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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson|nick=John R. E. Pattisson|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|end=14 September, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|note=lent for manoeuvres}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson|nick=John R. E. Pattisson|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|end=14 September, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|note=lent for manoeuvres}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|nick=Alfred A. C. Parr|appt=17 June, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 235}}<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>|end=14 February, 1894<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|nick=Alfred A. C. Parr|appt=17 June, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 235}}<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>|end=14 February, 1894<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ferdinand Henderson|nick=Charles F. Henderson|appt=25 January, 1910<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 335.</ref>|end=15 January, 1912<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 335.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ferdinand Henderson|nick=Charles F. Henderson|appt=25 January, 1910<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 335.</ref>|end=15 January, 1912<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 335.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Montagu Doughty|nick=Henry M. Doughty|appt=16 January, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 344}}|end=2 July, 1913<ref>Doughty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 141.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Montagu Doughty|nick=Henry M. Doughty|appt=16 January, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 344}}|end=2 July, 1913<ref>Doughty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 141.</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 21:34, 3 November 2015
| H.M.S. Melpomene (1888) | |
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| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 Oct, 1887[2] |
| Launched: | 20 Sep, 1888[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1890[4] |
| Sold: | 1905[5] |
H.M.S. Melpomene was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.
There was a later destroyer named Melpomene that fought in the Great War.
Service
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912. By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain John R. E. Pattisson, 18 July, 1889[7] – 14 September, 1889[8] (lent for manoeuvres)
- Captain Alfred A. C. Parr, 17 June, 1890[9][10] – 14 February, 1894[11]
- Captain Henry Leah, 8 July, 1896[12] – 22 August, 1896[13] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain John Denison, 17 February, 1899[14] – 9 July, 1900[15]
- Captain Charles F. Henderson, 25 January, 1910[16] – 15 January, 1912[17]
- Captain Henry M. Doughty, 16 January, 1912[18] – 2 July, 1913[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ 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. (July, 1913). p. 344.
- ↑ Pattisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
- ↑ Pattisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
- ↑ Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
- ↑ Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
- ↑ Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
- ↑ Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
- ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
- ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
Bibliography
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