H.M.S. Sappho (1891)
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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: | 1890[3] |
Launched: | 9 May, 1891[4] |
Commissioned: | 1893[5] |
Sold: | 1921[6] |
H.M.S. Sappho was one of 21 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 Cecil Burney commissioned her.[Citation needed]
- Captain Harold Christian, .[Citation needed]
- Commander Gerald V. C. Knox, 2 April, 1912.[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 371.
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