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'''H.M.S. ''Topaze''''' was the first of four third class cruisers of the [[Gem Class Cruiser (1903)|"Gem" class]] completed in 1904 and 1905.


==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, with Third Fleet.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 387.</ref>
In mid-1913, she was serving with Third Fleet.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 387.</ref>
 
She paid off at Portsmouth on 7 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 876}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 16:25, 10 September 2013

H.M.S. Topaze (1903)
Pendant Number: P.29 (1914)
P.2A (Sep 1915)
P.1C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird, Birkenhead[2]
Laid down: 14 Aug, 1902[3]
Launched: 23 Jul, 1903[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1904[5]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[6]
Fate: to Cohen[7]

H.M.S. Topaze was the first of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving with Third Fleet.[8]

She paid off at Portsmouth on 7 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Aterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 6 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[12]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 387.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 876.
  10. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  11. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  12. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.

Bibliography


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