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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=6 December, 1904<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|end=3 September, 1906<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=6 December, 1904<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>|end=3 September, 1906<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Blackett|nick=Henry Blackett|appt=3 September, 1906<ref>Blackett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 479.</ref>|end=20 January, 1908<ref>Blackett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 479.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Blackett|nick=Henry Blackett|appt=3 September, 1906<ref>Blackett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 479.</ref>|end=20 January, 1908<ref>Blackett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 479.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=20 January, 1908<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 84.</ref>|end=26 November, 1908<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 444.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=20 January, 1908<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 84.</ref>|end=26 November, 1908<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 444.</ref>|note=Commodore, Second Class in Home Fleet in Charge of Destroyers in Commission}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=27 November, 1908<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>|end=27 July, 1909<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=27 November, 1908<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>|end=27 July, 1909<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{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>|end=5 August, 1910<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of [[Portsmouth Destroyer Flotilla]]}}
 
{{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>|end=5 August, 1910<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of [[Portsmouth Destroyer Flotilla]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Mortimer L'Estrange Silver|nick=Mortimer L'E. Silver|appt=2 August, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 5 July, 1910.  Issue '''39316''', col C, p. 9.</ref><ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>|end=31 July, 1912<ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|4}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Mortimer L'Estrange Silver|nick=Mortimer L'E. Silver|appt=2 August, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 5 July, 1910.  Issue '''39316''', col C, p. 9.</ref><ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>|end=31 July, 1912<ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=14 April, 1913{{NLAug13|p. 387}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=14 April, 1913{{NLAug13|p. 387}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Johns Beckett Law|nick=William J. B. Law|appt=31 March, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 398''r''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Johns Beckett Law|nick=William J. B. Law|appt=31 March, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 398''r''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Riall Wadham Woods|nick=Alexander R. W. Woods|appt=22 August, 1916{{NLFeb19|p. 921}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Riall Wadham Woods|nick=Alexander R. W. Woods|appt=22 August, 1916{{NLFeb19|p. 921}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff|nick=Cuthbert D. Longstaff|appt=25 April, 1919{{NLOct19|p. 921}}|succBy=Command Disbanded}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff|nick=Cuthbert D. Longstaff|appt=25 April, 1919{{NLOct19|p. 921}}|succBy=Command Disbanded}}
 
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Revision as of 09:18, 26 April 2016

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.[29]

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. Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  13. Blackett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 479.
  14. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 84.
  15. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 444.
  16. Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  17. Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  18. Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  19. Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  20. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  21. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  22. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 July, 1910. Issue 39316, col C, p. 9.
  23. Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  24. Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  25. The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 387.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398r.
  27. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  28. The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 921.
  29. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.

Bibliography


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