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==Service==
==Service==
She was commissioned on 8 July 1896 in order to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]] under the command of Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|Robert . J. Montgomerie]].{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}}
''Sirius'' recommissioned at Devonport on 1 February, 1912.  In mid-1913, she was operating in the West Atlantic.{{NLJul13|p. 376}}
''Sirius'' recommissioned at Devonport on 1 February, 1912.  In mid-1913, she was operating in the West Atlantic.{{NLJul13|p. 376}}


She recommissioned on 27 January, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 374}}
She recommissioned on 27 January, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 374}}
In April, 1914, she was to proceed from Devonport to Gibraltar with relief crews to carry further onward to New Zealand.  However, this plan was cancelled and she was left behind.{{NMI|Saturday, Apr 11, 1914; pg. 14; Issue 40495}}{{NMI|Wednesday, Apr 22, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40504}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=8 January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 245}}|end=c. January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=after Captain Lang was invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=8 January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 245}}|end=c. January, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=after Captain Lang was invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Pakenham Pipon|nick=John P. Pipon|appt=10 January, 1894<ref>Pipon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 255}}|ass=8 February, 1894<ref>Pipon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>|end=26 July, 1895<ref>Pipon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Pakenham Pipon|nick=John P. Pipon|appt=10 January, 1894<ref>Pipon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 255}}|ass=8 February, 1894<ref>Pipon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>|end=26 July, 1895<ref>Pipon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/237.|D7601631}} f. 1037.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|nick=Robert A. J. Montgomerie|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|end=19 August, 1896<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|nick=Robert A. J. Montgomerie|appt=8 July, 1896{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|end=19 August, 1896<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Creery Stuart|nick=Leslie C. Stuart|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1239.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres|end=13 August, 1897<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1239.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Creery Stuart|nick=Leslie C. Stuart|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1239.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]|end=13 August, 1897<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1239.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=9 November, 1897<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 9 November, 1897.  Issue '''35356''', col C, p. 6.</ref><ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>|end=14 February, 1898<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=9 November, 1897<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 9 November, 1897.  Issue '''35356''', col C, p. 6.</ref><ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>|end=14 February, 1898<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>|end=24 August, 1901<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=10 July, 1900{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|11 July 1900, p. 9}}|end=1 September, 1900|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>|end=24 August, 1901<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=17 March, 1903<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=20 October, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=17 March, 1903<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=20 October, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=21 October, 1905<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>|end=6 April, 1906<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=21 October, 1905<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>|end=6 April, 1906<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=9 August, 1906<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 375}}|end=29 September, 1908<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=9 August, 1906<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 375}}|end=29 September, 1908<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Gay Copleston|nick=Reginald G. Copleston|appt=4 April, 1909<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end=5 February, 1910<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Gay Copleston|nick=Reginald G. Copleston|appt=4 April, 1909<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end=5 February, 1910<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=10 June, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|end=14 July, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres, but left when he became sick}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=10 June, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|end=14 July, 1909<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]], but left when he became sick}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Spencer Reginald Strettell Richards|nick=Spencer R. S. Richards|appt=17 March, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 376}}|end=3 November, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Spencer Reginald Strettell Richards|nick=Spencer R. S. Richards|appt=17 March, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 376}}|end=3 November, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Crawford Maclachlan|nick=Crawford Maclachlan|appt=1 February, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 376}}|end=1913}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Crawford Maclachlan|nick=Crawford Maclachlan|appt=1 February, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 376}}|end=1913}}

Latest revision as of 20:04, 6 October 2020

H.M.S. Sirius (1890)
Pendant Number: N.20 (1914)
N.94 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2]
Laid down: Sep, 1889[3]
Launched: 27 Oct, 1890[4]
Commissioned: 1891[5]
Blockship: 23 Apr, 1918[6]

H.M.S. Sirius was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.

Service

She was commissioned on 8 July 1896 in order to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 under the command of Captain Robert . J. Montgomerie.[7][8][9]

Sirius recommissioned at Devonport on 1 February, 1912. In mid-1913, she was operating in the West Atlantic.[10]

She recommissioned on 27 January, 1914.[11]

In April, 1914, she was to proceed from Devonport to Gibraltar with relief crews to carry further onward to New Zealand. However, this plan was cancelled and she was left behind.[12][13]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 374.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 11, 1914; pg. 14; Issue 40495.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 22, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40504.
  14. ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 245.
  16. ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
  17. ↑ Pipon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/237. f. 1037.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 255.
  19. ↑ Pipon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/237. f. 1037.
  20. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  21. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
  22. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
  23. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1239.
  24. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1239.
  25. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 November, 1897. Issue 35356, col C, p. 6.
  26. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
  27. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
  28. ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), 11 July 1900, p. 9.
  29. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  30. ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
  31. ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
  32. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  33. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  34. ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
  35. ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 375.
  37. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  38. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  39. ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 375.
  41. ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
  42. ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 375.
  44. ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  45. ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
  46. ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 376.
  48. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 374.
  50. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  51. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  52. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397y.
  53. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 129.

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