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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.]], July 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{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>
* 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}}
* 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>
* 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}}
* 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>
* 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>
* 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>
* 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 17:01, 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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