Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Sappho (1891)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(Update officeCapt)
(fix names of ship captain offices)
Line 17: Line 17:
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of {{UK-Sappho|f=p}}">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Sappho|f=p}}}}
+
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sappho''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Sappho|f=p}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=}}

Revision as of 10:57, 19 May 2014

H.M.S. Sappho (1891)
Pendant Number: P.41 (1914)
P.A1 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Salmuda, Poplar[2]
Laid down: 1890[3]
Launched: 9 May, 1891[4]
Commissioned: 1893[5]
Sold: 1921[6]

H.M.S. Sappho was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.

Service

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".[7][8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  7. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 371.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 372.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 371.

Bibliography


Apollo Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Æolus Andromache Apollo Brilliant Indefatigable
Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad
Pique Rainbow Retribution Sappho Scylla
  Sirius Spartan Sybille  
  Terpsichore Thetis Tribune  
<– Barham Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Astræa Class –>