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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Sappho'' (1891)|fate2= |comm=Feb, 1893{{FriedmanBritishCruisersVictorian|p. 344}} |fatedate=1921{{Conways1860|p. 76}} |order= |name=Sappho |launch=9 May, 1891{{Conways1860|p. 76}} |builder=[[Salmuda]], Poplar{{Conways1860|p. 76}} |laid=21 Oct, 1889{{FriedmanBritishCruisersVictorian|p. 344}} |fate=Sold |pend=P.41 (1914)<br>P.A1 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 39}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Sappho''''' was one of twenty-one [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class]] second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s. ==Service== In earlier 1894, it was ordered that she would be one of four cruisers to have her old pattern 6-in guns replaced by new quick-firing models.{{NMI|Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10}} She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".{{NLApr14|p. 371}}{{NLJul13|p. 372}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sappho''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Charles Bigge|nick=Henry C. Bigge|appt=11 July, 1893|end=28 August, 1893|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=18 July, 1894<ref>Finnis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Archibald Tisdall|nick=Vernon A. Tisdall|appt=24 September, 1895<ref>Tisdall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>{{NLMar96|p. 261}}|end=17 July, 1896<ref>Tisdall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=c. July, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|end=30 September, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Joseph Baker|nick=Casper J. Baker|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|end=24 August, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=13 August, 1900<ref>Burney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 301''a''}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=16 July, 1905<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 August, 1908<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=8 August, 1908<ref>Christian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 372}}|end=30 September, 1909<ref>Christian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=21 April, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 372}}|end=13 December, 1911}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=14 December, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>|end=2 April, 1912<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox|nick=Gerald V. C. Knox|appt=2 April, 1912{{NLDec16|p. 397''v''}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sappho_(1891)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{Footer Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sappho}} {{CatShipSecondClassProtectedCruiser|UK}}

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