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==Service==
==Service==
As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Skirmisher'' started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.</ref>
As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Skirmisher'' started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.</ref>
''Skirmisher'' re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for {{UK-DF|7}} afterward.{{NLAug13|p. 376}}


==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Reeves|nick=Edward Reeves|appt=2 January, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 376}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Reeves|nick=Edward Reeves|appt=2 January, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 376}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=21 March, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 374}} and as Captain (D) {{UK-DF|7}}.}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=William H. D. Boyle|appt=16 January, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 376}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=1 July, 1913{{NLAug13|p. 376}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=7 October, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 374}}|note=and as Captain (D) {{UK-DF|7}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=21 March, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 381}}|note=and as Captain (D) {{UK-DF|7}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morshead Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton|nick=Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton|appt=April, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morshead Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton|nick=Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton|appt=April, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}}}
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Revision as of 17:53, 26 May 2014

H.M.S. Skirmisher (1905)
Pendant Number: D.55 (1914)
P.55 (Sep 1915)
N.95 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Laid down: 29 Jul, 1903[3]
Launched: 7 Feb, 1905[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1905[5]
Sold: 3 Mar, 1920[6]
Fate: to Ward, Preston[7]

H.M.S. Skirmisher was one of eight Sentinel class Scout Cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1905.

Service

As part of the Channel Fleet, Skirmisher started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[8]

Skirmisher re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for Seventh Destroyer Flotilla afterward.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 376.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 374.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 381.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.

Bibliography


Sentinel Class Scout Cruiser
Vickers/Sentinel Group
  Sentinel Skirmisher  
Cammell Laird/Pathfinder Group
  Pathfinder Patrol  
Fairfield/Forward Group
  Foresight Forward  
Armstrong/Adventure Group
  Adventure Attentive  
<– Gem Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Boadicea Class –>


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