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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Stuart Nicholson]], 5 March, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908)p. 347.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Stuart Nicholson]], 5 March, 1907.<ref>Nicholson Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>
*Captain [[Frederick Charles Ashley Ogilvy|Frederick C. A. Ogilvy]], December 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederick Charles Ashley Ogilvy|Frederick C. A. Ogilvy]], December, 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[William Reginald Hall|W. Reginald Hall]], 17 December, 1909.  (Temporarily from 8 December.)<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 78.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Reginald Hall|W. Reginald Hall]], 17 December, 1909.  (Temporarily from 8 December.)<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 78.</ref>
*Captain [[Clement Greatorex]], 27 June, 1911.<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 30.</ref>
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*Captain [[Clement Greatorex]], 27 June, 1911.<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 30.</ref>
 
*Captain [[John Frederick Ernest Green|John F. E. Green]], 14 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1913).  p. 347.</ref>
 
*Captain [[John Frederick Ernest Green|John F. E. Green]], 14 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1913).  p. 347.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Eric Percy Coventry Back|Eric P. C. Back]], 5 June, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 396''d''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Eric Percy Coventry Back|Eric P. C. Back]], 5 June, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 396''d''.</ref>

Revision as of 04:27, 4 August 2013

H.M.S. Natal (1905)
Pendant Number: 69 (1914)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 6 Jan, 1904
Launched: 30 Sep, 1905[4]
Commissioned: 5 Mar, 1907
Exploded: 31 Dec, 1915[5]
Fate: in Cromarty Firth[6]


Service

Natal was commissioned by Captain Stuart Nicholson at Chatham on 5 March, 1907, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron.[7]

She recommissioned at Sheerness on 17 September, 1912.[8] In mid-1913, she was operating with the Second Cruiser Squadron.[9]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 13 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 4 March, 1907. Issue 38271, col D, p. 10.
  8. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 347.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 347.
  10. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  11. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 78.
  14. Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 30.
  15. The Navy List (December, 1913). p. 347.
  16. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396d.

Bibliography

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


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