H.M.S. Sirius (1890)
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H.M.S. Sirius (1890) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.20 (1914) N.94 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick[2] |
Laid down: | Sep, 1889[3] |
Launched: | 27 Oct, 1890[4] |
Commissioned: | 1891[5] |
Blockship: | 23 Apr, 1918[6] |
H.M.S. Sirius was one of 21 Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
Service
Sirius recommissioned at Devonport on 1 February, 1912. In mid-1913, she was operating in the West Atlantic.[7]
She recommissioned on 27 January, 1914.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William M. Lang, 17 March, 1892 – 8 January, 1894 (invalided)
- Commander Robert S. Rolleston, 8 January, 1894[9][10] – c. January, 1894[11] (after Captain Lang was invalided)
- Captain John P. Pipon, 10 January, 1894[12]
- Captain Robert A. J. Montgomerie, 8 July, 1896[13] – 19 August, 1896[14] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Leslie C. Stuart, 15 June, 1897[15] – 13 August, 1897[16] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain George M. Henderson, 9 November, 1897[17][18] – 14 February, 1898[19]
- Captain Herbert Lyon, 16 July, 1901[20] – 24 August, 1901[21] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Charles H. H. Moore, 17 March, 1903[22] – 20 October, 1905[23]
- Captain Robert H. Anstruther, 21 October, 1905[24] – 6 April, 1906[25]
- Captain Herbert A. S. Fyler, 6 April, 1906[26][27] – 9 August, 1906[28]
- Commander Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 9 August, 1906[29][30] – 29 September, 1908[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald G. Copleston, 4 April, 1909[32][33] – 5 February, 1910[34]
- Commander Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 10 June, 1909[35] – 14 July, 1909[36] (for manoeuvres, but left when he became sick)
- Lieutenant & Commander Spencer R. S. Richards, 17 March, 1911[37]
- Captain Crawford Maclachlan, 1 February, 1912[38] – 1913
- Captain Gerald W. Vivian, 24 December, 1913[39][40] – 22 May, 1914[41]
- Commander (retired) William H. Boys, 15 September, 1914[42]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry N. M. Hardy, – 24 April, 1918[43] (vessel sunk at Ostend as blockship under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 245.
- ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 255.
- ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
- ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1239.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1239.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 November, 1897. Issue 35356, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 293.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
- ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
- ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 375.
- ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
- ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 375.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 375.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397y.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 129.
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