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'''H.M.S. ''Topaze''''' was the first of four third class cruisers of the [[Gem Class Cruiser (1903)|"Gem" class]] completed in 1904 and 1905.
==Service==
The ''Topaze'' was launched on 23 July 1903, christened by Miss Annie Laird.<ref>"Cruiser Launched at Birkenhead". ''The Liverpool Mercury''. 24 July 1903. p. 12.</ref>
A navigating party took her from Devonport to Birkenhead in November 1904, conducting a 24-hour full power trial ''en route''.{{NMI|31 Oct. 1904, p. 10}}
Assigned to the Channel Fleet, she left Portland for Sheerness on 30 November 1905 under the command of Commander [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard]].{{NMI|1 Dec. 1905, p. 11}}
On 22 October 1906 she arrived at Chatham Dockyard under the command of [[Henry Blackett]], to refit and re-commission with a new crew.{{NMI|23 Oct. 1906, p. 11}}
She left Cromarty on 29 July 1907.{{NMI|30 July 1907, p. 12}}
She arrived at Chatham on 4 December 1907 for her annual refit.{{NMI|5 Dec. 1907, p. 5}}
In mid-1913, ''Topaze'' was serving with Third Fleet.{{NLJul13|p. 387}}
She paid off at Portsmouth on 7 October 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 876}}
==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
* Captain [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard]],  
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* Captain [[Alexander Riall Wadham Woods]],  
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=6 December, 1904<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|end=3 September, 1906<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Blackett|nick=Henry Blackett|appt=3 September, 1906<ref>Blackett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 479.</ref>|end=20 January, 1908<ref>Blackett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 479.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=20 January, 1908<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 84.</ref>|end=26 November, 1908<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 444.</ref>|note=Commodore, Second Class in Home Fleet in Charge of Destroyers in Commission}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=27 November, 1908<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 386}}|end=27 July, 1909<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>|note=and in charge of {{UK-DF|1}}?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=27 July, 1909<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=10 August, 1909<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=10 August, 1909<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|end=5 August, 1910<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), [[Portsmouth Destroyer Flotilla]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Mortimer L'Estrange Silver|nick=Mortimer L'E. Silver|appt=2 August, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 5 July, 1910.  Issue '''39316''', col C, p. 9.</ref><ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>|end=31 July, 1912<ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|4}} and then {{UK-DF|6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles John Wintour|nick=Charles J. Wintour|appt=1 April, 1913<ref>Wintour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/224.|D7602559}} f. 245.</ref>|end=11 April, 1913<ref>Wintour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/224.|D7602559}} f. 245.</ref>|note=lent}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=14 April, 1913<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLAug13|p. 387}}|end=4 August, 1913<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Bowden-Smith|nick=William Bowden-Smith|appt=15 July, 1913<ref>Bowden-Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/415.|}}  f. 461.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert John Anthony Throckmorton|nick=Herbert J. A. Throckmorton|appt=26 August, 1913<ref>Throckmorton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/137/95.|}} f. 97.</ref>{{NLFeb14|p. 384}}|end=4 May, 1914<ref>Throckmorton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/137/95.|}} f. 97.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Johns Beckett Law|nick=William J. B. Law|appt=31 March, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 398''r''}}|end=5 May, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Henry Fox|nick=Cecil H. Fox|appt=5 May, 1915<ref>Fox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>|end=14 May, 1915<ref>Fox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=14 May, 1914<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>|end=16 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=Captain|name=Alexander Riall Wadham Woods|nick=Alexander R. W. Woods|appt=22 August, 1916<ref>Woods Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/204.|}} f. 208.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 921}}|end=25 April, 1919<ref>Woods Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/204.|}} f. 208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff|nick=Cuthbert D. Longstaff|appt=25 April, 1919{{NLOct19|p. 921}}|end=21 November, 1919|succBy=Command Disbanded}}
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==Aterations==
==Alterations==
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 6 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.{{AWO1914|512 of 16 Oct, 1914}}
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 6 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.{{AWO1914|512 of 16 Oct, 1914}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Topaze_(1903)}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Topaze.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Topaze_(1903)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 14:39, 20 January 2024

H.M.S. Topaze (1903)
Pendant Number: P.29 (1914)
P.2A (Sep 1915)
P.1C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird, Birkenhead[2]
Laid down: 14 Aug, 1902[3]
Launched: 23 Jul, 1903[4]
Commissioned: 6 Dec, 1904[5]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[6]
Fate: to Cohen[7]

H.M.S. Topaze was the first of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

The Topaze was launched on 23 July 1903, christened by Miss Annie Laird.[8]

A navigating party took her from Devonport to Birkenhead in November 1904, conducting a 24-hour full power trial en route.[9]

Assigned to the Channel Fleet, she left Portland for Sheerness on 30 November 1905 under the command of Commander Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard.[10]

On 22 October 1906 she arrived at Chatham Dockyard under the command of Henry Blackett, to refit and re-commission with a new crew.[11]

She left Cromarty on 29 July 1907.[12]

She arrived at Chatham on 4 December 1907 for her annual refit.[13]

In mid-1913, Topaze was serving with Third Fleet.[14]

She paid off at Portsmouth on 7 October 1919.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 6 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[50]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 386.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ "Cruiser Launched at Birkenhead". The Liverpool Mercury. 24 July 1903. p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 31 Oct. 1904, p. 10.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 Dec. 1905, p. 11.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 23 Oct. 1906, p. 11.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 30 July 1907, p. 12.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 Dec. 1907, p. 5.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 387.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 876.
  16. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  17. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  18. ↑ Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  19. ↑ Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  20. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 84.
  21. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 444.
  22. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 386.
  24. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  25. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  26. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  27. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  28. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  29. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 July, 1910. Issue 39316, col C, p. 9.
  30. ↑ Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  31. ↑ Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  32. ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
  33. ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
  34. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 387.
  36. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  37. ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
  38. ↑ Throckmorton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/95. f. 97.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 384.
  40. ↑ Throckmorton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/95. f. 97.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398r.
  42. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  43. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  44. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  45. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  46. ↑ Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  48. ↑ Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 921.
  50. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.

Bibliography


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