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{{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 manoeuvres}} | {{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 manoeuvres}} | ||
{{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 manoeuvres}} | {{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 manoeuvres}} | ||
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{{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={{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''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox|nick=Gerald V. C. Knox|appt=2 April, 1912{{NLDec16|p. 397''v''}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:43, 4 November 2015
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
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1912 under Commander Knox for "Particular Service with First Fleet".[7][8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frank Finnis, 18 July, 1894[9] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Casper J. Baker, 11 July, 1899[10] – 24 August, 1899[11] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Cecil Burney, 13 August, 1900[12]
- Commander Edward H. Moubray, 13 June, 1903[13] – 16 July, 1905[14]
- Captain Michael H. Hodges, 17 July, 1905[15] – 8 August, 1908[16]
- Captain Richard Webb, 14 December, 1911[17] – 2 April, 1912[18]
- Acting Captain Gerald V. C. Knox, 2 April, 1912[19]
Harold Christian may also have held this command at some point.[Fact Check]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Bibliography