H.M.S. Europa (1897)
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H.M.S. Europa (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.06 (1914) P.91 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Thomson, Clydebank[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 10 Jan, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 20 Mar, 1897[5] |
Commissioned: | 23 Nov, 1899[6] |
Sold: | 15 Sep, 1920[7] |
Fate: | Foundered, raised, scrapped[8] |
Service
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 May, 1913 to serve with the Third Fleet.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frank H. Henderson, 11 July, 1899[10] – 5 October, 1899[11] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Archibald J. Pocklington, 23 November, 1899[12] – 20 March, 1900[13] (fractured leg in fall from gangway on 18 March)
- Captain Arthur J. Horsley, 21 March, 1900[14] – 23 October, 1900[15]
- Captain Robert N. Ommanney, 17 March, 1903[16] – 9 September, 1903[17]
- Captain Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 3 January, 1905[18] – 18 March, 1907[19]
- Captain Thomas W. Kemp, 19 March, 1907[20] – 3 February, 1908[21]
- Captain Charles H. Morgan, 4 February, 1908[22] – 25 June, 1908[23]
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 1 August, 1908[24] – 1 April, 1910[25] (and for command of Special Reserve ships at Devonport)
- Captain Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 28 February, 1910[26] (and for command of a group of special service cruisers at Devonport)
- Captain Harry L. d'E. Skipwith, 4 March, 1912[27] – 21 May, 1912[28] (trooping)
- Captain Bertram S. Evans, 2 May, 1913[29] – 5 August, 1913[30]
- Captain Robert W. Johnson, 16 December, 1913[31]
- Captain Gerald W. Vivian, 1 August, 1914[32] – 28 October, 1914[33]
- Captain Hugh G-C. Somerville, 29 October, 1914[34]
- Captain Maurice S. FitzMaurice, 15 June, 1915[35] – 31 August, 1915[36]
- Captain John E. Drummond, 7 September, 1915[37]
- Acting Captain Harold Escombe, 20 July, 1917[38]
- Captain Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse, 31 March, 1918[39]
- Captain Bertram S. Evans, 13 January, 1919[40]
- Captain Michael H. Wilding, March, 1919[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 309.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
- ↑ Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
- ↑ Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
- ↑ Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
- ↑ Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
- ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
- ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
- ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
- ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 310.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 313.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393o.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 789.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue 41998, col D, p. 3.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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