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'''H.M.S. ''Pathfinder''''' was one of eight [[Sentinel Class Cruiser (1904)|''Sentinel'' class]] scout cruisers which entered [[Royal Navy]] service in 1905.
She was the first Royal Navy loss to submarine attack when sunk on 5 September, 1914.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 163}}.


==Honours==
==Honours==
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*{{CommRN}} [[Francis Gerald St. John|Francis G. St. John]], 20 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 352.</ref>
*{{CommRN}} [[Francis Gerald St. John|Francis G. St. John]], 20 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 352.</ref>
* {{CommRN}} [[John B. Sparks]], 17 January, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 352.</ref>
* {{CommRN}} [[John B. Sparks]], 17 January, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 352.</ref>
* Captain [[Francis Martin Leake]], 1 October, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 353.</ref>
* Captain [[Francis Martin Leake]], 1 October, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 353.</ref> in command when she was lost on 5 September, 1914.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 17:53, 26 November 2013

H.M.S. Pathfinder (1904)
Pendant Number: N/A[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead[2]
Laid down: 15 Aug, 1903[3]
Launched: 16 Jul, 1904[4]
Commissioned: 18 Jul, 1905[5]
Torpedoed: 5 Sep, 1914[6]
Fate: by U 21 in North Sea[7]

H.M.S. Pathfinder was one of eight Sentinel class scout cruisers which entered Royal Navy service in 1905.

She was the first Royal Navy loss to submarine attack when sunk on 5 September, 1914.[8].

Honours

On 2 October 1914, the Admiralty inserted into its Weekly Orders a note of "Appreciation of Conduct of Officers and Crews of Ships recently destroyed", mentioning this ship as one of six whose men displayed "exemplary steadiness and coolness... in face of imminent death".[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 163.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 426 of 2 Oct, 1914.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 352.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 352.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 353.

Bibliography


Sentinel Class Scout Cruiser
Vickers/Sentinel Group
  Sentinel Skirmisher  
Cammell Laird/Pathfinder Group
  Pathfinder Patrol  
Fairfield/Forward Group
  Foresight Forward  
Armstrong/Adventure Group
  Adventure Attentive  
<– Gem Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Boadicea Class –>


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