1 March, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 291}}<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 266.</ref>|end=15 February, 1910<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 266.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa|nick=Herbert C. C. Da Costa|appt=1 March, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 291}}<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 266.</ref>|end=15 February, 1910<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 266.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt|nick=Guy R. A. Gaunt|appt=15 February, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 31 January, 1910.  Issue '''39183''', col B, p. 17.</ref><ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. 161.</ref>|end=14 January, 1912<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. 161.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt|nick=Guy R. A. Gaunt|appt=15 February, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 31 January, 1910.  Issue '''39183''', col B, p. 17.</ref><ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. 161.</ref>|end=14 January, 1912<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. 161.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Douglas Jephson|nick=George D. Jephson|appt=9 December, 1910{{NLJun13|p. 291}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown|nick=Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown|appt=17 January, 1912<ref>Gilpin-Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 395.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 291}}|end=31 October, 1912<ref>Gilpin-Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 395.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown|nick=Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown|appt=17 January, 1912<ref>Gilpin-Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 395.</ref>|end=31 October, 1912<ref>Gilpin-Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 395.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Douglas Jephson|nick=George D. Jephson|appt=1 November, 1912|end=August, 1913|note=had been on the ship since late 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (N)|name=Godfray Powys Bamber|nick=Godfray P. Bamber|appt=6 October, 1913{{NLJun14|p. 293}}|end=mid 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=15 May, 1914{{NLNov14|p. 290}}|end=December, 1914<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 235.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=15 May, 1914{{NLNov14|p. 290}}|end=December, 1914<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 235.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=December, 1914<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 460.</ref>|end=March, 1915<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 460.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=December, 1914<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 460.</ref>|end=March, 1915<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 460.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Charles Sykes|nick=Alfred C. Sykes|appt=March, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 392''h''}}|end=December, 1917{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Charles Sykes|nick=Alfred C. Sykes|appt=March, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 392''h''}}|end=December, 1917}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Foster Grant-Dalton|nick=John F. Grant-Dalton|appt=December, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 755}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Foster Grant-Dalton|nick=John F. Grant-Dalton|appt=December, 1917<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 755}}|end=6 November, 1918<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref>}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Challenger.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Challenger.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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Latest revision as of 13:38, 26 June 2019

H.M.S. Challenger (1902)
Pendant Number: D.33 (1914)
P.07 (Sep 1915)
P.81 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 1 Dec, 1900[3]
Launched: 27 May, 1902[4]
Commissioned: 3 May, 1904[5]
Sold: 31 May, 1920[6]

H.M.S. Challenger was one of two Challenger class cruisers completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

Challenger recommissioned at Sydney on 9 December, 1910.[7]

Part of the Australia Squadron, on 12 June 1911 Challenger departed Salina Cruz for Acapulco under the command of Captain Guy R. A. Gaunt.[8]

Challenger returned to England in mid 1912 and recommissioned at Devonport on 1 November, 1912.[9][10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  7. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 291.
  8. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, June 14, 1911, Issue 39611, p.16.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 293.
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 291.
  11. Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
  12. Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
  13. Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  14. Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 291.
  16. Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  17. Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  18. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, p. 17.
  19. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  20. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  21. Gilpin-Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 395.
  22. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 291.
  23. Gilpin-Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 395.
  24. The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 290.
  25. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  26. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  27. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  28. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392h.
  29. Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
  30. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 755.
  31. Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.

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