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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Melpomene'' (1888)|fate2= | <div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Melpomene'' (1888)|fate2= | ||
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|fatedate=1905{{Conways1860|p. 76}} | |fatedate=1905{{Conways1860|p. 76}} | ||
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There was a later destroyer named {{UK-Melpomene}} that fought in the [[Great War]]. | There was a later destroyer named {{UK-Melpomene}} that fought in the [[Great War]]. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | Commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 235}} | ||
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912. By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.{{NLJul13|p. 344}} | Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912. By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.{{NLJul13|p. 344}} | ||
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Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Melpomene''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Melpomene''"> | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson|nick=John R. E. Pattisson|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|end=14 September, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|note=lent for | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson|nick=John R. E. Pattisson|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|end=14 September, 1889<ref>Pattisson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|nick=Alfred A. C. Parr|appt=17 June, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 235}}<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>|end=14 February, 1894<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Arthur Chase Parr|nick=Alfred A. C. Parr|appt=17 June, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 235}}<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>|end=14 February, 1894<ref>Parr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1003.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leah|nick=Henry Leah|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Leah Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18/91}}</ref>|end=22 August, 1896<ref>Leah Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18/91}}</ref>|note=for | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leah|nick=Henry Leah|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Leah Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18/91}}</ref>|end=22 August, 1896<ref>Leah Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18/91}}</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|nick=Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten|appt=March, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 271}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|nick=Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten|appt=March, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 271}}|end=March, 1899<ref>Chisholm-Batten Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/86/125.|}} f. 250.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=17 February, 1899<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=9 July, 1900<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=17 February, 1899<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=9 July, 1900<ref>Denison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 125.</ref>}} | ||
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:58, 13 June 2022
H.M.S. Melpomene (1888) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 10 Oct, 1887[2] |
Launched: | 20 Sep, 1888[3] |
Commissioned: | 17 Jun, 1890[4] |
Sold: | 1905[5] |
H.M.S. Melpomene was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.
There was a later destroyer named Melpomene that fought in the Great War.
Service
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1890.[6]
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 January, 1912. By July, 1913, she was ordered to pay off.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain John R. E. Pattisson, 18 July, 1889[8] – 14 September, 1889[9] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889)
- Captain Alfred A. C. Parr, 17 June, 1890[10][11] – 14 February, 1894[12]
- Captain Henry Leah, 8 July, 1896[13] – 22 August, 1896[14] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Captain Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten, March, 1897[15] – March, 1899[16]
- Captain John Denison, 17 February, 1899[17] – 9 July, 1900[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
- ↑ Pattisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
- ↑ Pattisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
- ↑ Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
- ↑ Parr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1003.
- ↑ Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
- ↑ Leah Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18/91
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 271.
- ↑ Chisholm-Batten Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86/125. f. 250.
- ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
- ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 125.
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