H.M.S. Latona (1890)
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| H.M.S. Latona (1890) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.51 (1914) N.49 (Sep 1915) N.03 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers[2] |
| Laid down: | 1889[3] |
| Launched: | 22 May, 1890[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1893[5] |
| Sold: | 22 Dec, 1920[6] |
| Fate: | at Malta[7] |
H.M.S. Latona was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
Service
Recommissioned at Chatham on 1 June, 1908. In mid-1913, active with the Minelayer Squadron of Second Fleet.[8]
Latona paid off 23 December, 1918 at Malta.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Hugh T. Hibbert, 1 April, 1905.[10]
- Commander Alexander Farrington, 1 July, 1908.[11]
- Commander James U. Farie, 15 February, 1912.[12]
- Commander Rudolf M. Burmester, 20 August, 1913.[13]
- Commander Thomas H. M. Maurice, 25 July, 1914.[14]
- Commander Cecil V. Usborne, 18 September, 1916,[15] and again on 1 February, 1917.[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 338.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 800.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 339.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 338.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 338.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 337.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 345.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916), p. 395tt.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917), p. 395.
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