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*{{CaptRN}} [[Cecil Foley Lambert|Cecil F. Lambert]], 3 January, 1905.<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 279.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Cecil Foley Lambert|Cecil F. Lambert]], 3 January, 1905.<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 279.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Edward Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]], 5 January, 1909.<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 361.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Edward Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]], 5 January, 1909.<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 361.</ref>
*Captain [[Francis Gerald St. John]], 19 December, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 372.</ref>
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*Captain [[Francis Gerald St. John|Francis G. St. John]], 19 December, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 372.</ref>
*Captain [[Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court]], .
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*Captain [[Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court|Herbert E. Holmes-à-Court]], .
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 19:18, 15 August 2013

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]

Service

In early 1913, she was with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, but was ordered to transfer to Second Fleet from 1 July 1913, being replaced by Skirmisher after Manœuvres.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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 (July, 1913), p. 372.
  9. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
  10. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  11. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 372.

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