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==Captains==
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*  {{CaptRN}} [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|Wilmot H. Fawkes]], 20 November, 1899.{{CN}}
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*  Captain [[Harry Seawell Frank Niblett|Harry S. F. Niblett]], 9 November, 1900.{{CN}}
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*  Captain [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]], 18 July, 1904.<ref>Stafford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 221.</ref>
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*  {{RearRN}} [[Frederic William Fisher|Frederic W. Fisher]], 9 May, 1905.<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 458.</ref>
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*  Captain [[Douglas Austin Gamble|Douglas A. Gamble]], 14 August, 1905.<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 506.</ref>
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*  Captain [[William Oswald Story|William O. Story]], 1 February, 1908.<ref>Story Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1236.</ref>
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*  Captain [[Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|Heathcoat S. Grant]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 288.</ref>
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Revision as of 14:56, 6 May 2014

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
Sold: 18 Feb, 1920[5]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

She paid off at Portsmouth on 24 April, 1903, preparatory to going to a private yard for refit.[6] On 18 July, 1904, a number of officers were appointed to Canopus for tactical exercises, amongst whom were Robert L. Groome,[7] and Maurice Woollcombe.[8]

In mid-1913, she was in the Third Fleet at The Nore. In July, she was to "proceed to Pembroke Dock".[9]

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.[19]

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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 25 April, 1903. Issue 37064, col E, p. 12.
  7. ↑ Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 546.
  8. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 290.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 221.
  12. ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 458.
  13. ↑ Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 506.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Story Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1236.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 291.
  17. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 8 July, 1910. Issue 39319, col F, p. 9.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 288.
  19. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.

Bibliography


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