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'''H.M.S. ''Thetis''''' was one of 21 [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class]] second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
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==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}}
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==Distinguishing Signs==
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In March 1914, the ship was (as was ''Skipjack'') to carry one red band on first funnel and one white band on after funnel.{{AWO1914|924 of 6 Mar, 1914}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
* Captain [[Francis William Kennedy]], 13 July 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue '''37758''', col D, p. 10.</ref>
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* Captain [[Stanhope Hawke]], 7 December, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''. Saturday, 8 December, 1906.  Issue '''38198''', col A, p. 8.</ref> until 25 March, 1907.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''Monday, 18 March, 1907Issue '''38283''', col E, p. 9.</ref>
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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]]}}
* Captain [[Herbert Chatterton]],  
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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]]}}
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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]]}}
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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]]}}
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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]]}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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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]]}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Chatterton|nick=Herbert Chatterton|appt=1 August, 1907<ref>Chatterton Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 170.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 385}}|end=13 September, 1909<ref>Chatterton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D8115498}} f. 170.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Francis Parker|nick=Reginald F. Parker|appt=13 September, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 386}}|end=15 January, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=25 January, 1910<ref>Brown Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 386}}|end=30 January, 1912<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore|nick=Valentine E. B. Phillimore|appt=30 January, 1912<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 385}}|end=30 January, 1914<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=William George Ainslie Kennedy|nick=William G. A. Kennedy|appt=30 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 382}}|end=8 March, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=|end=24 April, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 129}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel sunk as blockship under his command}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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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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