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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
| − | *Captain [[Charles Gauntlett Dicken|Charles G. Dicken]], | + | *Captain [[Charles Gauntlett Dicken|Charles G. Dicken]], 15 April, 1901.<ref>Dicken Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 327.</ref> |
| + | *Captain [[Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey]], 16 March, 1905.<ref>De Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 180.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[George Cuthbert Cayley|George C. Cayley]], 27 March, 1907 as Captain (D) of the Home Fleet destroyer flotilla at Devonport.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue '''38293''', col C, p. 5.</ref> | *Captain [[George Cuthbert Cayley|George C. Cayley]], 27 March, 1907 as Captain (D) of the Home Fleet destroyer flotilla at Devonport.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue '''38293''', col C, p. 5.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[John Scott Luard|John S. Luard]], 1 July, 1907.<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 313.</ref> | *Captain [[John Scott Luard|John S. Luard]], 1 July, 1907.<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 313.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[Charles Frederick Corbett|Charles F. Corbett]], 25 June, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908). p. 285.</ref> | *Captain [[Charles Frederick Corbett|Charles F. Corbett]], 25 June, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908). p. 285.</ref> | ||
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*Captain [[Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith]], 12 August, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 284.</ref> | *Captain [[Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith]], 12 August, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 284.</ref> | ||
| − | *{{CommRN}} [[John Barnes Sparks]], 15 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914). p. 287.</ref> | + | *{{CommRN}} [[John Barnes Sparks|John B. Sparks]], 15 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914). p. 287.</ref> |
| − | *Captain [[Arthur Milward Stancomb]], 1 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920). p. 734.</ref> | + | *Captain [[Arthur Milward Stancomb|Arthur M. Stancomb]], 1 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920). p. 734.</ref> |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 14:32, 6 August 2013
| H.M.S. Blake (1889) | |
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| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard [1] |
| Laid down: | Jun, 1888[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Nov, 1889[3] |
| Commissioned: | 2 Feb, 1892[4] |
| Sold: | 9 Jun, 1922[5] |
The first class protected cruiser H.M.S. Blake one of two Blake class cruisers completed in the early 1890s. She served as a depot ship in the Great War.
Service
Blake completed her conversion to a depot ship in August of 1907, and served the Second Destroyer Flotilla from at least July 1913. Later, she served the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
She recommissioned at Chatham on 6 August 1908, though she'd be attached to Devonport.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles G. Dicken, 15 April, 1901.[8]
- Captain Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey, 16 March, 1905.[9]
- Captain George C. Cayley, 27 March, 1907 as Captain (D) of the Home Fleet destroyer flotilla at Devonport.[10]
- Captain John S. Luard, 1 July, 1907.[11]
- Captain Charles F. Corbett, 25 June, 1908.[12]
- Captain Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith, 12 August, 1912.[13]
- Commander John B. Sparks, 15 December, 1913.[14]
- Captain Arthur M. Stancomb, 1 March, 1919.[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 285.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 327.
- ↑ De Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue 38293, col C, p. 5.
- ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 284.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 287.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 734.
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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