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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
* {{CaptRN}} [[John Mackenzie McQuhae|John M. McQuhae]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[John Mackenzie McQuhae|John M. McQuhae]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]], August 1897.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Lewis Edmund Wintz|Lewis E. Wintz]], 3 August 1897.<ref>Wintz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}} f. 1410.</ref>
* Captain [[George Augustus Giffard]], February 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[George Augustus Giffard|George A. Giffard]], February 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]], November 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|Robert A. J. Montgomerie]], November 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Alfred Wyndham Paget]], March 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Alfred Wyndham Paget|Alfred W. Paget]], March 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Stanhope Hawke]], 25 March, 1907.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 18 March, 1907.  Issue '''38283''', col E, p. 9.</ref>
*Captain [[Stanhope Hawke|The Honourable Stanhope Hawke]], 25 March, 1907.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 18 March, 1907.  Issue '''38283''', col E, p. 9.</ref>
* Captain [[Edward Cecil Villiers]], December, 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward Cecil Villiers|Edward C. Villiers]], December, 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Eric Walter Harbord|Eric W. Harbord]], 17 May, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 292.</ref>
*Captain [[Robert Woodyear Glennie|Robert W. Glennie]], October. 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Claude William Bulteel Scobell|Claude W. B. Scobell]], 19 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 293.</ref>
*Captain [[Daniel McNab Riddel|Daniel McN. Riddel]], ?.{{FC}}
* Captain [[Robert Woodyear Glennie]], October. 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Lawrence de Wahl Satow|Lawrence de W. Satow]], ?.{{FC}}
* Captain [[Daniel McNab Riddel]], ?.{{FC}}
* Captain [[Lawrence de Wahl Satow]], ?.{{FC}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 18:57, 13 February 2014

H.M.S. Charybdis (1893)
Pendant Number: D.56 (1914)
P.56 (Sep 1915)
N.21 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[3]
Laid down: 1891[4]
Launched: 15 Jun, 1893[5]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[6]
Sold: 27 Jan, 1922[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Charybdis was one of eight Astræa class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1894 and 1896.

Service

Charybdis re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 April 1913 and was serving in the Third Fleet out of Devonport by mid-year.[8]

Following a collision she was laid up at Bermuda in 1914. She was repaired as a cargo carrier and until February, 1919, she was on loan. She was sold at Bermuda on 27 January, 1922, and resold in October, 1923, for breaking up in the Netherlands.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Wintz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 March, 1907. Issue 38283, col E, p. 9.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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