Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Apollo (1891)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(Captains)
(Captains)
 
(26 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
|order=
 
|order=
 
|name=Apollo
 
|name=Apollo
|launch=10 Feb, 1891{{Conways1860|p. 76}}
+
|launch=10 Feb, 1891{{NMI|Wednesday, Feb 11, 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33245}}
 
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 76}}
 
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 76}}
|laid=Apr, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 76}}
+
|laid=27 May, 1889{{NMI|Wednesday, Feb 11, 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33245}}
 
|pend=N.36 (1914)<br>N.05 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 117}}
 
|pend=N.36 (1914)<br>N.05 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 117}}
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
Line 11: Line 11:
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 +
After some delays owing to late delivery of machinery, ''Apollo'' was launched at Chatham Dockyard  amidst distinguished company that included the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, the Countess of Darnley and Lady Blythe, Commander in Chief at the Nore Vice-Admiral [[Charles Thomas Curme|C. T. Curme]], and Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard Rear-Admiral [[Edward Kelly]].  The moment of launching was delayed slightly as a sufficiently high tide took its time, but she slid out of the slip into the Medway when the Countess of Glasgow broke a bottle of wine on her (the cruiser's) end.{{NMI|Wednesday, Feb 11, 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33245}}
 +
 +
She was one of three cruisers, by early 1894, whose old pattern 6-in guns had been replaced by new quick-firing models.  This work would be extended, in stages, to other contemprary cruisers.{{NMI|Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10}}
 +
 
She commissioned at Chatham on 4 August 1909.  In mid-1913, she was in Second Fleet in the Minelayer Squadron.{{NLJul13|p. 279}}
 
She commissioned at Chatham on 4 August 1909.  In mid-1913, she was in Second Fleet in the Minelayer Squadron.{{NLJul13|p. 279}}
 +
 +
She gave up her role in the Minelayer Squadron around August/September, 1917 in order to transition to service as a parent ship for the {{UK-DF|4}}, which then boasted a strength of 38 destroyers.  She kept up this work until at least September, 1919.{{ToL|88 Vessels for Sale|3 July 1920, p. 10}}
 +
 +
In July 1920, ''Apollo'' was listed as one of 88 ships (most of which were destroyers) on the disposal list which were to be prepared for sale "as soonas practicable."{{ToL|88 Vessels for Sale|3 July 1920, p. 10}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Apollo''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Apollo''">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Anson Primrose|nick=George A. Primrose|appt=11 July, 1893<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>|end=26 August, 1893<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
+
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|nick=Richard Poore|appt=21 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manoeuvres."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.</ref>|end=c. 20 August, 1892{{INF}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1892]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Francis Tillard|nick=Philip F. Tillard|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 375.</ref>|end=29 July, 1897<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 375.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
+
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Anson Primrose|nick=George A. Primrose|appt=11 July, 1893<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>|end=26 August, 1893<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Purves Cochran|nick=Reginald P. Cochran|appt=5 November, 1900{{NLMay04|p. 226}}|end=}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alvin Coote Corry|nick=Alvin C. Corry|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Walter|nick=Philip Walter|appt=10 February, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 277}}|end=}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Horatio Nelson Dudding|nick=Horatio N. Dudding|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres| July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Ernest Browne|nick=Harold E. Browne|appt=13 October, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 279}}|end=}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alvin Coote Corry|nick=Alvin C. Corry|appt=8 July, 1896{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster|nick=Forster D. Arnold-Forster|appt=1 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 280}}|end=}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Francis Tillard|nick=Philip F. Tillard|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 375.</ref>|end=29 July, 1897<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 375.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Reginald Glynn Petre|nick=Walter R. G. Petre|appt=22 November, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 392''c''}}|end=}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Horatio Anson|nick=Algernon H. Anson|appt=11 July, 1899|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} ('''D''')|name=Arthur Edmund Wood|nick=Arthur E. Wood|appt=1 September, 1917{{NLSep19|p. 730}}|end=}}
+
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=George E. Patey|appt=10 July, 1900{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|11 July 1900, p. 9}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Purves Cochran|nick=Reginald P. Cochran|appt=early 1901<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>|end=28 April, 1903<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/250.|D7600989}} f. 248.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Grant-Dalton|nick=Hubert Grant-Dalton|appt=28 April, 1903<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590615}} f. 367.</ref>|end=26 February, 1904<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590615}} f. 367.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Walter|nick=Philip Walter|appt=27 February, 1904<ref>Walter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/264.|D7602199}} f. 310.</ref>|end=12 December, 1904<ref>Walter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/264.|D7602199}} f. 310.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur de Kewer Livius May|nick=Arthur de K. L. May|appt=4 August, 1909<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/120.|}} f. 121.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 278}}|end=9 August, 1911<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/120.|}} f. 121.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oscar Matthew Makins|nick=Oscar M. Makins|appt=8 August, 1911|end=31 October, 1911}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Ernest Browne|nick=Harold E. Browne|appt=31 October, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 279}}|end=1 January, 1914}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster|nick=Forster D. Arnold-Forster|appt=1 January, 1914<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 280}}|end=22 November, 1914<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Reginald Glynn Petre|nick=Walter R. G. Petre|appt=22 November, 1914<ref>Petre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/434.|D7602752}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 392''c''}}|end=10 May, 1915<ref>Petre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/434.|D7602752}} f. 485.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} ('''D''')|name=Arthur Edmund Wood|nick=Arthur E. Wood|appt=1 September, 1917{{NLSep19|p. 730}}|end=1 March, 1919|note=Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|4}}}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morshead Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton|nick=Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton|appt=17 September, 1917|end=July, 1918}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Alexander Ingles|nick=John A. Ingles|appt=29 July, 1918<ref>Ingles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/38.}}  f. 43.</ref>|end=11 April, 1919<ref>Ingles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/38.}}  f. 43.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} ('''D''')|name=Arthur Edmund Wood|nick=Arthur E. Wood|appt=11 April, 1919|end=14 June, 1920|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport from 1 March, 1919}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
Line 31: Line 51:
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Apollo_(1891)}}
+
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Apollo_(1891)}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  

