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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | + | The ship completed to full complement at Devonport on 18 June, 1907.{{NLJan08|p. 291}} | |
− | + | In 1908-10, at least, she was in the {{UK-CS|2}}.<ref>Prendergast Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 242.</ref> | |
− | + | In mid-1913, she was flagship to the Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets, out of Devonport.{{NLJul13|p. 291}} During this time, it was decided to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} | |
− | + | Captain [[William Bowden-Smith]] grounded her on Lichfield Shoal in June 1917. He was subjected to a Court of Enquiry on 9 June which determined he had committed an error in judgment by placing undue confidence in the navigating officer.<ref>Bowden-Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/415.|}} f. 461.</ref> | |
− | + | ||
+ | ''Carnarvon'' was re-commissioned on 16 April, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 742}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | Dates of appointment | + | Dates of appointment are provided when known. |
− | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Carnarvon''"> | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet|nick=Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart.|appt=11 May, 1905<ref>Warrender Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1384.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Warrender Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1384.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|nick=John M. de Robeck|appt=1 August, 1906{{NLJan08|p. 291}}<ref>de Robeck Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>|end=25 January, 1908<ref>de Robeck Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert John Prendergast|nick=Robert J. Prendergast|appt=25 January, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 291}}<ref>Prendergast Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 242.</ref>|end=21 May, 1910<ref>Prendergast Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 242.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Firth Slayter|nick=William F. Slayter|appt=21 May, 1910<ref>Slayter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/445.|D7579094}} f. 210.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 291}}|end=10 August, 1912<ref>Slayter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/445.|D7579094}} f. 210.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Warren Hastings D'Oyly|nick=Warren H. D'Oyly|appt=10 August, 1912<ref>D'Oyly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/412.|D8112193}} f. 493.</ref>|end=5 November, 1912<ref>D'Oyly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/412.|D8112193}} f. 493.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter M. Ellerton|appt=28 January, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 291}}|end=}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|nick=Harry L. d'E. Skipwith|appt=8 January, 1914<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 10 January, 1914. Issue '''40417''', col B, p. 12.</ref><ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>|end=14 August, 1915<ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain, in command at the [[Battle of the Falkland Islands]]}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Thomas Hibbert|nick=Hugh T. Hibbert|appt=14 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''q''}}|end=24 August, 1916<ref>Hibbert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 309/624.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Bowden-Smith|nick=William Bowden-Smith|appt=1 August, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 392''e''}}|ass=24 August 1916<ref>His predecessor was superseded that day. Hibbert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 309/624.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton|nick=Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton|appt=5 September, 1918<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 752}}|end=11 February, 1919<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>}} | |
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Wigram|nick=Ernest Wigram|appt=11 February, 1919<ref>Wigram Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 388.</ref>|end=7 February, 1921<ref>Wigram Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 388.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Neville Garnett|nick=Herbert N. Garnett|appt=15 January, 1921<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>|ass=7 February, 1921<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>|end=30 June, 1921<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Carnarvon.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] |
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Carnarvon_(1903)}} | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 4 January 2019
H.M.S. Carnarvon (1903) | |
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Pendant Number: | 30 (1914) P.3A (Sep 1915) P.80 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | William Beardmore & Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1901-02 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 1 Oct, 1902[4] |
Launched: | 7 Oct, 1903[5] |
Commissioned: | 29 May, 1905[6] |
Sold: | 8 Nov, 1921[7] |
Fate: | to Slough, T.C.[8] |
Service
The ship completed to full complement at Devonport on 18 June, 1907.[9]
In 1908-10, at least, she was in the Second Cruiser Squadron.[10]
In mid-1913, she was flagship to the Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets, out of Devonport.[11] During this time, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[12]
Captain William Bowden-Smith grounded her on Lichfield Shoal in June 1917. He was subjected to a Court of Enquiry on 9 June which determined he had committed an error in judgment by placing undue confidence in the navigating officer.[13]
Carnarvon was re-commissioned on 16 April, 1919.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart., 11 May, 1905[15] – 1 August, 1906[16]
- Captain John M. de Robeck, 1 August, 1906[17][18] – 25 January, 1908[19]
- Captain Robert J. Prendergast, 25 January, 1908[20][21] – 21 May, 1910[22]
- Captain William F. Slayter, 21 May, 1910[23][24] – 10 August, 1912[25]
- Captain Warren H. D'Oyly, 10 August, 1912[26] – 5 November, 1912[27]
- Captain Walter M. Ellerton, 28 January, 1913[28]
- Captain Harry L. d'E. Skipwith, 8 January, 1914[29][30] – 14 August, 1915[31] (and as Flag Captain, in command at the Battle of the Falkland Islands)
- Captain Hugh T. Hibbert, 14 August, 1915[32] – 24 August, 1916[33]
- Captain William Bowden-Smith, 1 August, 1916[34]
- Captain Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton, 5 September, 1918[35][36] – 11 February, 1919[37]
- Captain Ernest Wigram, 11 February, 1919[38] – 7 February, 1921[39]
- Captain Herbert N. Garnett, 15 January, 1921[40] – 30 June, 1921[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 291.
- ↑ Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 291.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 742.
- ↑ Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1384.
- ↑ Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1384.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 291.
- ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
- ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 291.
- ↑ Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
- ↑ Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
- ↑ Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 291.
- ↑ Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
- ↑ D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
- ↑ D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 291.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 10 January, 1914. Issue 40417, col B, p. 12.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392q.
- ↑ Hibbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 309/624.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392e.
- ↑ Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 752.
- ↑ Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
- ↑ Wigram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 388.
- ↑ Wigram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 388.
- ↑ Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
- ↑ Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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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