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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*  Captain [[Frank Hannam Henderson|Frank H. Henderson]], 5 October, 1899.{{NLFeb00|p. 257}}
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*  Captain [[Henry Coare Kingsford|Henry C. Kingsford]], 23 April, 1903.<ref>Kingsford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 749.</ref>
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*  Captain [[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Douglas R. L. Nicholson]], 1905.{{CN}}
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*  Captain [[Philip Wylie Dumas|Philip W. Dumas]], 20 August, 1908.<ref>Dumas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 500.</ref>
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*  Captain [[Herbert John Savill|Herbert J. Savill]], December, 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
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*  Captain [[Gerald William Vivian|Gerald W. Vivian]], 25 April, 1913.<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>
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Revision as of 18:54, 6 May 2014

H.M.S. Hermes (1898)
Pendant Number: N/A[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Laid down: 30 Apr, 1897[3]
Launched: 7 Apr, 1898[4]
Commissioned: 5 Oct, 1899[5]
Torpedoed: 31 Oct, 1914[6]
Fate: by U 27 off Ruylingen Bank[7]

Service

In 1910, Hermes was the best gunnery ship of the three tested at the Cape of Good Hope Station, scoring 75.66 – well ahead of the average 46.930.[8]

Recommissioned on 7 May, 1913 and attached to the Air Service with a number of officers borne for the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8328, p. 4.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 324.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 257.
  11. ↑ Kingsford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 749.
  12. ↑ Dumas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 500.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography


Highflyer Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
  Hermes Highflyer Hyacinth  
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