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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=16 July, 1905<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=16 July, 1905<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 August, 1908<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 August, 1908<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=8 August, 1908{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=8 August, 1908{{NLJul09|p. 372}}|end=}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=21 April, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 372}}|end=13 December, 1911}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=21 April, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 372}}|end=13 December, 1911}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=14 December, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>|end=2 April, 1912<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=14 December, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>|end=2 April, 1912<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>}} |
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H.M.S. Sappho (1891) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.41 (1914) P.A1 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Salmuda, Poplar[2] |
Laid down: | 21 Oct, 1889[3] |
Launched: | 9 May, 1891[4] |
Commissioned: | Feb, 1893[5] |
Sold: | 1921[6] |
H.M.S. Sappho was one of twenty-one 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.
- Captain Frank Finnis, 18 July, 1894[9] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Vernon A. Tisdall, 24 September, 1895[10]
- Captain Charles H. Cochran, c. July, 1897[11] – 30 September, 1897[12] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Casper J. Baker, 11 July, 1899[13] – 24 August, 1899[14] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Cecil Burney, 13 August, 1900[15][16]
- Commander Edward H. Moubray, 13 June, 1903[17] – 16 July, 1905[18]
- Captain Michael H. Hodges, 17 July, 1905[19] – 8 August, 1908[20]
- Commander Harold Christian, 8 August, 1908[21]
- Commander Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith, 21 April, 1910[22] – 13 December, 1911
- Captain Richard Webb, 14 December, 1911[23] – 2 April, 1912[24]
- Acting Captain Gerald V. C. Knox, 2 April, 1912[25]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 261.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 84/180.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 301a.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 372.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 372.
- ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
- ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397v.
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