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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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| − | * {{CaptRN}} [[John M. McQuhae]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}} | + | * {{CaptRN}} [[John Mackenzie McQuhae|John M. McQuhae]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}} |
| − | * Captain [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]], | + | * Captain [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]], August 1897.{{MackieRNW}} |
* Captain [[George Augustus Giffard]], February 1899.{{MackieRNW}} | * Captain [[George Augustus Giffard]], February 1899.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
* Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]], November 1901.{{MackieRNW}} | * Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]], November 1901.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Charybdis (1893) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.56 (1914) P.56 (Sep 1915) N.21 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Sheerness Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | Naval Defence Act of 1889[3] |
| Laid down: | 1891[4] |
| Launched: | 15 Jun, 1893[5] |
| Commissioned: | 14 Jan, 1896[6] |
| Sold: | 27 Jan, 1922[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Charybdis was one of eight Astræa class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1894 and 1896.
Service
Charybdis re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 April 1913 and was serving in the Third Fleet out of Devonport by mid-year.[8]
Following a collision she was laid up at Bermuda in 1914. She was repaired as a cargo carrier and until February, 1919, she was on loan. She was sold at Bermuda on 27 January, 1922, and resold in October, 1923, for breaking up in the Netherlands.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain John M. McQuhae, January 1896.[10]
- Captain Lewis Edmund Wintz, August 1897.[11]
- Captain George Augustus Giffard, February 1899.[12]
- Captain Robert Archibald James Montgomerie, November 1901.[13]
- Captain Alfred Wyndham Paget, March 1904.[14]
- Captain Stanhope Hawke, 25 March, 1907.[15]
- Captain Edward Cecil Villiers, December, 1908.[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Eric W. Harbord, 17 May, 1912.[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Claude W. B. Scobell, 19 August, 1913.[18]
- Captain Robert Woodyear Glennie, October. 1914.[19]
- Captain Daniel McNab Riddel, ?.[Fact Check]
- Captain Lawrence de Wahl Satow, ?.[Fact Check]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 March, 1907. Issue 38283, col E, p. 9.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 293.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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