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==Service==
==Service and Alterations==
Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 March, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 280.</ref> In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-CS|3}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 280.</ref>
''Argyll'' was completed at Devonport on 30 January, 1906.  By early 1908, she was with the {{UK-CS|1}} of the [[Channel Fleet]],{{NLJan08|p. 279}} underoging a refit from 1 January 1908 to 13 February.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.  p. 1.</ref>


==Radio==
That year, she was one of just nine ship equipped with [["C" Tune Gear|"C" Tune wireless equipment]], capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes.  It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref>
In 1908, the ship was one of just nine equipped with the [["C" Tune Gear]], capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes.  It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref>


In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}
The ship re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 February, 1910.  By mid-1911, she was part of the {{UK-CS|5}} with the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLJul11|p. 279}}


==Alterations==
''Argyll'' was recommissioned at Devonport on 5 March, 1912.{{NLJul13|p. 280}}  In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-CS|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 280}}  It was decided at this juncture to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary wireless set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}
As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Argyll'' underwent a refit from 1 January 1908 to 13 February.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series. p. 1.</ref>
 
She was involved in some manner of collision on 10 September, 1914.{{KindellROH2|p. 61}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=20 March, 1906<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=27 December, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=29 January, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Eustace Anson|nick=Charles E. Anson|appt=24 March, 1906<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 32.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart|nick=Robert H. Johnston Stewart|appt=30 January, 1906<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 619.</ref>|end=20 March, 1906<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 619.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Arthur Allenby|nick=Reginald A. Allenby|appt=12 March, 1907<ref>Allenby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 47.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=20 March, 1906<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>|end=22 March, 1906<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 March, 1909<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 279.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Eustace Anson|nick=Charles E. Anson|appt=24 March, 1906<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 32.</ref>|end=12 March, 1907<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 647.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=November, 1910{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Arthur Allenby|nick=Reginald A. Allenby|appt=12 March, 1907{{NLJan08|p. 279}}<ref>Allenby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 47.</ref>|end=24 March, 1909<ref>Allenby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}  f. 47.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 279}}<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>|end=13 December, 1910<ref>Lambert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=22 June, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 392''d''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=24 November, 1910<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 477.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 279}}|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 477.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 279}}|end=22 June, 1914<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=22 June, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 392''d''}}|end=28 October, 1915{{HepperLosses|p. 44}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:14, 8 May 2020

H.M.S. Argyll (1904)
Pendant Number: 80 (1914)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 1 Sep, 1902[4]
Launched: 3 Mar, 1904[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1905[6]
Wrecked: 28 Oct, 1915[7]

Service and Alterations

Argyll was completed at Devonport on 30 January, 1906. By early 1908, she was with the First Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet,[8] underoging a refit from 1 January 1908 to 13 February.[9]

That year, she was one of just nine ship equipped with "C" Tune wireless equipment, capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes. It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.[10]

The ship re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 February, 1910. By mid-1911, she was part of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron with the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

Argyll was recommissioned at Devonport on 5 March, 1912.[12] In mid-1913, she was serving with the Third Cruiser Squadron.[13] It was decided at this juncture to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary wireless set for her.[14]

She was involved in some manner of collision on 10 September, 1914.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 279.
  9. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series. p. 1.
  10. ↑ ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 280.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 280.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  15. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 61.
  16. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  17. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  18. ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 619.
  19. ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 619.
  20. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  21. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  22. ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 32.
  23. ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 647.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 279.
  25. ↑ Allenby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 47.
  26. ↑ Allenby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42 f. 47.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 279.
  28. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  29. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  30. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 279.
  32. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  33. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 279.
  35. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392d.
  37. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 44.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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