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+ | <div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Ariadne'' (1898)|fate2=by {{DE-UC65}}{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | |comm=5 Jun, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | |fatedate=26 Jul, 1917{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | |order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | |name=Ariadne | ||
+ | |launch=22 Apr, 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | |builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | |laid=29 Oct, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | |fate=Torpedoed | ||
+ | |pend=P.69 (1914){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
+ | '''H.M.S. ''Ariadne''''' was one of eight [[Diadem Class Cruiser (1896)|''Diadem'' class]] protected cruisers completed for the [[Royal Navy]] at the end of the nineteenth century. | ||
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+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Ariadne'' left Halifax in company with the cruisers {{UK-1Tribune}} and {{UK-Retribution}} on 15 August, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Aug 17, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37161.</ref> | ||
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+ | In March 1913, ''Ariadne'' was converted to a training ship for stokers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Ariadne'' completed conversion in [[Devonport Royal Dockyard]] to a minelayer on 20 March, 1917, her armament being reduced to four 6-in guns and one 4-in H.A. mount with a capacity of 400 mines.{{DittColl|p. 117}} | ||
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+ | In June of 1917, she was assigned to the [[Minelayer Squadron]].{{SMNLJun17|p. 14}} She did not last long in this new role, being torpedoed by {{DE-UC65}} on 26 July, 1917 with over 30 men losing their lives.{{KindellROH2|p. 387}} | ||
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | Dates of appointment | + | Dates of appointment are provided when known. |
− | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ariadne''"> | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Stokes Rees|nick=William S. Rees|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}<ref>Rees Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 436.</ref>|end=23 August, 1901<ref>Rees Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 436.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]|precBy=New Command}} | |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Montague E. Browning|appt=5 June, 1902<ref>Browning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 124.</ref>|end=19 October, 1904<ref>Browning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 429.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=A. Gordon H. W. Moore|appt=20 August, 1904<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 64.</ref>|end=18 July, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 64.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=15 August, 1905<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=6 November, 1906<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=19 November, 1906<ref>Charlton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>|end=21 May, 1907<ref>Charlton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Albert Sumner Lafone|nick=Albert S. Lafone|appt=28 September, 1907{{NLJan08|p. 279}}<ref>Lafone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/156.|D7602099}} f. 183.</ref>|end=6 April, 1908<ref>Lafone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/156.|D7602099}} f. 183.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Carlton Valentine de Mornay Cowper|nick=Carlton V. de M. Cowper|appt=15 April, 1908<ref>Cowper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/262.|D7602197}} f. 307.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 279}}|end=6 April, 1909<ref>Cowper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/262.|D7602197}} f. 307.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Percy Edward Hunt|nick=George P. E. Hunt|appt=6 April, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 279}}<ref>Hunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604457}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=9 August, 1910<ref>Hunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604457}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Legge Barnardiston|nick=Thomas L. Barnardiston|appt=9 August, 1910<ref>Barnardiston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 414.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 279}}|end=1 July, 1911<ref>Barnardiston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 414.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leonard Booty|nick=Edward L. Booty|appt=1 July, 1911<ref>Booty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/173.|D7602512}} f. 186.</ref>|end=5 January, 1912<ref>Booty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/173.|D7602512}} f. 186.</ref>|note=and in command of a group of ships in Fourth Division, Home Fleet}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry George Glas Sandeman|nick=Henry G. G. Sandeman|appt=5 January, 1912<ref>Sandeman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 4.</ref>|end=2 April, 1912<ref>Sandeman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 4.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=1 April, 1912<ref>Morgan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 280}}|end=6 December, 1913<ref>Morgan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Tibbits|nick=Charles Tibbits|appt=1913<ref>Tibbits Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>|end=8 January, 1914<ref>Tibbits Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert MacIver Edwards|nick=Herbert MacI. Edwards|appt=8 January, 1914<ref>Edwards Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 120.</ref>|end=1 August, 1914<ref>Edwards Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 120.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Bennett Weston Young|nick=George B. W. Young|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Young Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}} f. 352.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 277}}|end=31 December, 1914<ref>Young Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}} f. 352.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Skinner Shipway|nick=Hugh S. Shipway|appt=18 June, 1915<ref>Shipway Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 218.</ref>|end=6 September, 1915<ref>Shipway Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 218.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy George Brown|nick=Percy G. Brown|appt=6 September, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''d''}}<ref>Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/435.|D7602753}} f. 486.</ref>|end=5 May, 1916<ref>Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/435.|D7602753}} f. 486.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Pieter Gerhard Voltelin Van der Byl|nick=Pieter G. V. Vander Byl|appt=5 June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 392''d''}}|end=14 March, 1917}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Hesketh Smyth|nick=Harry H. Smyth|appt=20 March, 1917<ref>Smyth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/287.|D7576552}} ff. 227, 287.</ref>|end=26 July, 1917<ref>Smyth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/287.|D7576552}} ff. 227, 287.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ariadne_(1898)}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:30, 15 October 2019
H.M.S. Ariadne (1898) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.69 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank[2] |
Ordered: | 1896-97 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 29 Oct, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 22 Apr, 1898[5] |
Commissioned: | 5 Jun, 1902[6] |
Torpedoed: | 26 Jul, 1917[7] |
Fate: | by UC 65[8] |
H.M.S. Ariadne was one of eight Diadem class protected cruisers completed for the Royal Navy at the end of the nineteenth century.
