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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Skirmisher''''' was one of eight [[Sentinel Class Cruiser (1904)|''Sentinel'' class]] [[Scout Cruiser]]s completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1905.
 
==Service==
 
''Skirmisher'' led eleven T.B.Ds., many of them new "River" class ships, of the Devonport Reserve from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.{{NMI|Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p. 9}}


==Career==
As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Skirmisher'' started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 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.</ref>
As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Skirmisher'' started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 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.</ref>
''Skirmisher'' re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for {{UK-DF|7}} afterward.{{NLAug13|p. 376}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Skirmisher''">
*{{CommRN}} [[Edward Reeves]], 2 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 376.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=24 July, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=1 January, 1907<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} for command of torpedo craft in reserve at Devonport|precBy=New Command}}
* Captain [[Francis Clifton Brown]], 21 March, 1914<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 374.</ref> and as Captain (D) {{UK-DF|7}}.
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt|appt=2 January, 1907<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=2 January, 1908<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Reeves|nick=Edward Reeves|appt=2 January, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 376}}<ref>Reeves Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 57.</ref>|end=4 January, 1910<ref>Reeves Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 57.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=4 January, 1910<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 376}}|end=16 January, 1912<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=William H. D. Boyle|appt=16 January, 1912{{NavAppts|8 Jan. 1912, p. 10}}{{NLMar13|p. 376}}|end=18 April, 1913<ref>Boyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 419.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=1 July, 1913{{NLAug13|p. 376}}<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=2 September, 1913<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=7 October, 1913<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>{{NLFeb14|p. 374}}|end=5 March, 1914<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) {{UK-DF|7}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=21 March, 1914<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''b''}}|end=5 May, 1915<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=16 May, 1915<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>|end=8 June, 1916<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>|note=continuing as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Winstanley Robert Coverdale Moorsom|nick=Winstanley R. C. Moorsom|appt=8 June, 1916<ref>Moorsom Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/488.|}}  f. 503.</ref>|end=|note=this was cancelled}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=15 June, 1916<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''y''}}|end=July, 1918<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morshead Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton|nick=Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton|appt=July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}|end=21 July, 1919}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Skirmisher_(1905)}}
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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H.M.S. Skirmisher (1905)
Pendant Number: D.55 (1914)
P.55 (Sep 1915)
N.95 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Laid down: 29 Jul, 1903[3]
Launched: 7 Feb, 1905[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1905[5]
Sold: 3 Mar, 1920[6]
Fate: to Ward, Preston[7]

H.M.S. Skirmisher was one of eight Sentinel class Scout Cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1905.

Service

Skirmisher led eleven T.B.Ds., many of them new "River" class ships, of the Devonport Reserve from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.[8]

As part of the Channel Fleet, Skirmisher started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[9]

Skirmisher re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for Seventh Destroyer Flotilla afterward.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p. 9.
  9. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 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.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
  11. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  12. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  13. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  14. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
  16. ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
  17. ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
  18. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 376.
  20. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  21. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Jan. 1912, p. 10.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 376.
  23. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
  25. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  26. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  27. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 374.
  29. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  30. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398b.
  32. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  33. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  34. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  35. ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.
  36. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397y.
  38. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.

Bibliography


Sentinel Class Scout Cruiser
Vickers/Sentinel Group
  Sentinel Skirmisher  
Cammell Laird/Pathfinder Group
  Pathfinder Patrol  
Fairfield/Forward Group
  Foresight Forward  
Armstrong/Adventure Group
  Adventure Attentive  
<– Gem Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Boadicea Class –>


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