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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.]], July 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.]], July 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[George Alexander Ballard|George A. Ballard]], 20 August, 1907.<ref>Ballard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 65.</ref>
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* Captain [[George Alexander Ballard|George A. Ballard]], 20 August, 1907.<ref>Ballard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 65.</ref>
*Captain [[Stanhope Hawke|The Honourable]], December 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Stanhope Hawke|The Honourable]], December 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry George Glas Sandeman|Henry G. G. Sandeman]], 18 April, 1911.<ref>Sandeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 4.</ref>
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* Captain [[Henry George Glas Sandeman|Henry G. G. Sandeman]], 18 April, 1911.<ref>Sandeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 4.</ref>
*Captain [[Cuthbert Edward Hunter|Cuthbert E. Hunter]], December 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Cuthbert Edward Hunter|Cuthbert E. Hunter]], December 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Marcus Rowley Hill|Marcus R. Hill]], 17 January, 1913.<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 454.</ref>
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* Captain [[Marcus Rowley Hill|Marcus R. Hill]], 17 January, 1913.<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 454.</ref>
*Captain [[Henry William Grant|Henry W. Grant]], January 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 322a.</ref>
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* Captain [[Henry William Grant|Henry W. Grant]], January 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 322a.</ref>
*Captain [[Herbert John Savill|Herbert J. Savill]], 14 May, 1915<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 394''l''.</ref>
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* Captain [[Herbert John Savill|Herbert J. Savill]], 14 May, 1915<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 394''l''.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:01, 28 April 2014

H.M.S. Hampshire (1903)
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]

Radio

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  9. 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.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 321-2.
  11. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 15.
  12. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
  19. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 322a.
  20. 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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