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− | ''Proserpine'' | + | In mid-1911, ''Proserpine'' was part of the East India Squadron of the [[East Indies Station]], but was serving in a detached manner on the coast of Somalia.{{ToL|British Interests In The Persian Gulf|Saturday, July 8, 1911, Issue 39632, p.7}} |
− | ''Proserpine'' re-commissioned at Sheerness on 9 January, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 362}} | + | In June 1912, {{UK-Pelorus}} left Aden to relieve ''Proserpine'',{{MoS|Thursday, June 20, 1912, Issue 39930, p.12}} which had been suffering from recalcitrant machinery issues.<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/291.|D7602621}} f. 319.</ref> ''Prosperine'' left the station for Port Said on 7 July.{{MoS|Tuesday, July 9, 1912, Issue 39946, p.7}} |
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+ | ''Proserpine'' commissioned at Malta on 26 February, 1913 for service in the Mediterranean under [[Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish]]{{NLJul13|p. 363}} She arrived at Beirut on 13 April, 1913.{{MoS|Saturday, April 19, 1913, Issue 40190, p.5}} | ||
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+ | ''Proserpine'' left Malta for Corfu on 29 September, 1913 under his command.{{NMI|Wednesday, Oct 01, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40331}} | ||
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+ | The cruiser returned to Sheerness, arriving on Christmas Day, 1913 after spending three years in the Mediterranean, destined to be replaced on station by the {{UK-Weymouth|f=t}}.{{NMI|Friday, Dec 26, 1913; pg. 2; Issue 40404}} She was re-commissioned at Sheerness on 9 January, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 362}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux|nick=Gerald C. A. Marescaux|appt=29 November, 1900<ref>Marescaux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 579.</ref>|end=28 November, 1901<ref>Marescaux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 579.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux|nick=Gerald C. A. Marescaux|appt=29 November, 1900<ref>Marescaux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 579.</ref>|end=28 November, 1901<ref>Marescaux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 579.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Russell Hulbert|nick=Arthur R. Hulbert|appt=24 August, 1904{{NLJun06|p. 362}}|end=1 August, 1906{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Russell Hulbert|nick=Arthur R. Hulbert|appt=24 August, 1904{{NLJun06|p. 362}}|end=1 August, 1906{{INF}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William James|nick=Herbert W. James|appt=1 August, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 362}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William James|nick=Herbert W. James|appt=1 August, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 362}}|end=1 August, 1908}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=1 August, 1908<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 362}}|end=30 July, 1909<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=1 August, 1908<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 362}}|end=30 July, 1909<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert John Temple Marshall|nick=Herbert J. T. Marshall|appt=30 July, 1909<ref>Marshall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 362}}|end=1 August, 1911<ref>Marshall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert John Temple Marshall|nick=Herbert J. T. Marshall|appt=30 July, 1909<ref>Marshall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 362}}|end=1 August, 1911<ref>Marshall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish|nick=Tufton P. H. Beamish|appt=26 February, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 363}}|end=9 February, 1914<ref>Beamish Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 51</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish|nick=Tufton P. H. Beamish|appt=26 February, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 363}}|end=9 February, 1914<ref>Beamish Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 51</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Chalker Durrant Field|nick=Henry C. D. Field|appt=14 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 362}}|end=mid 1914}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Chalker Durrant Field|nick=Henry C. D. Field|appt=14 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 362}}|end=mid 1914}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Cecil Hardy|nick=George C. Hardy|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 397''j''}}|end=25 August, 1915 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Cecil Hardy|nick=George C. Hardy|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 397''j''}}|end=25 August, 1915}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Alexander Betts|nick=Ernest E. A. Betts|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Alexander Betts|nick=Ernest E. A. Betts|appt=30 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 397''e''. 25th given here, corrected in Service Record}}|end=24 March, 1916}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Nunn|nick=Wilfrid Nunn|appt=25 March, 1916<ref>Nunn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/484.|D7576576}} f. 484.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 397''d''}}|end=1 February, 1917<ref>Nunn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/484.|D7576576}} f. 484.</ref>|ass=22 March, 1916<ref>Nunn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/484.|D7576576}} f. 484.</ref>|note=actually took command on 22 March}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Nunn|nick=Wilfrid Nunn|appt=25 March, 1916<ref>Nunn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/484.|D7576576}} f. 484.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 397''d''}}|end=1 February, 1917<ref>Nunn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/484.|D7576576}} f. 484.</ref>|ass=22 March, 1916<ref>Nunn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/484.|D7576576}} f. 484.</ref>|note=actually took command on 22 March}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Valentine Frederick Radclyffe Dugmore|nick=Eric V. F. R. Dugmore|appt=1 February, 1917<ref>Dugmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/104.|D7576590}} f. 104.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''d''}}|end=31 October, 1917<ref>Dugmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/104.|D7576590}} f. 104.</ref>|note=invalided with "tropical debility"}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Valentine Frederick Radclyffe Dugmore|nick=Eric V. F. R. Dugmore|appt=1 February, 1917<ref>Dugmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/104.|D7576590}} f. 104.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''d''}}|end=31 October, 1917<ref>Dugmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/104.|D7576590}} f. 104.</ref>|note=invalided with "tropical debility"}} |
Revision as of 10:36, 19 November 2019
H.M.S. Proserpine (1896) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.84 (1914) none (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Sheerness Royal Dockyard[2] |
Laid down: | Mar, 1896[3] |
Launched: | 5 Dec, 1896[4] |
Commissioned: | 1899[5] |
Sold: | 30 Nov, 1919[6] |
H.M.S. Proserpine was one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1901.
