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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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*Captain [[Edward Harpur Bayly|Edward H. Bayly]], 30 March, 1897.<ref>''The Navy List, Corrected to the 18th September, 1898''. p. 277.</ref> | *Captain [[Edward Harpur Bayly|Edward H. Bayly]], 30 March, 1897.<ref>''The Navy List, Corrected to the 18th September, 1898''. p. 277.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[Arthur Craig Waller|Arthur W. Craig]], 1 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908). p. 353.</ref> | *Captain [[Arthur Craig Waller|Arthur W. Craig]], 1 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908). p. 353.</ref> | ||
* {{CommRN}} [[Peter W. E. Hill]], July, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 353.</ref> | * {{CommRN}} [[Peter W. E. Hill]], July, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 353.</ref> | ||
*Commander [[Ernest Stevenson]], 14 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914). p. 354.</ref> | *Commander [[Ernest Stevenson]], 14 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914). p. 354.</ref> | ||
| + | * {{CommRN}} [[Charles Tuthill Borrett|Charles T. Borrett]], June, 1916.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 863}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pelorus_(1896)}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pelorus_(1896)}} | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 15:41, 7 January 2014
| H.M.S. Pelorus (1896) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N/A[1] |
| Builder: | Sheerness Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | May, 1895[3] |
| Launched: | 15 Dec, 1896[4] |
| Commissioned: | 30 Mar, 1897 |
| Sold: | 6 May, 1920[5] |
| Fate: | to Ward, Grays[6] |
H.M.S. Pelorus was one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1901.
Service
Pelorus commissioned at Chatham on 30 March, 1897, under the command of Captain Edward H. Bayly.[7]
She completed to full crew at Devonport 28 May, 1912.[8]
At the outbreak of the Great War, Pelorus joined Cruiser Force F of the Channel Fleet before being sent to join Cruiser Force E.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edward H. Bayly, 30 March, 1897.[10]
- Captain Arthur W. Craig, 1 January, 1908.[11]
- Commander Peter W. E. Hill, July, 1912.[12]
- Commander Ernest Stevenson, 14 November, 1913.[13]
- Commander Charles T. Borrett, June, 1916.[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 April, 1897. Issue 35166, col E, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 354.
- ↑ Home Waters—Part I. p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List, Corrected to the 18th September, 1898. p. 277.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 353.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 353.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 354.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 863.
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).
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