H.M.S. Europa (1897)

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H.M.S. Europa (1897)
Pendant Number: P.06 (1914)
P.91 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 10 Jan, 1896[4]
Launched: 20 Mar, 1897[5]
Commissioned: 23 Nov, 1899[6]
Sold: 15 Sep, 1920[7]
Fate: Foundered, raised, scrapped[8]

H.M.S. Europa was one of eight Diadem class protected cruisers completed for the Royal Navy near the beginning of the twentieth century.

Service

Europa was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 May, 1913 to serve with the Third Fleet.[9]

She paid off at Malta on 27 March, 1920.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 309.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 770-1.
  11. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  12. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  13. Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  14. Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  15. Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
  16. Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 47/92.
  17. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
  18. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 309.
  20. Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
  21. Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 579.
  22. Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  23. Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 420.
  24. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  25. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 310.
  27. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
  28. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 504.
  29. Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
  30. Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
  31. Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
  32. Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  33. Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  34. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 309.
  35. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
  36. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
  37. Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19643/164. ff. 164, 248.
  38. Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19643/164. ff. 164, 248.
  39. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
  40. The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 310.
  41. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
  42. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  43. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  44. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  45. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394.
  46. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  47. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  48. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  49. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394g.
  50. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393o.
  51. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 789.
  52. The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 771.

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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