Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Melpomene (1888)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
m (Captains)
(Captains)
(17 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Melpomene'' (1888)|fate2=
 
<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Melpomene'' (1888)|fate2=
|comm=1890{{Conways1860|p. 76}}
+
|comm=17 Jun, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 235}}
 
|fatedate=1905{{Conways1860|p. 76}}
 
|fatedate=1905{{Conways1860|p. 76}}
 
|order=
 
|order=
Line 14: Line 14:
 
There was a later destroyer named {{UK-Melpomene}} that fought in the [[Great War]].
 
There was a later destroyer named {{UK-Melpomene}} that fought in the [[Great War]].
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912.  By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 344.</ref>
+
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 235}}
 +
 
 +
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912.  By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.{{NLJul13|p. 344}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:capts>
+
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Melpomene''">
* {{CaptRN}} [[Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|Alfred A. C. Parr]], 17 June, 1890.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1891), p. 235.</ref>
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson|nick=John R. E. Pattisson|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|end=14 September, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
* {{CaptRN}} [[Henry Montagu Doughty|Henry M. Doughty]], 16 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 344.</ref>
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|nick=Alfred A. C. Parr|appt=17 June, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 235}}<ref>Parr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>|end=14 February, 1894<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:capts>
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leah|nick=Henry Leah|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Leah Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18/91}}</ref>|end=22 August, 1896<ref>Leah Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18/91}}</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|nick=Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten|appt=March, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 271}}|end=}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=17 February, 1899<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=9 July, 1900<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>}}
 +
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Melpomene_(1888)}}  
+
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Melpomene_(1888)}}  
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  

Revision as of 10:27, 16 November 2018

H.M.S. Melpomene (1888)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 10 Oct, 1887[2]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1888[3]
Commissioned: 17 Jun, 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

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1890.[6]

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912. By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.[7]

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. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
  8. Pattisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
  9. Pattisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
  11. Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
  12. Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
  13. Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
  14. Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 271.
  16. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
  17. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.

Bibliography


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