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She completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 5 December, 1911. In mid-1913, she was on the China Station.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 321-2.</ref> | She completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 5 December, 1911. In mid-1913, she was on the China Station.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 321-2.</ref> | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 10:10, 24 September 2013
| H.M.S. Hampshire (1903) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 50 (Feb 1915)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
| Ordered: | 1901-02 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 1 Sep, 1902[4] |
| Launched: | 24 Sep, 1903[5] |
| Commissioned: | 15 Jul, 1905[6] |
| Mined: | 5 Jun, 1916[7] |
| Fate: | off the Orkneys[8] |
Service
As part of the Channel Fleet, Hampshire started a refit in Portsmouth in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[9]
She completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 5 December, 1911. In mid-1913, she was on the China Station.[10]
At the Battle of Jutland, Hampshire was one of eight cruisers deployed 16 miles ahead of the battle fleet, and was acting as the linking ship for communications.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., July 1905.[12]
- Captain George A. Ballard, 20 August, 1907.[13]
- Captain The Honourable, December 1909.[14]
- Captain Henry G. G. Sandeman, 18 April, 1911.[15]
- Captain Cuthbert E. Hunter, December 1911.[16]
- Captain Marcus R. Hill, 17 January, 1913.[17]
- Captain Henry W. Grant, January 1914.[18]
- Captain Herbert J. Savill, 14 May, 1915[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 321-2.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 15.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 322a.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 394l.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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