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==Service==
 
==Service==
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In earlier 1894, it was ordered that she would be one of four cruisers to have her old pattern 6-in guns replaced by new quick-firing models.{{NMI|Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10}}
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Commissioned at Portsmouth 1 August, 1907.  In mid-1913, operating with Second Fleet's Minelayer Squadron.{{NLJul13|p. 385}}
 
Commissioned at Portsmouth 1 August, 1907.  In mid-1913, operating with Second Fleet's Minelayer Squadron.{{NLJul13|p. 385}}
  
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth|nick=William C. C. Forsyth|appt=21 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manoeuvres."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.</ref>|end=|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth|nick=William C. C. Forsyth|appt=21 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manoeuvres."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.</ref>|end=|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1892]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas MacGill|nick=Thomas MacGill|appt=17 July, 1893<ref>MacGill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=28 August, 1893<ref>MacGill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 79.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas MacGill|nick=Thomas MacGill|appt=17 July, 1893<ref>MacGill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=28 August, 1893<ref>MacGill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 79.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Daniel McNab Riddel|nick=Daniel McN. Riddel|appt=18 July, 1894|end=1 October, 1894|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Daniel McNab Riddel|nick=Daniel McN. Riddel|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=1 October, 1894|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Daniel McNab Riddel|nick=Daniel McN. Riddel|appt=8 July, 1896|end=1 January, 1897|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Robert Lindley|nick=George R. Lindley|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|end=29 July, 1897<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Daniel McNab Riddel|nick=Daniel McN. Riddel|appt=8 July, 1896{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}|end=1 January, 1897|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|end=29 July, 1897<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=15 February, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 303}}<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>|end=30 June, 1899<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=15 February, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 303}}<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>|end=30 June, 1899<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 293.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Stokes Rees|nick=William S. Rees|appt=21 June, 1899<ref>Rees Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 436.</ref>|end=8 June, 1901<ref>Rees Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 436.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Stokes Rees|nick=William S. Rees|appt=21 June, 1899<ref>Rees Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 436.</ref>|end=8 June, 1901<ref>Rees Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 436.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Julian Charles Allix Wilkinson|nick=Julian C. A. Wilkinson|appt=25 November, 1902<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 668.</ref>|end=12 July, 1905<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 668.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Julian Charles Allix Wilkinson|nick=Julian C. A. Wilkinson|appt=25 November, 1902<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 668.</ref>|end=12 July, 1905<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 668.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1902]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=13 July, 1905<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>|end=6 December, 1906<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=13 July, 1905<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>|end=6 December, 1906<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stanhope Hawke|nick=The Hon. Stanhope Hawke|appt=7 December, 1906<ref>Hawke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 225.</ref>|end=24 March, 1907<ref>Hawke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 433.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stanhope Hawke|nick=The Hon. Stanhope Hawke|appt=7 December, 1906<ref>Hawke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 225.</ref>|end=24 March, 1907<ref>Hawke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 433.</ref>}}

Revision as of 10:17, 1 October 2019

H.M.S. Thetis (1890)
Pendant Number: P.85 (1914)
P.0C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. & G. 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

In earlier 1894, it was ordered that she would be one of four cruisers to have her old pattern 6-in guns replaced by new quick-firing models.[7]

Commissioned at Portsmouth 1 August, 1907. In mid-1913, operating with Second Fleet's Minelayer Squadron.[8]

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.[9]

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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
  9. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 924 of 6 Mar, 1914.
  10. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
  11. MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 79.
  12. MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 79.
  13. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  14. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  16. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
  17. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 303.
  19. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
  20. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
  21. Rees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 436.
  22. Rees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 436.
  23. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 668.
  24. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 668.
  25. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  26. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  27. Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 225.
  28. Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  29. Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 385.
  31. Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
  32. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 386.
  33. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  34. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 386.
  35. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
  36. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
  38. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  39. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 382.
  40. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 129.

Bibliography


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Æolus Andromache Apollo Brilliant Indefatigable
Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad
Pique Rainbow Retribution Sappho Scylla
  Sirius Spartan Sybille  
  Terpsichore Thetis Tribune  
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