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Latest revision as of 10:05, 9 December 2021

H.M.S. Europa (1897)
Pendant Number: P.06 (1914)
P.91 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 10 Jan, 1896[4]
Launched: 20 Mar, 1897[5]
Commissioned: 23 Nov, 1899[6]
Sold: 15 Sep, 1920[7]
Fate: Foundered, raised, scrapped[8]

H.M.S. Europa was one of eight Diadem class protected cruisers completed for the Royal Navy near the beginning of the twentieth century.

Service

Europa was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 May, 1913 to serve with the Third Fleet.[9]

She paid off at Malta on 27 March, 1920.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 309.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 770-1.
  11. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  12. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  13. ↑ Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  14. ↑ Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  15. ↑ Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
  16. ↑ Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
  17. ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
  18. ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 309.
  20. ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
  21. ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
  22. ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  23. ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  24. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  25. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 310.
  27. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
  28. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
  29. ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
  30. ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
  31. ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
  32. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  33. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 309.
  35. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
  36. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
  37. ↑ Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19643/164. ff. 164, 248.
  38. ↑ Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19643/164. ff. 164, 248.
  39. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 310.
  41. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
  42. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  43. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  44. ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394.
  46. ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  47. ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  48. ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394g.
  50. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393o.
  51. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 789.
  52. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 771.

Bibliography

  • 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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