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==Service==
==Service==
In May, 1906 it was ordered that three cruisers should tow the obsolete ''Medusa'', {{UK-Philomel}} and {{UK-Rinaldo}} from the Firth of Forth to the Motherbank, where they were to be moored.{{NMI|Friday, May 11, 1906; pg. 11; Issue 38017}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Henry Meggs Davis|nick=Edward H. M. Davis|appt=18 July, 1889{{ToL|The Naval Manœuvres|Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col F, p. 3}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=22 July, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=4 September, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=22 July, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=4 September, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Nigel Gresley|nick=Richard N. Gresley|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Conyers Lang|nick=Conyers Lang|appt=28 January, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 270}}|end=28 January, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Augustus Lempriere Knapton Knapton|nick=Augustus L. K. Knapton|appt=28 January, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 271}}|ass=1 February, 1899|end=10 July, 1900|note=relieved to attend to wife's health}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Preedy|nick=Henry Preedy|appt=10 July, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 280}}|end=1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Baker-Baker|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=10 April, 1902<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>|end=30 June, 1903<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Baker-Baker|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=10 April, 1902<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>|end=30 June, 1903<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=30 June, 1903<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>|end=30 January, 1905<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=30 June, 1903<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>|end=30 January, 1905<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Albert Sigismund Elwell-Sutton|nick=Albert S. Susmann|appt=21 July, 1910{{NMI|Wednesday, Jul 13, 1910; pg. 10; Issue 39323}}|end=10 October, 1912<ref>Elwell-Sutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/405.|}} f. 411.</ref>|note=and for the Bantry Calibration Range}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Stephen Tindall|nick=Noel S. Tindall|appt=15 October, 1912<ref>Tindall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>|end=29 July, 1914<ref>Tindall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>|note=and for the Bantry Calibration Range}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:39, 17 March 2022

H.M.S. Medusa (1888)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 25 Aug, 1887[2]
Launched: 11 Aug, 1888[3]
Commissioned: 1889[4]
Sold: 1920[5]

H.M.S. Medusa was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.

Service

In May, 1906 it was ordered that three cruisers should tow the obsolete Medusa, Philomel and Rinaldo from the Firth of Forth to the Motherbank, where they were to be moored.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 11, 1906; pg. 11; Issue 38017.
  7. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  8. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  9. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  10. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 270.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 271.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 280.
  14. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  15. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  16. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  17. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  18. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 13, 1910; pg. 10; Issue 39323.
  19. Elwell-Sutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/405. f. 411.
  20. Tindall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/66. f. 66.
  21. Tindall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/66. f. 66.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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