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Revision as of 11:12, 19 May 2014

H.M.S. Thetis (1890)
Pendant Number: P.85 (1914)
P.0C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thomson, Glasgow[2]
Laid down: 1889[3]
Launched: 13 Dec, 1890[4]
Commissioned: 1892[5]
Blockship: 23 Apr, 1918[6]

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

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth 1 August, 1907. In mid-1913, operating with Second Fleet's Minelayer Squadron.[7]

Distinguishing Signs

In March 1914, the ship was (as was Skipjack) to carry one red band on first funnel and one white band on after funnel.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  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 (July, 1913), p. 385.
  8. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 924 of 6 Mar, 1914.
  9. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  10. Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 225.
  11. Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 382.

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 –>