H.M.S. Essex (1901)
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H.M.S. Essex (1901) | |
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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] |
One of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class completed between 1903 and 1904.
Alterations
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Richard B. Farquhar, 14 September, 1904.[9]
- Captain Herbert J. O. Millar, 30 May, 1908.[10]
- Captain John Frederick Ernest Green,
- Captain Robert John Prendergast,
- Captain Victor Albert Stanley,
- Captain Hugh Dudley Richards Watson,
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 310.
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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