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[[Harold Christian]] and [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Cecil Burney]] may also have held this command at some point.{{FC}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 09:47, 10 June 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.

Harold Christian and Cecil Burney may also have held this command at some point.[Fact Check]

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. (December, 1916). p. 397v.

Bibliography


Apollo Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Æolus Andromache Apollo Brilliant Indefatigable
Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad
Pique Rainbow Retribution Sappho Scylla
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