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|builder=[[Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Blackwall{{DittColl|p. 30}}
 
|laid=19 Jul, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
 
|laid=19 Jul, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
 
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cornwallis''''' was one of six [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class pre-dreadnought battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1903 and 1904.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Cornwallis'' arrived at Portsmouth from Chatham on 16 August, 1903 to start her gun mounting trials.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Aug 17, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37161.</ref>
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She recommissioned at Devonport on 13 August, 1912.  In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-BS|4}}.{{NLJul13|p. 297}}
 
She recommissioned at Devonport on 13 August, 1912.  In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-BS|4}}.{{NLJul13|p. 297}}
  
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Blake Fisher|nick=William B. Fisher|appt=9 February, 1904<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 25 January, 1904.  Issue '''37299''', col E, p. 4.</ref>|end=January, 1905{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Blake Fisher|nick=William B. Fisher|appt=9 February, 1904<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 25 January, 1904.  Issue '''37299''', col E, p. 4.</ref>|end=January, 1905{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Coke|nick=Charles H. Coke|appt=14 January, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 31 December, 1904.  Issue '''37592''', col F, p. 10.</ref>|end=14 January, 1907<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578806}} f. 242.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Coke|nick=Charles H. Coke|appt=14 January, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 297}}<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 31 December, 1904.  Issue '''37592''', col F, p. 10.</ref>|end=14 January, 1907<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578806}} f. 242.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Lowther Grant|nick=W. Lowther Grant|appt=14 January, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 December, 1907.  Issue '''38211''', col C, p. 4.</ref><ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>|end=3 June, 1908<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Lowther Grant|nick=W. Lowther Grant|appt=14 January, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 December, 1907.  Issue '''38211''', col C, p. 4.</ref><ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>|end=3 June, 1908<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Baker-Baker|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=4 June, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 296}}<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>|end=8 August, 1910<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Baker-Baker|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=4 June, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 296}}<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>|end=8 August, 1910<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=9 August, 1910<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>|end=6 April, 1912<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=9 August, 1910<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 296}}|end=6 April, 1912<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan|nick=Frank E. C. Ryan|appt=5 April, 1912<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 339.</ref>|end=10 January, 1914<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 339.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan|nick=Frank E. C. Ryan|appt=5 April, 1912<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 339.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 296}}|end=10 January, 1914<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 339.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=10 January, 1914<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>|end=1 May, 1914<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=10 January, 1914<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>|end=1 May, 1914<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=1 June, 1914<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 30 May, 1914.  Issue '''40537''', col A, p. 4.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=1 June, 1914<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/6.|D8112195}} ff. 7, 53.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 30 May, 1914.  Issue '''40537''', col A, p. 4.</ref>|end=July, 1914<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/6.|D8112195}} ff. 7, 53.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Le Mesurier|nick=Charles E. Le Mesurier|appt=16 September, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 298}}<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>|end=21 January, 1915<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Le Mesurier|nick=Charles E. Le Mesurier|appt=16 September, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 298}}<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>|end=21 January, 1915<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=21 January, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 393''i''}}|end=9 January, 1917<ref>"Vice-Admiral A. P. Davidson" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 12 February, 1930.  Issue '''45435''', col E, pg. 16.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=21 January, 1915<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/6.|D8112195}} ff. 7, 53.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 393''i''}}|end=9 January, 1917<ref>"Vice-Admiral A. P. Davidson" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 12 February, 1930.  Issue '''45435''', col E, pg. 16.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:08, 9 April 2018

H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)
Pendant Number: 33 (1914)[1]
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Blackwall[2]
Ordered: 1898 Supplemental Programme[3]
Laid down: 19 Jul, 1899[4]
Launched: 13 Jul, 1901[5]
Completed: Feb, 1904[6]
Commissioned: 9 Feb, 1904
Torpedoed: 9 Jan, 1917[7]
Fate: by U 32 near Malta[8]
H.M.S. Cornwallis was one of six Duncan class pre-dreadnought battleships completed for the Royal Navy in 1903 and 1904.

Service

Cornwallis arrived at Portsmouth from Chatham on 16 August, 1903 to start her gun mounting trials.[9]

She recommissioned at Devonport on 13 August, 1912. In mid-1913, she was serving with the Fourth Battle Squadron.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. 37.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 232.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 17, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37161.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 25 January, 1904. Issue 37299, col E, p. 4.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 297.
  13. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 31 December, 1904. Issue 37592, col F, p. 10.
  14. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 242.
  15. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 December, 1907. Issue 38211, col C, p. 4.
  16. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  17. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 296.
  19. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  20. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  21. Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 296.
  23. Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
  24. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  25. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 296.
  26. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  27. Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  28. Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  29. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/6. ff. 7, 53.
  30. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 30 May, 1914. Issue 40537, col A, p. 4.
  31. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/6. ff. 7, 53.
  32. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 298.
  33. Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  34. Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  35. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/6. ff. 7, 53.
  36. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393i.
  37. "Vice-Admiral A. P. Davidson" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 12 February, 1930. Issue 45435, col E, pg. 16.

Bibliography


Duncan Class Pre-dreadnought
  Albemarle Cornwallis Duncan  
  Exmouth Montagu Russell  
<– London Class Battleships (UK) Triumph Class –>