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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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+ | In earlier 1894, it was ordered that she would be one of four cruisers to have her old pattern 6-in guns replaced by new quick-firing models.{{NMI|Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10}} | ||
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She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".{{NLApr14|p. 371}}{{NLJul13|p. 372}} | She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".{{NLApr14|p. 371}}{{NLJul13|p. 372}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sappho''">{{ | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sappho''"> |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Charles Bigge|nick=Henry C. Bigge|appt=11 July, 1893|end=28 August, 1893|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=13 August, 1900<ref>Burney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Finnis|nick=Frank Finnis|appt=18 July, 1894<ref>Finnis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 457.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox|nick=Gerald V. C. Knox|appt=2 April, 1912{{NLDec16|p. 397''v''}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Archibald Tisdall|nick=Vernon A. Tisdall|appt=24 September, 1895<ref>Tisdall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>{{NLMar96|p. 261}}|end=17 July, 1896<ref>Tisdall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>|note=temporary}} |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=c. July, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|end=30 September, 1897<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} | |
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Joseph Baker|nick=Casper J. Baker|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|end=24 August, 1899<ref>Baker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=13 August, 1900<ref>Burney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 301''a''}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>|end=16 July, 1905<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 100.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 August, 1908<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Christian|nick=Harold Christian|appt=8 August, 1908<ref>Christian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 372}}|end=30 September, 1909<ref>Christian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/403.|D7602328}} f. 482.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=21 April, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 372}}|end=13 December, 1911}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Webb|nick=Richard Webb|appt=14 December, 1911<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>|end=2 April, 1912<ref>Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 124.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox|nick=Gerald V. C. Knox|appt=2 April, 1912{{NLDec16|p. 397''v''}}|end=}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:17, 1 October 2019
H.M.S. Sappho (1891) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.41 (1914) P.A1 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Salmuda, Poplar[2] |
Laid down: | 21 Oct, 1889[3] |
Launched: | 9 May, 1891[4] |
Commissioned: | Feb, 1893[5] |
Sold: | 1921[6] |
H.M.S. Sappho was one of twenty-one Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.
Service
In earlier 1894, it was ordered that she would be one of four cruisers to have her old pattern 6-in guns replaced by new quick-firing models.[7]
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".[8][9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Henry C. Bigge, 11 July, 1893 – 28 August, 1893 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1893)
- Captain Frank Finnis, 18 July, 1894[10] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Captain Vernon A. Tisdall, 24 September, 1895[11][12] – 17 July, 1896[13] (temporary)
- Captain Charles H. Cochran, c. July, 1897[14] – 30 September, 1897[15] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain Casper J. Baker, 11 July, 1899[16] – 24 August, 1899[17] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1899)
- Captain Cecil Burney, 13 August, 1900[18][19]
- Commander Edward H. Moubray, 13 June, 1903[20] – 16 July, 1905[21]
- Captain Michael H. Hodges, 17 July, 1905[22] – 8 August, 1908[23]
- Commander Harold Christian, 8 August, 1908[24][25] – 30 September, 1909[26]
- Commander Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith, 21 April, 1910[27] – 13 December, 1911
- Captain Richard Webb, 14 December, 1911[28] – 2 April, 1912[29]
- Acting Captain Gerald V. C. Knox, 2 April, 1912[30]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. p. 344.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 15, 1894, Issue 34161, p.10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 372.
- ↑ Finnis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 457.
- ↑ Tisdall Service Record. The National Archives. D7579001 ADM 196/39/539. f. 1306.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 261.
- ↑ Tisdall Service Record. The National Archives. D7579001 ADM 196/39/539. f. 1306.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 84/180.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 301a.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 100.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/403. f. 482.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 372.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/403. f. 482.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 372.
- ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
- ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397v.
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