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'''H.M.S. ''Mercury''''' was one of two second class protected cruisers of the [[Iris Class Cruiser (1877)|''Iris'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Mercury''''' was one of two second class protected cruisers of the [[Iris Class Cruiser (1877)|''Iris'' class]].  She was best known during the Dreadnought Era as being the ship which trained officers and men for submarine service.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 February, 1890, Captain [[Charles John Balfour|Charles J. Balfour]] in command.{{NLMar91|pp. 235-6}}
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''Mercury'' was a submarine depot ship at Portsmouth from 1906 to 1913 at which time she moved to Harwich.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Charles John Balfour|Charles J. Balfour]], 18 February, 1890.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1891), p. 235.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sacheverel Charles Darwin|nick=Sacheverel C. Darwin|appt=5 July, 1887|end=26 August, 1887|note=for Jubilee Review}}
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Sydney Stewart Hall|Sydney S. Hall]], 12 November, 1906.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1907), p. 345.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Johnstone|nick=Charles Johnstone|appt=18 July, 1889{{ToL|The Naval Manœuvres|Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col F, p. 3}}|end=18 September, 1889<ref>Johnstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/211.|}}  f. 210.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Henry Francis Oliver|Henry F. Oliver]], 18 June, 1903.<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles John Balfour|nick=Charles J. Balfour|appt=18 February, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 235}}|end=19 January, 1893<ref>Balfour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/172.|D7578473}} f. 39.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=November, 1892<ref>Fawkes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}} f. 59/118.</ref>|end=March, 1896<ref>Fawkes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}} f. 59/118.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Young Greet|nick=Thomas Y. Greet|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Greet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 80/158.</ref>|end=23 August, 1899<ref>Greet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 80/158.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William John Grogan|nick=William J. Grogan|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}|end=30 September, 1901|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=18 June, 1903<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>|end=21 February, 1906<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edgar Lees|nick=Edgar Lees|appt=18 April, 1906<ref>Lees Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/321.|}}  f. 376.</ref>{{NLJun06|p. 345}}|end=12 November, 1906<ref>Lees Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/321.|}}  f. 376.</ref>|note=and as [[Inspecting Captain of Submarines]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=12 November, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 345}}<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 258.</ref>|end=14 November, 1910<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 258.</ref>|note=and as [[Inspecting Captain of Submarines]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=14 November, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 344}}|end=|note=and as [[Inspecting Captain of Submarines]]}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [[H.M.S. Mercury Papers at the National Maritime Museum]]
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 10 April 2021

H.M.S. Mercury (1878)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 16 Mar, 1876[2]
Launched: 17 Apr, 1878[3]
Commissioned: Sep, 1879[4]
Sold: 1919[5]

H.M.S. Mercury was one of two second class protected cruisers of the Iris class. She was best known during the Dreadnought Era as being the ship which trained officers and men for submarine service.

Service

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 February, 1890, Captain Charles J. Balfour in command.[6]

Mercury was a submarine depot ship at Portsmouth from 1906 to 1913 at which time she moved to Harwich.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). pp. 235-6.
  7. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  8. ↑ Johnstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/211. f. 210.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 235.
  10. ↑ Balfour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/172. f. 39.
  11. ↑ Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86. f. 59/118.
  12. ↑ Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86. f. 59/118.
  13. ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 80/158.
  14. ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 80/158.
  15. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  16. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  17. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  18. ↑ Lees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/321. f. 376.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 345.
  20. ↑ Lees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/321. f. 376.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 345.
  22. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  23. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 344.

Bibliography


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