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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Owen Pike|Frederick O. Pike]], September, 1898.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Charles Home Cochran|Charles H. Cochran]], September, 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick C. D. Sturdee]], October, 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Arthur William Waymouth|Arthur W. Waymouth]], 9 June, 1904.{{CN}}
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Captain [[Henry James Langford Clarke|Henry J. L. Clarke]], September, 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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Captain [[Drury St. Aubyn Wake|Drury St. A. Wake]], 11 September, 1908.<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 125.</ref>
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Captain [[Edmond Hyde Parker|E. Hyde Parker]], 18 October, 1910.<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 2.</ref>
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Captain [[Charles Duncan Johnson|Charles D. Johnson]], 10 December, 1912,<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 344.</ref> and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|6}}
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Captain [[Percival Henry Warleigh|Percival H. Warleigh]], 4 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 356.</ref>
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Captain [[Francis Haines Marshall Jackson|Francis H. M. Jackson]], 8 July, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 396''a''.</ref>
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Captain [[Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|Cecil D. S. Raikes]], 20 June, 1916.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 846}}
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Revision as of 19:14, 6 May 2014

H.M.S. Minerva (1895)
Pendant Number: P.32 (1914)
P.1A (Sep 1915)
P.7A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 4 Dec, 1893[4]
Launched: 23 Sep, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 4 Feb, 1897[6]
Sold: 5 Oct, 1920[7]
Fate: to Auten Ltd.[8]

H.M.S. Minerva was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In mid-1913, Minerva was acting as flagship of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.[9]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1918.[10]

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the Cruiser Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 344.
  10. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 846.
  11. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 125.
  17. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 356.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 846.

Bibliography

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


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