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==Service==
 
==Service==
Recommissioned at Bombay on 19 December, 1911 for service in the East Indies.  In July, 1913, ordered to Malta for a refit.{{NLJul13|p. 356}}
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Recommissioned at Bombay on 19 December, 1911 for service in the East Indies.  In July, 1913, she was ordered to Malta for a refit,{{NLJul13|p. 356}} visiting Aden on 29 July and proceeding onward two days later.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 31, 1913; pg. 12; Issue 40278.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry James Daniel Laxton|nick=Henry J. D. Laxton|appt=10 July, 1900{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|11 July 1900, p. 9}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=12 March, 1901<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=3 January, 1904<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=12 March, 1901<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=3 January, 1904<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>|end=15 March, 1906<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>|end=15 March, 1906<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=15 March, 1906<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 356}}|end=15 March, 1908<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=15 March, 1906<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 356}}|end=15 March, 1908<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Godfrey Bird|nick=Frederic G. Bird|appt=15 March, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 356}}|end=24 February, 1910{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Godfrey Bird|nick=Frederic G. Bird|appt=15 March, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 356}}|end=26 February, 1910}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=26 February, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 7 February, 1910.  Issue '''39189''', col F, p. 4.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 355}}|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 235.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=26 February, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 7 February, 1910.  Issue '''39189''', col F, p. 4.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 355}}|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 235.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|nick=Henry F. G. Talbot|appt=11 May, 1912<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 356}}|end=19 September, 1913<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|nick=Henry F. G. Talbot|appt=11 May, 1912<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 356}}|end=19 September, 1913<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>}}

Latest revision as of 09:44, 30 December 2019

H.M.S. Perseus (1897)
Builder: Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull[1]
Laid down: May, 1896[2]
Launched: 15 Jul, 1897[3]
Commissioned: 1901[4]
Sold: 1914[5]

H.M.S. Perseus was one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1901.

Service

Recommissioned at Bombay on 19 December, 1911 for service in the East Indies. In July, 1913, she was ordered to Malta for a refit,[6] visiting Aden on 29 July and proceeding onward two days later.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 356.
  7. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 31, 1913; pg. 12; Issue 40278.
  8. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), 11 July 1900, p. 9.
  9. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  10. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  11. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  12. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  13. Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/403. f. 482.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 356.
  15. Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/403. f. 482.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 356.
  17. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 February, 1910. Issue 39189, col F, p. 4.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 355.
  19. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  20. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 356.
  22. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.

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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