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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Donegal'''''
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|fatedate=1 Jul, 1920{{DittColl|p. 42}}
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|order=1900-01 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
|name=Donegal
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|launch=4 Sep, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 70}}
|Pendant Numbers:
|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}}
|9C (1914)<br>55 (Jan 1918)<br>N.28 (Apr 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 42.</ref>
|laid=14 Feb, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}}
|-
|fate=Sold
|Built By:
|pend=9C (1914)<br>55 (Jan 1918)<br>N.28 (Apr 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 42.</ref>
|[[Fairfield]]<ref>Conways,  p. 70.</ref>
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'''H.M.S. ''Donegal''''' was one of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' class]] completed between 1903 and 1904.
|Laid Down:
 
|14 Feb 1901<ref>Conways,  p. 70.</ref>
==Service==
|-
She recommissioned at Devonport on 23 May 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 302}}
|Launched:
 
|4 Sep 1902<ref>Conways, p. 70.</ref>
She arrived at Scapa on 25 October, 1915, from Halifax.<ref>Jellicoe Papers. British LibraryAdd MS 49000f. 269.</ref>
|-
|Completed:
|5 Nov 1903<ref>Conways, p. 70.</ref>
|-
|Sold:
|1 July 1920<ref>Dittmar; Colledge, p. 42.</ref>
|-
|Fate:
|Sold to Castle; resold to Granton Ship Breaking Co.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge, p. 42.</ref>
|-
|}


One of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904.
==Alterations==
==Alterations==


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Donegal''">
*Captain The Honourable George A. Hardinge, 1 February, 1908.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 302.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=5 November, 1903<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 220.</ref>|end=21 May, 1905<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 220.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Thomas Stuart|nick=Arthur T. Stuart|appt=22 May, 1905<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578986}} f. 1237.</ref>|end=c. 24 October, 1905<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578986}} f. 1237.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=31 October, 1905<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>|end=1 February, 1906<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William John Grogan|nick=William J. Grogan|appt=1 February, 1906|end=9 April, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=10 April, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=2 May, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Everard Tower|nick=Cyril E. Tower|appt=23 June, 1906<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 32.</ref>|end=1 February, 1908<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 32.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Arthur Hardinge|nick=The Hon. George A. Hardinge|appt=1 February, 1908<ref>Hardinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/187.|D7602126}} f. 219.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 302}}|end=9 March, 1909<ref>Hardinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/187.|D7602126}} f. 219.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard|nick=Thomas D. L. Sheppard|appt=9 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 302}}<ref>Sheppard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 393.</ref>|end=11 April, 1911<ref>Sheppard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 393.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lionel Halsey|nick=Lionel Halsey|appt=11 April, 1911<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 302}}|end=20 September, 1912<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Holmes Borrett|nick=George H. Borrett|appt=20 September, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 302}}|end=25 August, 1913<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 505.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=25 August, 1913<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>|end=10 January, 1914<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maurice Henry Horatio Nelson|nick=Maurice H. H. Nelson|appt=7 April, 1914|end=17 September, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Douglas Carpendale|nick=Charles D. Carpendale|appt=September, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 305}}|end=7 August, 1915<ref>Carpendale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 443.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Warren Hastings D'Oyly|nick=Warren H. D'Oyly|appt=7 August, 1915<ref>D'Oyly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/412.|D8112193}} f. 493.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 393''d''}}|end=late 1917<ref>D'Oyly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/412.|D8112193}} f. 493.</ref>|note=sick for 10 weeks from mid-March 1916 and then eye trouble from late September, 1917}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Andrew Fountaine|nick=Charles A. Fountaine|appt=21 March, 1916|end=28 May, 1916|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leonard Laurence Peel Willan|nick=Leonard L. P. Willan|appt=29 August, 1917<ref>Willan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/322.|D7576615}} f. 322.</ref>|end=28 February, 1918<ref>Willan Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/322.|D7576615}} f. 322.</ref>|note=had been executive officer since 17 September, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Hilary Rymer|nick=Edward H. Rymer|appt=11 March, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 779}}|end=19 February, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Arthur Alured Mellin|nick=Arthur A. Mellin|appt=13 February, 1919{{NavAppts|20 Feb. 1919, p. 14}}|end=30 September, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=John Alexander Ingles|nick=John A. Ingles|appt=18 October, 1919{{NavAppts|18 Oct. 1919, p. 18}}|end=1919}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Donegal_(1902) Wikipedia]
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Donegal.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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{{Monmouth Class (1901)}}
{{Footer Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:44, 20 May 2023

H.M.S. Donegal (1902)
Pendant Number: 9C (1914)
55 (Jan 1918)
N.28 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1900-01 Programme[3]
Laid down: 14 Feb, 1901[4]
Launched: 4 Sep, 1902[5]
Commissioned: 5 Nov, 1903[6]
Sold: 1 Jul, 1920[7]
Fate: to Castle; resold[8]

H.M.S. Donegal was one of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth class completed between 1903 and 1904.

Service

She recommissioned at Devonport on 23 May 1911.[9]

She arrived at Scapa on 25 October, 1915, from Halifax.[10]

Alterations

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 42.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 302.
  10. Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add MS 49000. f. 269.
  11. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  12. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  13. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  14. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  15. Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  16. Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  17. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  18. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  19. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  20. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 32.
  21. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 302.
  23. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  24. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 302.
  25. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  26. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  27. Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 302.
  29. Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 302.
  31. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
  32. Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  33. Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  34. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 305.
  35. Carpendale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 443.
  36. D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
  37. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393d.
  38. D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
  39. Willan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/322. f. 322.
  40. Willan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/322. f. 322.
  41. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 779.
  42. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 20 Feb. 1919, p. 14.
  43. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 Oct. 1919, p. 18.

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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