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Revision as of 14:51, 16 March 2015

H.M.S. Melpomene (1888)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 10 Oct, 1887[2]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1888[3]
Commissioned: 1890[4]
Sold: 1905[5]

H.M.S. Melpomene was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.

There was a later destroyer named Melpomene that fought in the Great War.

Service

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912. By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
  8. ↑ Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
  9. ↑ Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
  10. ↑ Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
  11. ↑ Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
  12. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
  13. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
  14. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
  15. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
  17. ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.

Bibliography


Medea Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Marathon Magicienne Medea Medusa Melpomene
<– Archer Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Barracouta Class –>
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