H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)
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In August 1856, H.M.S. Cambridge, an old 80-gun third-rate launched in 1815, became the first Gunnery Training ship at Plymouth.
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History
In 1869, H.M.S. Windsor Castle, a 102-gun first-rate launched in 1858, replaced the original H.M.S. Cambridge, taking on the name.
The second H.M.S. Cambridge served until she was paid off on 4 November, 1907. The gunnery school, then under Captain Eustace became part of Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport as the Devonport Gunnery School, under the general control of the Commodore-in-Command.[1]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Richard S. Hewlett, 9 August, 1856[2]
- Captain Arthur W. Jerningham, 3 January, 1857[3] – 1 May, 1862
- Captain Leopold G. Heath, 21 April, 1862[4] – 20 April, 1863
- Captain Charles J. F. Ewart, 20 April, 1863 – 1 May, 1867
- Captain Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, 1 May, 1867[5] – 13 May, 1871
- Captain Frederick A. Herbert, 13 May, 1871[6]
- Captain William J. Ward, 8 August, 1874[7]
- Captain Thomas le Hunte Ward, 12 August, 1877[8]
- Captain Alexander Buller, 16 August, 1880[9] – 24 August, 1883[10]
- Captain George S. Bosanquet, 24 August, 1883[11] – 1 September, 1886
- Captain Henry F. Cleveland, 1 September, 1886[12] – 6 October, 1889 (loaned out a few times to command ships on manoeuvres)
- Captain Henry J. Carr, 6 October, 1889[13][14] – 1 January, 1892
- Captain Archibald L. Douglas, 1 January, 1892[15][16] – 3 July, 1894[17]
- Captain Richard H. Hamond, 3 July, 1894[18][19] – 1896[20][21]
- Captain William M. Lang, 1 December, 1896[22] – 14 August, 1898
- Captain Robert W. Craigie, 29 August, 1898[23] – 10 August, 1900[24]
- Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot, 24 August, 1900[25][26] – 24 August, 1903[27]
- Captain Francis J. Foley, 24 August, 1903[28][29] – 6 January, 1906[30]
- Captain Paul W. Bush, 7 January, 1906[31] – 16 April, 1907[32]
- Captain John B. Eustace, 16 April, 1907[33] – 4 November, 1907
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1856). p. 143.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1860). p. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1863). p. 166.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 186.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 139.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (June, 1875). p. 136.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1878). p. 200.
- ↑ Buller Service Record. ADM 196/36/545.
- ↑ Buller Service Record. ADM 196/36/545.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 252.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 208.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 September, 1889. Issue 32812, col B, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 January, 1892. Issue 33524, col F, p. 6.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 337.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 337.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 June, 1894. Issue 34289, col G, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 210.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 November, 1896. Issue 35056, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 November, 1896. Issue 35056, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 30 August, 1898. Issue 35608, col C, p. 5.
- ↑ Craigie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/258. f. 264. Some inference here.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 August, 1900. Issue 36219, col F, p. 5.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 291.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 July, 1903. Issue 37128, col F, p. 5.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 247.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 December, 1905. Issue 37889, col A, p. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 13 April, 1907. Issue 38306, col A, p. 14.
