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'''H.M.S. ''Venus''''' was completed in 1897 as one of nine [[Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)|''Eclipse'' class cruisers]], but she served in the Great War as a destroyer depot ship.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Venus'' was commissioned at Chatham on 9 November, 1897, by Captain [[Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet|Sir A. Berkeley Milne, Bart.]], for service in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 19 October, 1897.  Issue '''35338''', col D, p. 8.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 25 October, 1897.  Issue '''35343''', col D, p. 10.</ref>
 
''Venus'' was commissioned at Chatham on 9 November, 1897, by Captain [[Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet|Sir A. Berkeley Milne, Bart.]], for service in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 19 October, 1897.  Issue '''35338''', col D, p. 8.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 25 October, 1897.  Issue '''35343''', col D, p. 10.</ref>
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She completed to special complement at Portsmouth on 20 December, 1911.  In mid-1913, she was acting as depot ship for the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 390.</ref>
  
 
==Radio==
 
==Radio==
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*Captain [[Thomas Lawrie Shelford|Thomas L. Shelford]], 1 May, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Thomas Lawrie Shelford|Thomas L. Shelford]], 1 May, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>
 
*Engineer Lieutenant [[William P. C. Spriddle]], 21 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 388.</ref>
 
*Engineer Lieutenant [[William P. C. Spriddle]], 21 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 388.</ref>
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* Captain [[James Rose Price Hawksley]], 4 April, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 390.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Robert Gordon Douglas Dewar|Robert G. D. Dewar]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 388.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Robert Gordon Douglas Dewar|Robert G. D. Dewar]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 388.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Lancelot Napier Turton]], October 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Lancelot Napier Turton]], October 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Hubert Seeds Monroe]],October 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Hubert Seeds Monroe]],October 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 11:20, 16 July 2013

H.M.S. Venus (1895)
Pendant Number: P.36 (1914)
P.2C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 28 Jun, 1894[4]
Launched: 5 Sep, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 9 Nov, 1897[6]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[7]
Fate: to Cohen[8]

H.M.S. Venus was completed in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers, but she served in the Great War as a destroyer depot ship.

Service

Venus was commissioned at Chatham on 9 November, 1897, by Captain Sir A. Berkeley Milne, Bart., for service in the Mediterranean.[9][10]

She completed to special complement at Portsmouth on 20 December, 1911. In mid-1913, she was acting as depot ship for the First Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

Radio

In 1901, the ship is one of just two of her class of nine not noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[12] Perhaps she received equipment sometime soon afterward.[Inference]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 19 October, 1897. Issue 35338, col D, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 25 October, 1897. Issue 35343, col D, p. 10.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 390.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. pp. 111-112.
  13. ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 February, 1900. Issue 36067, col C, p. 8.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, p. 10.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 390.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 11 November, 1911. Issue 39740, col B, p. 13.
  22. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
  23. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 388.
  24. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 390.
  25. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 388.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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