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'''H.M.S. ''Crescent''''' was one of nine protected cruisers of the [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class]] completed between 1893 and 1896.
'''H.M.S. ''Crescent''''' was one of nine [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class]] protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896.


==Service==
==Service==
Recommissioned at Queenstown on 10 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 297.</ref>
''Crescent'' was recommissioned at Queenstown on 10 February, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 297}}
 
She became the first ship to enter the new [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard]] via the yard's emergency opening, on 17 March 1916.{{UKTH47|p. 3}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot|Charles R. Arbuthnot]], January, 1895.{{MackieRNW}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Crescent''">
* Captain [[Francis Powell]], March, 1895.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert William Craigie|nick=Robert W. Craigie|appt=22 February, 1894<ref>Craigie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/38/258.|D7600997}} f. 264.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 212}}|end=2 August, 1894<ref>Craigie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/38/258.|D7600997}} f. 264.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[George V|His Royal Highness Prince George]], 1898.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic William Fisher|nick=Frederic W. Fisher|appt=2 August, 1894<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 281.</ref>|end=31 December, 1894<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 281.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|Sir Charles J. Graves-Sawle, Bart.]], May, 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot|nick=Charles R. Arbuthnot|appt=January, 1895{{MackieRNW}}|end=11 March, 1895<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600767}} f. 39.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|The Honourable Stanley C. J. Colville]], 1 March, 1900.<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Powell|nick=Francis Powell|appt=12 March, 1895<ref>Powell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/243.|D7578942}} f. 1052.</ref>{{NLMar96|p. 215}}|end=15 October, 1897<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/243.|D7578942}} f. 1052.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|Trevylyan D. W. Napier]], February, 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George V|nick=H.R.H. Prince George|appt=5 June, 1898<ref>George V Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/244.|D7602153}}  f. 255.</ref>|end=}}
*Captain [[Charles Ferdinand Henderson|Charles F. Henderson]], 22 October, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 297.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Charles J. Graves-Sawle, Bart.|appt=2 May, 1899<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>|end=1 March, 1900<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Philip Streatfeild]], January, 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stanley Cecil James Colville|nick=The Hon. Stanley C. J. Colville|appt=1 March, 1900<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29.</ref>|end=}}
*{{CommRN}} [[Thomas Erskine Wardle|Thomas E. Wardle]], 10 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 300.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|nick=Trevylyan D. W. Napier|appt=25 March, 1904<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 440.</ref>|end=31 May, 1907<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 440.</ref>}}
*Captain [[George Trewby]], July, 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rowland Nugent|nick=Rowland Nugent|appt=22 June, 1907<ref>Nugent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 469.</ref>|end=23 August, 1907<ref>Nugent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 469.</ref>}}
*Captain [[John Foster Grant-Dalton|John F. Grant-Dalton]], February, 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Frederick Kenrick Colquhoun Gibbons|nick=Frederick K. C. Gibbons|appt=c. July, 1907{{NMI|Monday, July 29, 1907, Issue 38397, p.8}}|end=|note=apparently temporary, taking ship from Suez to Perim}}
*Captain [[Percival Henry Warleigh|Percival H. Warleigh]], as Flag Captain, 6 March, 1916.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 768}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Grant-Dalton|nick=Hubert Grant-Dalton|appt=23 August, 1907<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 367.</ref>|end=14 October, 1907<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 367.</ref>}}
* Acting Captain [[Ernest Henslowe]], 31 May, 1917, noted as being aboard in February 1919 alongside Warleigh.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 768}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Ferdinand Henderson|nick=Charles F. Henderson|appt=22 October, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 297}}<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 335.</ref>|end=25 January, 1910<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 335.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Streatfeild|nick=Philip Streatfeild|appt=25 January, 1910<ref>Streatfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/260.|D7602592}} ff. 285, 286.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 297}}|end=21 June, 1911<ref>Streatfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/260.|D7602592}} ff. 285, 286.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Streatfeild|nick=Philip Streatfeild|appt=5 August, 1911<ref>Streatfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/260.|D7602592}} ff. 285, 286.</ref>|end=31 October, 1911<ref>Streatfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/260.|D7602592}} ff. 285, 286.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Ru.''''')|name=Octavius Harold Daniel|nick=Octavius H. Daniel|appt=4 November, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 297}}|end=9 December, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Drummond Church|nick=William D. Church|appt=3 April, 1912<ref>Church Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/420.|D7602344}} f. 502.</ref>|end=8 June, 1912<ref>Church Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/420.|D7602344}} f. 502.</ref>|note=trooping}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Erskine Wardle|nick=Thomas E. Wardle|appt=10 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 300}}|end=23 November, 1914<ref>Wardle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/242.|D7603002}} f. 245.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Trewby|nick=George Trewby|appt=31 July, 1914<ref>Trewby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/452.}} f. 503.</ref>|end=4 December, 1914<ref>Trewby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/452.}} f. 503.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Foster Grant-Dalton|nick=John F. Grant-Dalton|appt=February, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 393''f''}}|end=11 November, 1915<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Percival Henry Warleigh|nick=Percival H. Warleigh|appt=6 March, 1916<ref>Warleigh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/334.|D7602661}} f. 369.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 768}}|end=March, 1919<ref>Warleigh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/334.|D7602661}} f. 369.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Rawdon Veale|nick=Henry R. Veale|appt=29 March, 1921<ref>Veale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/305.|D7602634}} f. 335.</ref>|end=28 February, 1922<ref>Veale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/305.|D7602634}} f. 335.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Crescent_(1892)}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Crescent.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Crescent_(1892)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 14:20, 23 July 2020

H.M.S. Crescent (1892)
Pendant Number: A4 (1914)
N.04 (Sep 1915)
N.29 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 13 Oct, 1890[3]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1892[4]
Commissioned: 22 Feb, 1894[5]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[6]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Crescent was one of nine Edgar class protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896.

Service

Crescent was recommissioned at Queenstown on 10 February, 1913.[7]

She became the first ship to enter the new Rosyth Royal Dockyard via the yard's emergency opening, on 17 March 1916.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 6, Part 47. p. 3.
  9. ↑ Craigie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/258. f. 264.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 212.
  11. ↑ Craigie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/258. f. 264.
  12. ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 281.
  13. ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 281.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 39.
  16. ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 215.
  18. ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
  19. ↑ George V Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/244. f. 255.
  20. ↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
  21. ↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
  22. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29.
  23. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
  24. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
  25. ↑ Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  26. ↑ Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  27. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 29, 1907, Issue 38397, p.8.
  28. ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  29. ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 297.
  31. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
  32. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
  33. ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 297.
  35. ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
  36. ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
  37. ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 297.
  39. ↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
  40. ↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300.
  42. ↑ Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 245.
  43. ↑ Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
  44. ↑ Trewby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/452. f. 503.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.
  46. ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
  47. ↑ Warleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. f. 369.
  48. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 768.
  49. ↑ Warleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. f. 369.
  50. ↑ Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.
  51. ↑ Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.

Bibliography

  • 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).


Edgar Class First Class Protected Cruiser
Crescent Edgar Endymion Gibraltar Grafton
  Hawke Royal Arthur St. George Theseus  
<– Blake Class Major Cruisers (UK) Powerful Class –>


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