H.M.S. Crescent (1892)
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| H.M.S. Crescent (1892) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | A4 (1914) N.04 (Sep 1915) N.29 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | 13 Oct, 1890[3] |
| Launched: | 30 Mar, 1892[4] |
| Commissioned: | 22 Feb, 1894[5] |
| Sold: | 22 Sep, 1921[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
H.M.S. Crescent was one of nine protected cruisers of the Edgar class completed between 1893 and 1896.
Service
Recommissioned at Queenstown on 10 February, 1913.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot, January, 1895.[8]
- Captain Francis Powell, March, 1895.[9]
- Captain His Royal Highness Prince George, 1898.[10]
- Captain Sir Charles J. Graves-Sawle, Bart., May, 1899.[11]
- Captain The Honourable Stanley C. J. Colville, 1 March, 1900.[12]
- Captain Trevylyan D. W. Napier, February, 1904.[13]
- Captain Charles F. Henderson, 22 October, 1907.[14]
- Captain Philip Streatfeild, January, 1910.[15]
- Commander Thomas E. Wardle, 10 February, 1913.[16]
- Captain George Trewby, July, 1914.[17]
- Captain John F. Grant-Dalton, February, 1915.[18]
- Captain Percival H. Warleigh, as Flag Captain, 6 March, 1916.[19]
- Acting Captain Ernest Henslowe, 31 May, 1917, noted as being aboard in February 1919 alongside Warleigh.[20]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 297.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 297.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 768.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 768.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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