H.M.S. Juno (1895)

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H.M.S. Juno (1895)
Pendant Number: N.37 (1914)
N.65 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 22 Jun, 1894[4]
Launched: 16 Nov, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 16 Jun, 1897[6]
Sold: 24 Sep, 1920[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Juno was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Then part of the Channel Fleet, Juno started a refit in Portsmouth in May 1908, after completing a Gunlayers' Test.[8]

She recommissioned at Chatham on 20 January, 1913. By mid-year, she was attached to the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla, but due to be replaced by Sentinel after Manœuvres. She was to be reduced to Reserve Commission at Chatham on 30 June, 1913.[9]

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the Cruiser Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 335.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 683.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 26 January, 1904. Issue 37300, col C, p. 11.
  15. Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 142.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 22 June, 1905. Issue 37740, col B, p. 10.
  17. Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  18. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a.
  19. Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 325.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 335.
  22. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 333.
  23. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 341.
  24. Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 125.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 824.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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