Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Challenger (1902)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 18: Line 18:
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|nick=Frederick C. T. Tudor|appt=3 May, 1904<ref>Tudor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 90.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|nick=Frederick C. T. Tudor|appt=3 May, 1904<ref>Tudor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 90.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Joseph Ridgway Bridson|nick=Joseph R. Bridson|appt=March, 1906{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Joseph Ridgway Bridson|nick=Joseph R. Bridson|appt=March, 1906{{MackieRNW}}}}
−
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa|nick=Herbert C. C. Da Costa|appt=March, 1908{{MackieRNW}}}}
+
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa|nick=Herbert C. C. Da Costa|appt=1 March, 1908<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 266.</ref>|end=15 February, 1910<ref>Da Costa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 266.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt|nick=Guy R. A. Gaunt|appt=15 February, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 31 January, 1910.  Issue '''39183''', col B, p. 17.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt|nick=Guy R. A. Gaunt|appt=15 February, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 31 January, 1910.  Issue '''39183''', col B, p. 17.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Douglas Jephson|nick=George D. Jephson|appt=9 December, 1910{{NLJun13|p. 291}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Douglas Jephson|nick=George D. Jephson|appt=9 December, 1910{{NLJun13|p. 291}}}}

Revision as of 19:27, 27 October 2014

H.M.S. Challenger (1902)
Pendant Number: D.33 (1914)
P.07 (Sep 1915)
P.81 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 1 Dec, 1900[3]
Launched: 27 May, 1902[4]
Commissioned: 3 May, 1904[5]
Sold: 31 May, 1920[6]

H.M.S. Challenger was one of two Challenger class cruisers completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

Challenger recommissioned at Devonport on 1 November, 1912.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Allegedly, Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown also held this command, but the date seemed incorrect.[21][Fact Check]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 293.
  8. ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  11. ↑ Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  12. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, p. 17.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1913). p. 291.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 293.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 290.
  16. ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  17. ↑ Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  18. ↑ Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392h.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 755.
  21. ↑ Gilpin-Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.

Bibliography


Challenger Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
  Challenger Encounter  
<– Highflyer Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Gem Class –>


Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Challenger_(1902)&oldid=131466"