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*{{CaptRN}} [[Francis Martin Leake]], 1 January, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 276-7.</ref> and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}.
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Francis Martin Leake]], 1 January, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 276-7.</ref> and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|8}}.
 
*Captain [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt]], 1 December, 1913.  (And as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas.)<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt]], 1 December, 1913.  (And as {{Com2RN}} in Command of Destroyer Flotillas.)<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>
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* Acting {{CaptRN}} [[Gerard Clarence Pigou|Gerard C. Pigou]], 26 August, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 729}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 19:31, 10 January 2014

H.M.S. Amethyst (1903)
Pendant Number: P.00 (1914)
P.02 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 7 Jan, 1903[3]
Launched: 5 Nov, 1903[4]
Commissioned: 17 Mar, 1905[5]
Sold: 1 Oct, 1920[6]
Fate: to J. W. Towers, Milford Haven[7]

H.M.S. Amethyst was one of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
  9. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 276-7.
  10. Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  11. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
  12. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  13. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 729.

Bibliography


Gem Class Third Class Protected Cruiser
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