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In mid-1913, she was active with the Minelaying Squadron in Second Fleet.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 333.</ref>
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On 6 July, 1903, Admiral-Superintendent of [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]] [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|Reginald Henderson]] had occasion to call the Captain of Fleet Reserve to complain that "An orderly has just brought to my office a ring of keys of shell rooms of ''Iphigenia''.  Information is requested why these keys were not included in the magazine key box previously deposited in my office, and who has had charge of them in the mean time."  A reply came, reporting the normal procedures employed and promising an investigation.  In the meanwhile, the gunner who had taken them out last was being sent to Henderson's office for them!  A back-and-forth on the matter took nearly a full year to resolve, resulting in a clear procedure for handling the keys to be sent to the Commander-in-Chief of each of the three Home Ports.<ref>''Principal Questions Dealt with by Director of Naval Ordnance'', March 1905. {{TNA|ADM 256/41}}. pp. 431-8.</ref>
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Revision as of 23:24, 22 May 2014

H.M.S. Iphigenia (1891)
Pendant Number: N.27 (1914)
N.60 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow, Glasgow[2]
Laid down: 1890[3]
Launched: 19 Nov, 1891[4]
Commissioned: 1892[5]
Blockship: 23 Apr, 1918[6]
Fate: at Zeebrugge

H.M.S. Iphigenia was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.

Service

On 6 July, 1903, Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Reginald Henderson had occasion to call the Captain of Fleet Reserve to complain that "An orderly has just brought to my office a ring of keys of shell rooms of Iphigenia. Information is requested why these keys were not included in the magazine key box previously deposited in my office, and who has had charge of them in the mean time." A reply came, reporting the normal procedures employed and promising an investigation. In the meanwhile, the gunner who had taken them out last was being sent to Henderson's office for them! A back-and-forth on the matter took nearly a full year to resolve, resulting in a clear procedure for handling the keys to be sent to the Commander-in-Chief of each of the three Home Ports.[7]

In mid-1913, Iphigenia was active with the Minelaying Squadron in Second Fleet.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  7. Principal Questions Dealt with by Director of Naval Ordnance, March 1905. The National Archives. ADM 256/41. pp. 431-8.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 333.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 331.
  10. Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 52.

Bibliography


Apollo Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Æolus Andromache Apollo Brilliant Indefatigable
Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad
Pique Rainbow Retribution Sappho Scylla
  Sirius Spartan Sybille  
  Terpsichore Thetis Tribune  
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