H.M.S. Endymion (1891)

H.M.S. Endymion (1891)
Pendant Number:	A6 (1914) N.17 (Sep 1915) N.41 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull^[2]
Laid down:	21 Nov, 1889^[3]
Launched:	22 Jul, 1891^[4]
Commissioned:	26 May, 1894^[5]
Sold:	16 Mar, 1920^[6]
Fate:	to Evans, Cardiff^[7]

H.M.S. Endymion was one of nine Edgar class protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896.

Service

Re-commissioned with reduced nucleus crew at Portsmouth on 26 June, 1912.^[8]

In mid-1913, she was flag ship at Queenstown.^[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Charles J. Barlow, 26 May, 1894^[10] – 25 April, 1895^[11]
Captain Arthur Barrow, 25 April, 1895^[12] – 2 May, 1895^[13]
Captain Edward H. Gamble, 14 January, 1896^[14] – 27 June, 1896^[15] (taking ship to Australia with new crews for Goldfish, Penguin and Royalist)
Captain William Wilson, 18 August, 1896^[16] – 21 July, 1897^[17]
Captain Robert S. D. Cuming, 8 June, 1899^[18] – July, 1899^[19]
Captain George A. Callaghan, 2 September, 1899^[20] – 9 May, 1901^[21]
Captain Alfred W. Paget, 4 April, 1901^[22] – 4 September, 1902^[23]
Captain Herbert G. King-Hall, 19 April, 1904^[24] – 30 November, 1904^[25]
Captain William O. Boothby, 18 January, 1905^[26]^[27] – 1 June, 1906^[28]
Captain Ernest H. Grafton, 1 June, 1906^[29] – 14 July, 1907^[30]
Captain James C. Ley, 15 July, 1907^[31] – late 1907
Captain Sir Douglas E. R. Brownrigg, Bart., 1 November, 1907^[32] – 1 February, 1908^[33]
Captain James C. Ley, 1 February, 1908^[34] – late 1908
Captain Henry L. Mawbey, 1 October, 1908^[35]^[36] – 4 October, 1910^[37]
Captain Arthur G. Smith, 4 October, 1910^[38]^[39] – 26 June, 1912^[40]
Commander George B. W. Young, 26 June, 1912^[41] – 1 August, 1912^[42]
Captain E. Hyde Parker, 9 January, 1913^[43] – 28 November, 1914^[44]
Commander Harold O. Reinold, 12 December, 1914^[45] – 20 December, 1914^[46]
Captain Arthur V. Vyvyan, June, 1915^[47] – 26 January, 1916^[48]
Captain Cecil M. Staveley, 26 January, 1916^[49] – January, 1918
Captain Frank Powell, 25 January, 1918^[50] – after 30 August, 1918^[51] (left the ship soon after she was torpedoed)
Captain Henry G. H. Adams, 24 December, 1918^[52] – 30 April, 1919

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 308.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 308.
↑ Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
↑ Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.
↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.
↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
↑ Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 280.
↑ Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 26.
↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 283.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 308.
↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.
↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 309.
↑ Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.
↑ Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.
↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 308.
↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.
↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393s.
↑ Vyvyan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/81. f. 91.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393m.
↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 788.

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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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.

[6] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.

[7] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.

[8] The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 308.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 308.

[10] Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.

[11] Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.

[12] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.

[13] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.

[14] Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.

[15] Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.

[16] Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.

[17] Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.

[18] Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 280.

[19] Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 26.

[20] Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.

[21] Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.

[22] Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.

[23] Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.

[24] King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.

[25] King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 283.

[26] The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 308.

[27] Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.

[28] Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.

[29] Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.

[30] Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.

[31] Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.

[32] Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.

[33] Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.

[34] Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.

[35] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 309.

[36] Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.

[37] Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.

[38] Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.

[39] The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 308.

[40] Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 305.

[41] Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.

[42] Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.

[43] Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.

[44] Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.

[45] Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.

[46] Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.

[47] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393s.

[48] Vyvyan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/81. f. 91.

[49] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393m.

[50] Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.

[51] Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.

[52] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 788.

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