Service
Ariadne left Halifax in company with the cruisers Tribune and Retribution on 15 August, 1903.[9]
In March 1913, Ariadne was converted to a training ship for stokers.
Ariadne completed conversion in Devonport Royal Dockyard to a minelayer on 20 March, 1917, her armament being reduced to four 6-in guns and one 4-in H.A. mount with a capacity of 400 mines.[10]
In June of 1917, she was assigned to the Minelayer Squadron.[11] She did not last long in this new role, being torpedoed by UC 65 on 26 July, 1917 with over 30 men losing their lives.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William S. Rees, 16 July, 1901[13][14] – 23 August, 1901[15] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Captain Montague E. Browning, 5 June, 1902[16] – 19 October, 1904[17]
- Captain A. Gordon H. W. Moore, 20 August, 1904[18] – 18 July, 1905[19] (as Flag Captain)
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 15 August, 1905[20] – 6 November, 1906[21]
- Captain Edward F. B. Charlton, 19 November, 1906[22] – 21 May, 1907[23]
- Captain Albert S. Lafone, 28 September, 1907[24][25] – 6 April, 1908[26]
- Commander Carlton V. de M. Cowper, 15 April, 1908[27][28] – 6 April, 1909[29]
- Captain George P. E. Hunt, 6 April, 1909[30][31] – 9 August, 1910[32]
- Captain Thomas L. Barnardiston, 9 August, 1910[33][34] – 1 July, 1911[35]
- Captain Edward L. Booty, 1 July, 1911[36] – 5 January, 1912[37] (and in command of a group of ships in Fourth Division, Home Fleet)
- Captain Henry G. G. Sandeman, 5 January, 1912[38] – 2 April, 1912[39]
- Captain Charles H. Morgan, 1 April, 1912[40][41] – 6 December, 1913[42]
- Commander Charles Tibbits, 1913[43] – 8 January, 1914[44]
- Captain Herbert MacI. Edwards, 8 January, 1914[45] – 1 August, 1914[46]
- Commander George B. W. Young, 1 August, 1914[47][48] – 31 December, 1914[49]
- Commander Hugh S. Shipway, 18 June, 1915[50] – 6 September, 1915[51] (temporary)
- Commander Percy G. Brown, 6 September, 1915[52][53] – 5 May, 1916[54]
- Commander (retired) Pieter G. V. Vander Byl, 5 June, 1916[55] – 14 March, 1917
- Captain Harry H. Smyth, 20 March, 1917[56] – 26 July, 1917[57] (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 17, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37161.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1917). p. 14.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 387.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
- ↑ Rees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 436.
- ↑ Rees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 436.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 429.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 279.
- ↑ Lafone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/156. f. 183.
- ↑ Lafone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/156. f. 183.
- ↑ Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 279.
- ↑ Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 279.
- ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Barnardiston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 414.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 279.
- ↑ Barnardiston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 414.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 280.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
- ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 120.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 120.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
- ↑ Shipway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 218.
- ↑ Shipway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392d.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392d.
- ↑ Smyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/287. ff. 227, 287.
- ↑ Smyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/287. ff. 227, 287.
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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