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'''H.M.S. ''Scylla''''' was one of 21 [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class]] second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Scylla''''' was one of 21 [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class]] second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
  
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==Construction==
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==Construction & Service==
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''Scylla'' was launched on 17 October, 1891. She was christened by the wife of Director of Naval Construction [[William Henry White|Sir William White]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, October 19, 1891.  Issue '''33459''', col E, p. 10.</ref>
 
''Scylla'' was launched on 17 October, 1891. She was christened by the wife of Director of Naval Construction [[William Henry White|Sir William White]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, October 19, 1891.  Issue '''33459''', col E, p. 10.</ref>
  
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==Service==
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She was one of three cruisers, by early 1894, whose old pattern 6-in guns had been replaced by new quick-firing models.  This work would be extended, in stages, to other contemprary cruisers.{{NMI|Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=18 July, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=24 August, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=24 August, 1901<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey|nick=Spencer V. Y de Horsey|appt=5 June, 1902<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 180.</ref>|end=18 July, 1902<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey|nick=Spencer V. Y de Horsey|appt=5 June, 1902<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 180.</ref>|end=18 July, 1902<ref>de Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway|nick=Arthur A. C. Galloway|appt=19 July, 1902<ref>Galloway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 275.</ref>|end=3 September, 1902<ref>Galloway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 275.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway|nick=Arthur A. C. Galloway|appt=19 July, 1902<ref>Galloway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 275.</ref>|end=3 September, 1902<ref>Galloway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 275.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Hope Dundas|nick=Charles H. Dundas|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|end=|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles William Winnington-Ingram|nick=Charles W. Winnington-Ingram|appt=23 September, 1903|end=late 1903|note=for voyage out to Australia}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=10 February, 1904<ref>Currey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 36.</ref>|end=1904<ref>Currey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 36.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 13:09, 14 July 2020

H.M.S. Scylla (1891)
Builder: Samuda Brothers, Poplar[1]
Laid down: 1890[2]
Launched: 17 Oct, 1891[3]
Commissioned: 1892[4]
Sold: 1914[5]

H.M.S. Scylla was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.

Construction & Service

Scylla was launched on 17 October, 1891. She was christened by the wife of Director of Naval Construction Sir William White.[6]

She was one of three cruisers, by early 1894, whose old pattern 6-in guns had been replaced by new quick-firing models. This work would be extended, in stages, to other contemprary cruisers.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, October 19, 1891. Issue 33459, col E, p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10.
  8. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 295.
  10. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1160.
  11. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 473.
  12. ↑ Galloway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 139/276.
  13. ↑ Galloway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 139/276.
  14. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  15. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  16. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  17. ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  18. ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 657.
  19. ↑ Galloway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 275.
  20. ↑ Galloway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 275.
  21. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  22. ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  23. ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 374.
  25. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.
  26. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.
  27. ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
  28. ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
  29. ↑ Maclachlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  30. ↑ Maclachlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  31. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 373.
  33. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.

Bibliography


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