H.M.S. Juno (1895)

H.M.S. Juno (1895)
Pendant Number:	N.37 (1914) N.65 (Jan 1918)
Builder:	Vickers
Ordered:	1893-94 Programme
Laid down:	22 Jun, 1894
Launched:	16 Nov, 1895
Commissioned:	16 Jun, 1897
Sold:	24 Sep, 1920
Fate:	Scrapped

H.M.S. Juno was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Then part of the Channel Fleet, Juno started a refit in Portsmouth in May 1908, after completing a Gunlayers' Test.

In mid-August 1912, Juno, Astræa and Charybdis were contributing to congestion in Chatham Dockyard, and were to be moved out to the Medway.

She recommissioned at Chatham on 20 January, 1913 for temporary service as the ship of Captain (D) of the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla while the third class protected cruiser H.M.S. Diamond was in dockyard hands. By mid-year, she was due to be replaced in this role by Sentinel after Manœuvres. She was to be reduced to Reserve Commission at Chatham on 30 June, 1913.

Juno replaced Sutlej as flagship in Cruiser Force E on 17 February, 1915. She would remain flagship until 5 April, 1915, save for a single week when Isis replaced her from 3 March.

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the Cruiser Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, 15 June, 1897  (for Naval Review at Spithead and Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
• Captain George H. Cherry, 5 October, 1898  (Jackson would take command for manoeuvres in summer, 1899)
• Captain Henry B. Jackson, 11 July, 1899  (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1899)
• Captain Henry P. Routh, 26 March, 1900 – 2 June, 1902
• Captain David Beatty, 9 March, 1902^{[Citation needed]}
• Captain William F. De Salis, 26 January, 1904 – 2 January, 1905
• Captain Arthur H. Christian, 6 January, 1905 – 27 June, 1905
• Captain John G. Hewitt, 27 June, 1905 – 10 October, 1905
• Captain John de M. Hutchison, 10 October, 1905 – 8 May, 1907
• Captain Richard F. Phillimore, 8 May, 1907 – 12 May, 1909
• Captain Herbert J. O. Millar, 12 May, 1909 – 11 October, 1910
• Captain Edwin V. Underhill, 11 October, 1910 – 15 August, 1911
• Captain Francis W. Caulfeild, 15 August, 1911 – 13 July, 1912
• Commander Colin Mackenzie, 13 July, 1912 – 25 July, 1912
• Commander Guy M. Marston, 21 August, 1912 – 19 September, 1912
• Commander Arthur H. C. C. Home, 27 September, 1912 – 15 October, 1912
• Lieutenant in Command Francis S. McGachen, 4 November, 1912 – 20 January, 1913
• Captain Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 20 January, 1913 – 27 January, 1914  (and as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
• Commander Thomas C. A. Blomefield, 16 February, 1914 – August, 1914^[Inference]
• Captain Arthur K. Macrorie, 1 August, 1914 – 24 May, 1915
• Captain Drury St. A. Wake, 24 May, 1915 – 18 October, 1915
• Commander Edward M. C. Rutherfoord, c. 8 May, 1916 – 31 May, 1916
• Captain Alexander R. Palmer, 21 May, 1916 – c. October, 1919

See Also

• Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.