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*Captain [[Arthur Bertram Finch Dawson|Arthur B. F. Dawson]], June, 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Arthur Bertram Finch Dawson|Arthur B. F. Dawson]], June, 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Arthur Hugh Oldham|Arthur H. Oldham]], May, 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Arthur Hugh Oldham|Arthur H. Oldham]], May, 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|Humphrey T. Walwyn]], D.S.O., 17 January, 1919.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 800}}
 
*Captain [[Ronald Howard]], 27 April, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 779.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Ronald Howard]], 27 April, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 779.</ref>
  

Revision as of 14:32, 12 January 2014

H.M.S. Gibraltar (1892)
Pendant Number: A7 (1914)
N.19 (Sep 1915)
N.49 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Napier, Glasgow[2]
Laid down: 2 Dec, 1889[3]
Launched: 27 Apr, 1892[4]
Commissioned: 1 Nov, 1894[5]
Sold: Sep, 1923[6]
Fate: to Cashmore[7]

H.M.S. Gibraltar was one of nine protected cruisers of the Edgar class completed between 1893 and 1896.

Service

In mid-1913, she was with the Training Squadron in Queenstown.[8]

By the end of 1920, she was housing an anti-submarine training school in Portland.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 319.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). pp. 779-780.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 752.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  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. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 319.
  19. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 800.
  24. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 779.

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).


Edgar Class First Class Protected Cruiser
Crescent Edgar Endymion Gibraltar Grafton
  Hawke Royal Arthur St. George Theseus  
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