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'''H.M.S. ''Encounter'''''' spent her first six years in [[Royal Navy]] service in the [[Australia Station]] before being transferred to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] as '''H.M.A.S. ''Encounter''''' on 1 July, 1912.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumber
She was the first ship in the fledgling navy to fire in anger when she bombarded Toma Ridge on 14 September, 1914..


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
*Captain [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege]], January, 1916 to October, 1916.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumberbatch Family History]</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Encounter_(1902) Wikipedia]
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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H.M.S. Encounter' spent her first six years in Royal Navy service in the Australia Station before being transferred to the Royal Australian Navy as H.M.A.S. Encounter on 1 July, 1912.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

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