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*{{CaptRN}} [[Cecil Frederick Dampier|Cecil F. Dampier]], 16 November, 1908.<ref>Dampier Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 497.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Cecil Frederick Dampier|Cecil F. Dampier]], 16 November, 1908.<ref>Dampier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 497.</ref>
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* Captain [[Henry Harvey Bruce]], January 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Fawcet Wray]], 6 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 300''b''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Fawcet Wray]], 6 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 300''b''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''h''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''h''.</ref>
* Captain [[Henry Harvey Bruce]],
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* Captain [[Stanley Venn Ellis]], January 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Stanley Venn Ellis]],  
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:58, 19 October 2012

H.M.S. Defence (1907)
Pendant Number: 05 (1914)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1904-05 Programme[3]
Laid down: 22 Feb, 1905[4]
Launched: 24 Apr, 1907[5]
Commissioned: 9 Feb, 1909[6]
Sunk: 5 Jul, 1918[7]
Fate: at Battle of Jutland


Career

Defence commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron at the Nore.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 73.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 February, 1909. Issue 38879, col C, p. 11.
  9. Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300b.
  12. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393h.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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