H.M.S. Thetis (1890)

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

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


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