H.M.S. Columbine (1876)
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H.M.S. Columbine was formerly the ancient screw sloop Wild Swan, renamed as Clyde in 1904 before taking her final name in 1912.
Service
Destroyers in the Third Destroyer Flotilla and Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla were tender to her during the war. She was to serve as home to King's Harbour Master, Rosyth.
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Charles G. Dicken, 20 July, 1893[4] – 11 August, 1893[5] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Edward H. Moubray, 1 July, 1913[6]
- Captain Richard P. F. Purefoy, 12 August, 1914[7] – 3 March, 1915[8]
- Captain Charles A. Fountaine, 30 March, 1915[9]
- Captain Apsley D. M. Cherry, 3 September, 1917[10]
- Captain Berwick Curtis, 20 November, 1919[11]
- Captain Andrew Browne Cunningham, 15 October, 1924[12] (and as Captain in Charge of Port Edgar Base)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 147.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). pp. 296-7.
- ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
- ↑ Purefoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 617.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 762.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 749.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
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