H.M.S. Impregnable (Training Ship)
From The Dreadnought Project
H.M.S. Impregnable was a training ship situated in Devonport. She was launched in 1810 and converted to a training ship in 1862. She was renamed H.M.S. Kent in 1888 and H.M.S. Caledonia in 1891.
It operated until 1929, and encompassed a number of changing hulk vessels.
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Joseph E. M. Wilson, 26 January, 1883[1] (and as Inspector of Boy's Training Ships)
- Captain Hilary G. Andoe, 1 April, 1886[2]
- Captain Robert H. Harris, 18 September, 1889[3] (and as Inspecting Captain of Boy's Training Ships)
- Captain Sir William Wiseman, Bart., 22 September, 1892 – 11 January, 1893 (died of pneumonia)
- Captain Day H. Bosanquet, 1 April, 1893[4]
- Captain Pelham Aldrich, 27 April, 1896[5]
- Captain Arthur C. B. Bromley, 23 January, 1899[6]
- Captain George E. Patey, 4 November, 1907[7]
- Captain Herbert W. Savory, 4 February, 1909[8][9] – 14 February, 1911[10]
- Captain Arthur L. Cay, 11 April, 1911[11]
- Commander Laurence R. Oliphant, 14 May, 1912 – 21 March, 1914
- Captain Francis G. St. John, 21 March, 1914[12] – 26 October, 1914[13]
- Captain Philip Streatfeild, 26 October, 1914[14] – 8 September, 1915[15]
- Commander Arthur L. Gresson, 8 September, 1915 – 10 February, 1916
- Commander Philip J. Stopford, 10 February, 1916[16][17] – 4 January, 1917[18] (superseded by a Captain due to friction w/ executive officer)
- Captain Cecil H. Fox, 4 July, 1917[19] – 23 August, 1918[20]
- Captain Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 3 February, 1919[21] – 17 February, 1920[22]
- Captain Gordon Campbell, 5 February, 1921[23] – 22 August, 1922[24]
- Captain Berwick Curtis, 22 August, 1922[25] – 25 August, 1924[26]
- Captain Thomas J. S. Lyne, 22 August, 1924 – 25 August, 1925
- Captain Niel O'Neill, 25 August, 1925[27]
- Captain Charles G. Ramsey, 30 June, 1927[28] – 22 April, 1929[29]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 253.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 330.
- ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 330.
- ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 330.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
- ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395i.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
- ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
- ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 247.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
