H.M.S. Hermione (1893)
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| Pendant Number: | P.17 (1914) N.32 (Sep 1915) N.57 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | Naval Defence Act of 1889[3] |
| Launched: | 7 Nov, 1893[4] |
| Commissioned: | 14 Jan, 1896[5] |
| Sold: | 25 Oct, 1921[6] |
| Fate: | Training Ship Warspite |
H.M.S. Hermione was one of eight Astræa class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1894 and 1896.
Service
Hermione was to be re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 July, 1913 for service in the West Atlantic.[7]
She recommissioned at Southampton on 11 January, 1916.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles G. Dicken, 24 July, 1895[9][10] – 5 October, 1895[11] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
- Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot, 14 January, 1896[12] – 19 July, 1897[13] (including the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain George A. Callaghan, 19 July, 1897[14] – 26 January, 1898[15]
- Captain George A. Callaghan, 7 April, 1898[16][17] – 1 September, 1899[18]
- Captain Robert S. D. Cuming, 28 September, 1899[19]
- Captain Arthur Y. Moggridge, 5 May, 1902[20] – 23 September, 1904[21]
- Captain Frederick S. Pelham, 26 November, 1904[22] – 22 December, 1904[23]
- Captain Alfred E. A. Grant, 23 January, 1905[24] – 15 February, 1905[25] (for voyage out to Cape)
- Captain Charles H. Dundas, 15 February, 1905 – 16 March, 1905[Inference] (for voyage home)
- Captain Joseph R. Bridson, 16 March, 1905[26] – 21 March, 1906[27]
- Captain Cecil F. Dampier, 22 March, 1906[28] – 30 April, 1908[29]
- Captain Cuthbert E. Hunter, 30 April, 1908[30][31] – 21 July, 1909[32]
- Captain Robert E. R. Benson, 28 October, 1909[33][34] – 7 September, 1910[35]
- Captain Murray F. Sueter, 29 September, 1910[36][37] – 26 January, 1912[38] (and as Inspecting Captain of Airships)
- Commander Norman L. Stanley, 5 February, 1912[39][40] – mid July, 1913[41]
- Captain Henry M. Doughty, 17 July, 1913[42] – 7 April, 1914[43]
- Captain John D. Kelly, 7 April, 1914[44][45] – June, 1914[46]
- Retired Captain Henry F. Aplin, 8 August, 1914[47]
- Commander Harold O. Reinold, 18 April, 1915[48] – April, 1915[49]
- Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 7 May, 1915[50] – 15 May, 1915[51] (in command on passage home)
- Acting Commander Charles T. Gervers, 21 February, 1916[52] – 15 December, 1916
- Acting Captain, retired Evelyn L. B. Boothby, 16 December, 1916[53][54] – 1 September, 1919[55]
- Commander Clarence W. E. Trelawny, 30 August, 1919[56][57] – 15 January, 1921[58]
- Commander Sir Leonard P. Vavasour, Bart., 15 January, 1921 – 26 August, 1921
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 324.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 786.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 147.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 147.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 257.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 280.
- ↑ Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
- ↑ Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
- ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 274.
- ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 274.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.
- ↑ Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
- ↑ Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 326.
- ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
- ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 26 October, 1909. Issue 39100, col A, p. 8.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
- ↑ Sueter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/282. f. 309.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 325.
- ↑ Sueter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/282. f. 309.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 324.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322d.
- ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
- ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394p.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395c.
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141/487. f. 485.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 813.
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141/487. f. 485.
- ↑ Trelawny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/32. f. 32.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 786.
- ↑ Trelawny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/32. f. 32.
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