H.M.S. Encounter (1902)
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| H.M.S. Encounter (1902) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 28 Jan, 1901[2] |
| Launched: | 18 Jun, 1902[3] |
| Commissioned: | 21 Nov, 1905[4] |
| to R.A.N.: | Jul, 1912[5] |
| Fate: | Scuttled Sep 1932[6] |
H.M.S. Encounter was one of two Challenger class cruisers completed in 1904 and 1905.
Service
She spent her first six years in Royal Navy service in the Australia Station before being transferred to the Royal Australian Navy as H.M.A.S. Encounter on 1 July, 1912.[7]
Encounter was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914.
She was renamed Penguin in 1923.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Cecil F. Thursby, 7 April, 1905[8][9] – 30 November, 1905[10]
- Captain Henry V. W. Elliott, 1 December, 1905[11][12] – 25 January, 1908[13]
- Captain Herbert A. S. Fyler, 1 January, 1908[14]
- Captain Philip H. Colomb, 5 March, 1909[15][16] – 20 June, 1911[17]
- Captain Spencer A. Hickley, 4 April, 1911[18][19] – 30 June, 1912[20]
- Captain Bertram M. Chambers, 1 July, 1912[21] – February, 1913[22]
- Captain Arthur G. Smith, 8 January, 1913[23] – 28 January, 1914[24]
- Acting Captain Charles La P. Lewin, 28 January, 1914[25]
- Captain Claude L. Cumberlege, 10 January, 1916[26] – 31 October, 1916[27]
- Acting Captain John B. Stevenson, 26 October, 1916[28] – after 1918
- Captain Arthur G. Craufurd, 9 March, 1923[29]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 948.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 308.
- ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
- ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
- ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/153. ff. 153, 155, 161.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 308.
- ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/153. ff. 153, 155, 161.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 309.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 309.
- ↑ Colomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 476.
- ↑ Colomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 476.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 308.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 108.
- ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
- ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399k.
- ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
- ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 948.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 294.
Bibliography
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