H.M.S. Essex (1901)

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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. f. 446.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
  12. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 501.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 310.
  14. Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 432.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 310.
  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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