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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=22 July, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=4 September, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=22 July, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=4 September, 1890<ref>Bickford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 100.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Nigel Gresley|nick=Richard N. Gresley|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Conyers Lang|nick=Conyers Lang|appt=28 January, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 270}}|end=28 January, 1899}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Conyers Lang|nick=Conyers Lang|appt=28 January, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 270}}|end=28 January, 1899}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Augustus Lempriere Knapton Knapton|nick=Augustus L. K. Knapton|appt=28 January, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 271}}|ass=1 February, 1899|end=10 July, 1900|note=relieved to attend to wife's health}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Augustus Lempriere Knapton Knapton|nick=Augustus L. K. Knapton|appt=28 January, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 271}}|ass=1 February, 1899|end=10 July, 1900|note=relieved to attend to wife's health}} | ||
Revision as of 18:59, 24 January 2019
| H.M.S. Medusa (1888) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 25 Aug, 1887[2] |
| Launched: | 11 Aug, 1888[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1889[4] |
| Sold: | 1920[5] |
H.M.S. Medusa was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.
Service
In May, 1906 it was ordered that three cruisers should tow the obsolete Medusa, Philomel and Rinaldo from the Firth of Forth to the Motherbank, where they were to be moored.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Andrew K. Bickford, 22 July, 1890[7] – 4 September, 1890[8]
- Captain Richard N. Gresley, 18 July, 1894[9] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Commander Conyers Lang, 28 January, 1896[10] – 28 January, 1899
- Commander Augustus L. K. Knapton, 28 January, 1899[11] – 10 July, 1900 (relieved to attend to wife's health)
- Commander Henry Preedy, 10 July, 1900[12] – 1901
- Commander William H. Baker-Baker, 10 April, 1902[13] – 30 June, 1903[14]
- Captain Francis W. Kennedy, 30 June, 1903[15] – 30 January, 1905[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Albert S. Susmann, 21 July, 1910[17] (and for the Bantry Calibration Range)
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel S. Tindall, 15 October, 1912[18] – 1 December, 1913[19] (and for the Bantry Calibration Range)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 11, 1906; pg. 11; Issue 38017.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 280.
- ↑ Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
- ↑ Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 13, 1910; pg. 10; Issue 39323.
- ↑ Tindall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/66. f. ?.
- ↑ Tindall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/66. f. ?.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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