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H.M.S. Thetis (1890) | |
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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 given:
- Captain Francis W. Kennedy, 13 July, 1905.[9]
- Captain The Honourable Stanhope Hawke, 7 December, 1906.[10]
- Captain Herbert Chatterton, 1 August, 1907.[11]
- Commander Valentine E. B. Phillimore, 30 January, 1912.[12]
- Commander William G. A. Kennedy, 30 January, 1914.[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 385.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 924 of 6 Mar, 1914.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
- ↑ Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 225.
- ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 382.
Bibliography
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