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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Martin Leake|nick=Francis M. Leake|appt=27 July, 1909<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=10 August, 1909<ref>Leake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 69.</ref>|note=temporary|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=10 August, 1909<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=10 August, 1909<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=14 April, 1913{{NLAug13|p. 387}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=14 April, 1913{{NLAug13|p. 387}}}}

Revision as of 17:04, 1 March 2015

H.M.S. Topaze (1903)
Pendant Number: P.29 (1914)
P.2A (Sep 1915)
P.1C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird, Birkenhead[2]
Laid down: 14 Aug, 1902[3]
Launched: 23 Jul, 1903[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1904[5]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[6]
Fate: to Cohen[7]

H.M.S. Topaze was the first of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

In mid-1913, Topaze was serving with Third Fleet.[8]

She paid off at Portsmouth on 7 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 6 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[23]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 387.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 876.
  10. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  11. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  12. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 84.
  13. ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 444.
  14. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  15. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  16. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  17. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  18. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 387.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398r.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 921.
  23. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.

Bibliography


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