Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Sappho (1891)"
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search (fix names of ship captain offices) |
|||
Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sappho''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Sappho|f=p}}}} | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sappho''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Sappho|f=p}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox|nick=Gerald V. C. Knox|appt=2 April, 1912{{NLDec16|p. 397''v''}}}} |
− | |||
− | |||
{{TenureListEnd}} | {{TenureListEnd}} | ||
− | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Harold Christian]] and [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Cecil Burney]] may also have held this command at some point.{{FC}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 13:47, 10 June 2014
H.M.S. Sappho (1891) | |
---|---|
Pendant Number: | P.41 (1914) P.A1 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Salmuda, Poplar[2] |
Laid down: | 1890[3] |
Launched: | 9 May, 1891[4] |
Commissioned: | 1893[5] |
Sold: | 1921[6] |
H.M.S. Sappho was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
Service
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".[7][8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Acting Captain Gerald V. C. Knox, 2 April, 1912[9]
Harold Christian and Cecil Burney may also have held this command at some point.[Fact Check]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 372.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397v.
Bibliography