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'''H.M.S. ''Pioneer''''' was transferred to the Australian Navy in 1912, becoming '''H.M.A.S. ''Pioneer'''''. | '''H.M.S. ''Pioneer''''' was one of eleven [[Pelorus Class Cruiser (1896)|''Pelorus'' class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] between 1898 and 1901. | ||
She was transferred to the Australian Navy in 1912, becoming '''H.M.A.S. ''Pioneer'''''. | |||
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* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-pioneer Royal Australian Navy page on ''Pioneer''] | * [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-pioneer Royal Australian Navy page on ''Pioneer''] | ||
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Revision as of 19:32, 7 January 2014
| H.M.S. Pioneer (1899) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | Dec, 1897[2] |
| Launched: | 28 Jun, 1899[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1900[4] |
| Sold: | 1924[5] |
| Fate: | at Sydney[6] |
H.M.S. Pioneer was one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1901.
She was transferred to the Australian Navy in 1912, becoming H.M.A.S. Pioneer.
Service
On 30 November, 1912, her officers and crew were appropriated to recommission the third class protected cruiser Pyramus in Australia.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Hugh Evan-Thomas, 15 November, 1900.[8]
- Commander George P. W. Hope, 5 July, 1902.[9]
- Captain George H. Borrett, 29 August, 1904.[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 363.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
Bibliography
- 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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