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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[John Mackenzie McQuhae|John M. McQuhae]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Lewis Edmund Wintz|Lewis E. Wintz]], 3 August 1897.<ref>Wintz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1410.</ref>
* {{CaptRN}} [[John Mackenzie McQuhae|John M. McQuhae]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[George Augustus Giffard|George A. Giffard]], February 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Lewis Edmund Wintz|Lewis E. Wintz]], 3 August 1897.<ref>Wintz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1410.</ref>
*Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|Robert A. J. Montgomerie]], November 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[George Augustus Giffard|George A. Giffard]], February 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Alfred Wyndham Paget|Alfred W. Paget]], March 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|Robert A. J. Montgomerie]], November 1901.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Stanhope Hawke|The Honourable Stanhope Hawke]], 25 March, 1907.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 18 March, 1907.  Issue '''38283''', col E, p. 9.</ref>
* Captain [[Alfred Wyndham Paget|Alfred W. Paget]], March 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward Cecil Villiers|Edward C. Villiers]], December, 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Stanhope Hawke|The Honourable Stanhope Hawke]], 25 March, 1907.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 18 March, 1907.  Issue '''38283''', col E, p. 9.</ref>
*Captain [[Robert Woodyear Glennie|Robert W. Glennie]], October. 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Edward Cecil Villiers|Edward C. Villiers]], December, 1908.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Daniel McNab Riddel|Daniel McN. Riddel]], ?.{{FC}}
* Captain [[Robert Woodyear Glennie|Robert W. Glennie]], October. 1914.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Lawrence de Wahl Satow|Lawrence de W. Satow]], ?.{{FC}}
* Captain [[Daniel McNab Riddel|Daniel McN. Riddel]], ?.{{FC}}
* Captain [[Lawrence de Wahl Satow|Lawrence de W. Satow]], ?.{{FC}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:00, 28 April 2014

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 are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Wintz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 March, 1907. Issue 38283, col E, p. 9.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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