Service
In mid-1911, Proserpine was part of the East India Squadron of the East Indies Station, but was serving in a detached manner on the coast of Somalia.[7]
In June 1912, Pelorus left Aden to relieve Proserpine,[8] which had been suffering from recalcitrant machinery issues.[9] Prosperine left the station for Port Said on 7 July.[10]
Proserpine commissioned at Malta on 26 February, 1913 for service in the Mediterranean under Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish[11] She arrived at Beirut on 13 April, 1913.[12]
Proserpine left Malta for Corfu on 29 September, 1913 under his command.[13]
The cruiser returned to Sheerness, arriving on Christmas Day, 1913 after spending three years in the Mediterranean, destined to be replaced on station by the light cruiser Weymouth.[14] She was re-commissioned at Sheerness on 9 January, 1914.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain John L. Marx, 15 September, 1898[16] – 20 October, 1900[17] (invalided from ship)
- Commander Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 29 November, 1900[18] – 28 November, 1901[19]
- Commander Arthur R. Hulbert, 24 August, 1904[20] – 1 August, 1906[Inference]
- Commander Herbert W. James, 1 August, 1906[21] – 1 August, 1908
- Captain Eustace La T. Leatham, 1 August, 1908[22][23] – 30 July, 1909[24]
- Commander Herbert J. T. Marshall, 30 July, 1909[25][26] – 1 August, 1911[27]
- Commander Peter W. E. Hill, 1 August, 1911[28] – June, 1912[29]
- Commander Arthur H. C. C. Home, July, 1912[30]
- Commander Tufton P. H. Beamish, 26 February, 1913[31] – 9 February, 1914[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry C. D. Field, 14 January, 1914[33] – mid 1914
- Commander George C. Hardy, 1 August, 1914[34] – 25 August, 1915
- Commander Ernest E. A. Betts, 30 August, 1915[35] – 24 March, 1916
- Captain Wilfrid Nunn, 25 March, 1916[36][37] – 1 February, 1917[38] (actually took command on 22 March)
- Captain Eric V. F. R. Dugmore, 1 February, 1917[39][40] – 31 October, 1917[41] (invalided with "tropical debility")
- Acting Captain Arthur G. Warren, – 1 August, 1918
- Acting Captain Arthur L. Ashby, c. 20 July, 1918 – 29 July, 1918[42] (possibly temporary, pending arrival of Bedwell)
- Commander Harold B. Bedwell, 18 June, 1918[43] – May, 1919
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.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
- ↑ "British Interests In The Persian Gulf." The Times (London, England), Saturday, July 8, 1911, Issue 39632, p.7.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 20, 1912, Issue 39930, p.12.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/291. f. 319.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, July 9, 1912, Issue 39946, p.7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 363.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Saturday, April 19, 1913, Issue 40190, p.5.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 01, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40331.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 26, 1913; pg. 2; Issue 40404.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 362.
- ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856.
- ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 362.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 362.
- ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 362.
- ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
- ↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 362.
- ↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/291. f. 319.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/291. f. 319.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 363.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 363.
- ↑ Beamish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 51
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 362.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 397j.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397e. 25th given here, corrected in Service Record.
- ↑ Nunn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/484. f. 484.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397d.
- ↑ Nunn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/484. f. 484.
- ↑ Dugmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/104. f. 104.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397d.
- ↑ Dugmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/104. f. 104.
- ↑ Bedwell Service Record.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 885a.
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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