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Revision as of 21:34, 25 April 2016

H.M.S. Sapphire (1904)
Pendant Number: N.78 (1914)
N.89 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer, Jarrow[2]
Laid down: 30 Mar, 1903[3]
Launched: 17 Mar, 1904[4]
Commissioned: 7 Feb, 1905[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward, Grays[7]

H.M.S. Sapphire was one of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

In 1910, Sapphire was leading the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla.

Re-commissioned at Devonport 2 October, 1911.[8]

In early 1913, Sapphire was with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, but was ordered to transfer to Second Fleet from 1 July 1913, being replaced by Skirmisher after Manœuvres.[9]

She paid off at Sheerness on 30 April, 1919.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 372.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 372.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 861.
  11. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
  12. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  13. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  14. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  15. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  16. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 372.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 372.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 372.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 379.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397v.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397u.
  23. ↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
  24. ↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.

Bibliography


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