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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=18 July, 1904<ref>Stafford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 221.</ref>|end=8 May, 1905<ref>Stafford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 524.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=18 July, 1904<ref>Stafford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 221.</ref>|end=8 May, 1905<ref>Stafford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 524.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederic William Fisher|nick=Frederic W. Fisher|appt=9 May, 1905<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 458.</ref>|end=10 September, 1905<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18}}.  p. 547.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederic William Fisher|nick=Frederic W. Fisher|appt=9 May, 1905<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 458.</ref>|end=10 September, 1905<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18}}.  p. 547.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Austin Gamble|nick=Douglas A. Gamble|appt=14 August, 1905<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 506.</ref>|ass=11 September, 1905<ref>Conveyed his predecessor on passage from that date.  Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18}}.  p. 547.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Austin Gamble|nick=Douglas A. Gamble|appt=14 August, 1905<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 506.</ref>|ass=11 September, 1905<ref>Conveyed his predecessor on passage from that date.  Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18}}.  p. 547.</ref>|end=April, 1907{{NLMar07|p. 291}}{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=30 April, 1907<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>|end=1 February, 1908<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=30 April, 1907<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>|end=1 February, 1908<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Oswald Story|nick=William O. Story|appt=1 February, 1908<ref>Story Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1236.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Oswald Story|nick=William O. Story|appt=1 February, 1908<ref>Story Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1236.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=July, 1914<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 258.</ref>|note=for Test Mobilisation}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=July, 1914<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 258.</ref>|note=for Test Mobilisation}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=3 August, 1914<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=5 May, 1916<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=3 August, 1914<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=5 May, 1916<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain (retired)|name=Edgar Guy Hudson Gamble|nick=Edgar G. H. Gamble|appt=28 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''d''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain (retired)|name=Edgar Guy Hudson Gamble|nick=Edgar G. H. Gamble|appt=28 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''d''}}|end=}}
 
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Revision as of 10:45, 17 April 2016

H.M.S. Canopus (1897)
Pendant Number: N.29 (1914)
N.17 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 4 Jan, 1897[3]
Launched: 13 Oct, 1897[4]
Commissioned: 5 Dec, 1899[5]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Canopus was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Canopus Class in the Royal Navy completed in 1899.

Service

She paid off at Portsmouth on 24 April, 1903, preparatory to going to a private yard for refit.[7] On 18 July, 1904, a number of officers were appointed to Canopus for tactical exercises, amongst whom were Robert L. Groome,[8] and Maurice Woollcombe.[9]

In mid-1913, she was in the Third Fleet at The Nore. In July, she was to "proceed to Pembroke Dock".[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Radio

In 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she had or was slated to receive a Marconi W/T kit.[35]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 235.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 25 April, 1903. Issue 37064, col E, p. 12.
  8. Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 546.
  9. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 290.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 235.
  12. Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
  13. Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
  14. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 557.
  15. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 557.
  16. Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 221.
  17. Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 524.
  18. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 458.
  19. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. p. 547.
  20. Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 506.
  21. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 291.
  22. Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  23. Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  24. Story Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1236.
  25. Eyre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 140.
  26. Inferred from his temporary successor. Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  27. Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  28. Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 291.
  30. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 8 July, 1910. Issue 39319, col F, p. 9.
  31. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  32. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
  33. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
  34. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392d.
  35. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—I." The Naval Review XI (1): pp. 143-152.
  • Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—II." The Naval Review XI (2): pp. 324-337.
  • Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—III." The Naval Review XI (3): pp. 526-537.
  • Grant, Vice Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. "H.M.S. Canopus, August, 1914, to March, 1916—IV." The Naval Review XI (4): pp. 717-736.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).


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