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|name=Amethyst | |name=Amethyst | ||
|launch=5 Nov, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 84}} | |launch=5 Nov, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 84}} | ||
|builder=[[Armstrong]], Elswick{{Conways1860|p. 84}} | |builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]], Elswick{{Conways1860|p. 84}} | ||
|laid=7 Jan, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 84}} | |laid=7 Jan, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 84}} | ||
|fate=Sold | |fate=Sold | ||
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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
The ship was launched on 5 November 1903 and christened by a Miss Cruddas.<ref>"New Cruiser Launched at Elswick". ''The Newcastle Daily Chronicle''. 6 November 1903. p. 7.</ref> Her turbine machinery was reportedly insured for £100,000.<ref>"Naval and Military". ''The Evening News''. 5 November 1903. p. 6.</ref> | |||
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1907.{{NLJan08|p. 276-7}} | |||
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}} | Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}} | ||
Arrived Sheerness, 8 September, 1913.{{MoS|Tuesday, Sep 09, 1913; pg. 8; Issue 40312}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Amethyst''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Amethyst''"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=1 April, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 275}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=1 April, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 275}}<ref>Williamson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>|end=6 May, 1907<ref>Williamson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Douglas Dick|nick=James D. Dick|appt=7 May, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 276-7}}|end=4 January, 1909<ref>Dick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 204.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Douglas Dick|nick=James D. Dick|appt=7 May, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 276-7}}|end=4 January, 1909<ref>Dick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 204.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=5 January, 1909<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 276-7}}<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>|end=17 August, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=18 August, 1911{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=18 August, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 276-7}}|end=1 January, 1913|note=and as Commander (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=1 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 276-7}}<ref>Leake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 69.</ref>|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Leake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 69.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=1 December, 1913<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Lambert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579066}} f. 279.</ref>|end=1 December, 1913<ref>Lambert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579066}} f. 279.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George James Todd|nick=George J. Todd|appt=2 January, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''a''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=1 December, 1913<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas|end=August, 1914<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 125.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick James Boyle, Eighth Earl of Glasgow|nick=Patrick James Boyle|appt=10 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''h''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=August, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=24 October, 1914<ref>Thesiger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerard Clarence Pigou|nick=Gerard C. Pigou|appt=26 August, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 729}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George James Todd|nick=George J. Todd|appt=2 January, 1915<ref>Todd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 392''a''}}|end=10 March, 1916<ref>Todd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>}} | ||
{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Unwin|nick=Edward Unwin|appt=7 March, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 392''b''}}|end=October, 1916}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick James Boyle, Eighth Earl of Glasgow|nick=Patrick James Boyle|appt=10 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''h''}}|end=22 August, 1918}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerard Clarence Pigou|nick=Gerard C. Pigou|appt=26 August, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 729}}|end=16 January, 1919}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel John Garfit Anderson|nick=Lionel J. G. Anderson|appt=5 November, 1918<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>|end=15 May, 1919<ref>Anderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
{{WP| | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Amethyst.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | ||
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amethyst_(1903)}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 20 January 2024
H.M.S. Amethyst (1903) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.00 (1914) P.02 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2] |
Laid down: | 7 Jan, 1903[3] |
Launched: | 5 Nov, 1903[4] |
Commissioned: | 17 Mar, 1905[5] |
Sold: | 1 Oct, 1920[6] |
Fate: | to J. W. Towers, Milford Haven[7] |
H.M.S. Amethyst was one of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.
Service
The ship was launched on 5 November 1903 and christened by a Miss Cruddas.[8] Her turbine machinery was reportedly insured for £100,000.[9]
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1907.[10]
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.[11]
Arrived Sheerness, 8 September, 1913.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Adolphus H. Williamson, 1 April, 1905[13][14] – 6 May, 1907[15]
- Commander James D. Dick, 7 May, 1907[16] – 4 January, 1909[17]
- Captain Richard Webb, 5 January, 1909[18][19] – 17 August, 1911[20]
- Commander Charles S. Wills, 18 August, 1911[21] – 1 January, 1913 (and as Commander (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Francis M. Leake, 1 January, 1913[22][23] – 1 October, 1913[24] (and as Captain (D) of Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Cecil F. Lambert, 1 October, 1913[25] – 1 December, 1913[26]
- Captain Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 1 December, 1913[27] – August, 1914[28] (and as Commodore, Second Class in Command of Destroyer Flotillas)
- Captain Bertram S. Thesiger, August, 1914[29] – 24 October, 1914[30]
- Captain George J. Todd, 2 January, 1915[31][32] – 10 March, 1916[33]
- Commander Edward Unwin, 7 March, 1916[34] – October, 1916
- Commander Patrick James Boyle, 10 October, 1916[35] – 22 August, 1918
- Acting Captain Gerard C. Pigou, 26 August, 1918[36] – 16 January, 1919
- Commander Lionel J. G. Anderson, 5 November, 1918[37] – 15 May, 1919[38]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ "New Cruiser Launched at Elswick". The Newcastle Daily Chronicle. 6 November 1903. p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military". The Evening News. 5 November 1903. p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 276-7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 09, 1913; pg. 8; Issue 40312.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 275.
- ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
- ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 276-7.
- ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 204.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 276-7.
- ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
- ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 276-7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
- ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
- ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
- ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
- ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392a.
- ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 729.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
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