H.M.S. Sappho (1891)

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H.M.S. Sappho (1891)
Pendant Number: P.41 (1914)
P.A1 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Salmuda, Poplar[2]
Laid down: 21 Oct, 1889[3]
Launched: 9 May, 1891[4]
Commissioned: Feb, 1893[5]
Sold: 1921[6]

H.M.S. Sappho was one of twenty-one 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. Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
  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. Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 261.
  11. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
  12. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
  13. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  14. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  15. Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 84/180.
  16. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
  17. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
  18. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  19. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 373.
  21. Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  22. Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
  23. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397v.

Bibliography


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