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* {{CaptRN}} [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Walter Henry Cowan]], July 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{CaptRN}} [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Walter Henry Cowan]], July 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], June 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], June 1912.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[William Archibald Howard Kelly]], March 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[William Archibald Howard Kelly]], 21 March, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 320.</ref>
* Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]], April 1916,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
* Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]], April 1916,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
* Captain [[John Ernest Troyte Harper]], June 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[John Ernest Troyte Harper]], June 1916.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 15:10, 12 July 2013

H.M.S. Gloucester (1909)
Pendant Number: 58 (1914)
68 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Laid down: 15 Apr, 1909[3]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1909[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1910[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward, Briton Ferry[7]

H.M.S. Gloucester fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.

Alterations

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 320.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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