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|comm=25 Oct, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|fatedate=1 Jul, 1920{{DittColl|p. 293}}
|order=
|name=St. George
|launch=23 Jun, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|builder=[[Earle's Shipbuilding]], Hull{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|laid=23 Apr, 1890{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=N.31 (1914)<br>N.88 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 293}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
'''H.M.S. ''St. George''''' was completed in 1894 as one of nine [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class cruisers]], but was converted to a depot ship before the Great War.

==Service==
''St. George'' completed conversion to depot ship in March, 1910,{{DittColl|p. 293}} commissioning at Chatham on the 15th{{NLJul13|p. 370}} and joining the {{UK-DF|3}}, supporting the Third Division of the Home Fleet.  

After escorting ''Victoria and Albert'', ''St. George'' returned to Portsmouth on 26 September 1901 after seven months at sea.  Even with a foul bottom, she had maintained 18.5 knots.{{NMI|27 Sept. 1901, p. 4}}

She would serve the {{UK-DF|9}} in the Forth from mid-1913 if not earlier,{{NLJul13|p. 370}} until August 1915 and also the {{UK-DF|7}} in the Humber in 1914 through October 1915, and finally to the Mediterranean.{{DittColl|p. 293}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''St. George''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Harpur Gamble|nick=Edward H. Gamble|appt=10 December, 1894<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 16.</ref>|end=28 June, 1895<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=George Le C. Egerton|appt=11 May, 1895<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>|end=28 December, 1897<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Lucius Fanshawe Royle|nick=Henry L. F. Royle|appt=c. 28 December, 1897|end=1 April, 1898}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Francis Tillard|nick=Philip F. Tillard|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 375.</ref>|end=26 August, 1899<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 375.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=31 October, 1899<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1051.</ref>|end=5 October, 1900<ref>Poë Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}}  f. 405.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=5 October, 1900<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 301}}|end=25 February, 1901<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=26 February, 1901{{NMI|Thursday, 21 February, 1901.  Issue '''36384''', col D, p. 10}}|end=after September, 1901|note=apparently, temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=7 November, 1901<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>|end=15 November, 1902<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward George Shortland|nick=Edward G. Shortland|appt=15 March, 1904<ref>Shortland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 362.</ref>|end=25 May, 1904<ref>Shortland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 362.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=26 May, 1904<ref>Finnis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>|end=7 December, 1904<ref>Finnis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Yerbury Moggridge|nick=Arthur Y. Moggridge|appt=8 December, 1904<ref>Moggridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 497.</ref>|end=14 May, 1906<ref>Moggridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 497.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=15 May, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=8 August, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=9 August, 1906<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 371}}|end=14 November, 1907<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=14 November, 1907<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|end=4 February, 1908<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Tuthill Borrett|nick=Charles T. Borrett|appt=4 February, 1908|end=23 July, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=25 June, 1908<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 210/418.</ref>|end=19 September, 1908<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 210/418.</ref>|ass=23 July, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Lutley Sclater|nick=Guy L. Sclater|appt=15 March, 1910<ref>Sclater Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/20.}} f. 21.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 370}}|end=30 May, 1911<ref>Sclater Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/20.}} f. 21.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=29 May, 1911<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vincent Barkly Molteno|nick=Vincent B. Molteno|appt=1 May, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 370}}<ref>Molteno Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 260.</ref>|end=19 December, 1913<ref>Molteno Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 260.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=10 December, 1913<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>|end=27 January, 1914<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>|ass=19 December, 1913<ref>Inferred from date predecessor quit.  Molteno Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 260.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|nick=Cecil D. S. Raikes|appt=27 January, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 378''a''}}<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>|end=5 March, 1915<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Reginald Louis Crichton|nick=Reginald L. Crichton|appt=14 March, 1915<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>|ass=21 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 397''t''}}|end=2 November, 1915<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Sidney Richard Olivier|nick=Sidney R. Olivier|appt=2 November, 1915{{NLJan19|p. 900}}|end=17 April, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles de Burgh|nick=Charles de Burgh|appt=10 August, 1919<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>|end=25 September, 1919<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, and for duty with submarines}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_St_George.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_St_George_(1892)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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