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'''H.M.S. ''Essex''''' was one of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904.
  
One of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904.
 
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[Richard Bowles Farquhar|Richard B. Farquhar]], 14 September, 1904.<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/38.  Book 2.  f. 446.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Richard Bowles Farquhar|Richard B. Farquhar]], 14 September, 1904.<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  Book 2.  f. 446.</ref>
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*Captain [[Claud Arthur William Hamilton]], 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert John Prendergast]], December 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]], January 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Herbert James Ogilvy Millar|Herbert J. O. Millar]], 30 May, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 310.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Herbert James Ogilvy Millar|Herbert J. O. Millar]], 30 May, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 310.</ref>
*Captain [[John Frederick Ernest Green]],  
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*Captain [[Victor Albert Stanley]], March 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Robert John Prendergast]],  
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*Captain [[John Frederick Ernest Green]], September 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Victor Albert Stanley]],  
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*Captain [[Hugh Justin Tweedie]], December 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Hugh Dudley Richards Watson]],  
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*Captain [[Hugh Dudley Richards Watson]], January 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Richard Hyde]], May 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 16:08, 18 October 2012

H.M.S. Essex (1901)
Pendant Number: 51 (1914)
62 (Jan 1918)
N.38 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1898-99 Programme[3]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1900[4]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1901[5]
Commissioned: 22 Mar, 1904[6]
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[7]
Fate: to Slough T.C.[8]

H.M.S. Essex was one of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class completed between 1903 and 1904.

Alterations

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  9. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 310.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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).


Monmouth Class Armoured Cruiser
Bedford Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Donegal
Essex Kent Lancaster Monmouth Suffolk
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