Latest revision as of 10:41, 20 May 2023

H.M.S. Apollo (1891)
Pendant Number: N.36 (1914)
N.05 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 27 May, 1889[3]
Launched: 10 Feb, 1891[4]
Commissioned: 1892[5]
Sold: 1920[6]

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

Service

After some delays owing to late delivery of machinery, Apollo was launched at Chatham Dockyard amidst distinguished company that included the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, the Countess of Darnley and Lady Blythe, Commander in Chief at the Nore Vice-Admiral C. T. Curme, and Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard Rear-Admiral Edward Kelly. The moment of launching was delayed slightly as a sufficiently high tide took its time, but she slid out of the slip into the Medway when the Countess of Glasgow broke a bottle of wine on her (the cruiser's) end.[7]

She was one of three cruisers, by early 1894, whose old pattern 6-in guns had been replaced by new quick-firing models. This work would be extended, in stages, to other contemprary cruisers.[8]

She commissioned at Chatham on 4 August 1909. In mid-1913, she was in Second Fleet in the Minelayer Squadron.[9]

She gave up her role in the Minelayer Squadron around August/September, 1917 in order to transition to service as a parent ship for the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, which then boasted a strength of 38 destroyers. She kept up this work until at least September, 1919.[10]

In July 1920, Apollo was listed as one of 88 ships (most of which were destroyers) on the disposal list which were to be prepared for sale "as soonas practicable."[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 11, 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33245.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 11, 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33245.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 11, 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33245.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 279.
  10. "88 Vessels for Sale." The Times (London, England), 3 July 1920, p. 10.
  11. "88 Vessels for Sale." The Times (London, England), 3 July 1920, p. 10.
  12. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
  13. Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  14. Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  15. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  16. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  18. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 375.
  19. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 375.
  20. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), 11 July 1900, p. 9.
  21. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  22. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/250. f. 248.
  23. Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  24. Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  25. Walter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/264. f. 310.
  26. Walter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/264. f. 310.
  27. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 278.
  29. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 279.
  31. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
  32. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 280.
  33. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
  34. Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
  35. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392c.
  36. Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
  37. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 730.
  38. Ingles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/38. f. 43.
  39. Ingles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/38. f. 43.

See Also

Footnotes

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  
<– Barham Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Astræa Class –>