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==Service==
==Service==
In earlier 1894, it was ordered that she would be one of four cruisers to have her old pattern 6-in guns replaced by new quick-firing models.{{NMI|Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10}}
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".{{NLApr14|p. 371}}{{NLJul13|p. 372}}
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".{{NLApr14|p. 371}}{{NLJul13|p. 372}}


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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=18 July, 1894<ref>Finnis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Charles Bigge|nick=Henry C. Bigge|appt=11 July, 1893|end=28 August, 1893|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=c. July, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|end=30 September, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=18 July, 1894<ref>Finnis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Joseph Baker|nick=Casper J. Baker|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|end=24 August, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Archibald Tisdall|nick=Vernon A. Tisdall|appt=24 September, 1895<ref>Tisdall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>{{NLMar96|p. 261}}|end=17 July, 1896<ref>Tisdall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=13 August, 1900<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=c. July, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|end=30 September, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Joseph Baker|nick=Casper J. Baker|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|end=24 August, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=13 August, 1900<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 301''a''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}}  f. 100.</ref>|end=16 July, 1905<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}}  f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}}  f. 100.</ref>|end=16 July, 1905<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}}  f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 August, 1908<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 August, 1908<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=8 August, 1908<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 372}}|end=30 September, 1909<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=21 April, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 372}}|end=13 December, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=14 December, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 124.</ref>|end=2 April, 1912<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 124.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=14 December, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 124.</ref>|end=2 April, 1912<ref>Webb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 124.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox|nick=Gerald V. C. Knox|appt=2 April, 1912{{NLDec16|p. 397''v''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox|nick=Gerald V. C. Knox|appt=2 April, 1912{{NLDec16|p. 397''v''}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
[[Harold Christian]] may also have held this command at some point.{{FC}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:17, 1 October 2019

H.M.S. Sappho (1891)
Pendant Number: P.41 (1914)
P.A1 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Salmuda, Poplar[2]
Laid down: 21 Oct, 1889[3]
Launched: 9 May, 1891[4]
Commissioned: Feb, 1893[5]
Sold: 1921[6]

H.M.S. Sappho was one of twenty-one Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.

Service

In earlier 1894, it was ordered that she would be one of four cruisers to have her old pattern 6-in guns replaced by new quick-firing models.[7]

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".[8][9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 371.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 372.
  10. ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
  11. ↑ Tisdall Service Record. The National Archives. D7579001 ADM 196/39/539. f. 1306.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 261.
  13. ↑ Tisdall Service Record. The National Archives. D7579001 ADM 196/39/539. f. 1306.
  14. ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
  15. ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
  16. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  17. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  18. ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 84/180.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 301a.
  20. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
  21. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
  22. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  23. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  24. ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/403. f. 482.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 372.
  26. ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/403. f. 482.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 372.
  28. ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  29. ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397v.

Bibliography


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