H.M.S. Challenger (1902)

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H.M.S. Challenger (1902)
Pendant Number: D.33 (1914)
P.07 (Sep 1915)
P.81 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 1 Dec, 1900[3]
Launched: 27 May, 1902[4]
Commissioned: 3 May, 1904[5]
Sold: 31 May, 1920[6]

H.M.S. Challenger was one of two Challenger class cruisers completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

Challenger recommissioned at Devonport on 1 November, 1912.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 293.
  8. Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
  9. Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
  10. Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  11. Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 291.
  13. Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  14. Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  15. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, p. 17.
  16. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  17. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  18. The Navy List. (June, 1913). p. 291.
  19. Gilpin-Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 395.
  20. Gilpin-Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 395.
  21. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 293.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 290.
  23. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  24. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  25. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  26. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392h.
  27. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 755.

Bibliography


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