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HMS Fox |
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HMS Fox Laid Down : 1891 Launched : 15th June 1893 Completed : 14th April 1896 Type : Cruiser Class : Astrea Builder : Portsmouth Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold 14th July 1920. |
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7th June 1892 - Inspected by the Lords Commissioners at Portsmouth 1st December 1892 - Laid down at Portsmouth 15th June 1893 - Launched 9th January 1896 - At Portsmouth A Division, Reserve Fleet 1897 - Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station 3rd March 1897 - Sailed Zanzibar for Simon's Bay 3rd March 1897 - Capt. G.A Gifford in Command 23rd April 1897 - Arrived Delagoa Bay 1898 - Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa 1899 - Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station 1902 - East Indies Station 1903 - East Indies Station 1904 - East Indies Station 1905 - East Indies Station 1906 - East Indies Station June 1906 - Captain John B. Eustace in Command June 1906 - East Indies Station 1907 - East Indies Station June 1908 - At Devonport for service on the East Indies Station 1909 - East Indies Station 17th September 1909 - Capt A.T. Hunt in Command 17th September 1909 - Arrived Batticola July 1910 - Recommissioned Muscat, Gulf of Oman 1911 - Persian Gulf - gun-running patrols 16th July 1912 - Recommissioned at Aden 20th August 1913 - Sailed Colombo for Bombay 20th August 1913 - Capt. F.W. Caulfeild in Command August 1914 - East Indies Station. Ordered to be relieved by HMS Falmouth August 1914 - East Indies Squadron - Eastern Fleet August 1914 - East Indies Station (Columbo) 6th October 1914 - Arrived at Mombasa from the northward 27th November 1914 - Sailed Zanzibar for Dar-es-Salaam to cut out, destroy, or put out of action any shipping in the harbour 28th November 1914 - Anchored off Makatumbe Island 1916 - At Jiddah for the the conveyance of the Holy Carpet from Suez to Jiddah January 1916 - Operations in the Red Sea 21st March 1916 - Destroyed the Turkish forts at Umlejh and Wejh 9th June 1916 - Anchored off Jiddah July 1916 - Bombarded Wehj 7th July 1916 - Bombarded Qunfudah 1917 - Further service on the Red Sea Patrol 1917 - Completed operations in the Red Sea 21st January 1917 - Operation to take Wehj 30th November 1917 - Bombardment of Dar-es-Salaam 1918 - Prepared for service as a depot ship at Archangel, North Russia 1919 - Preparation completed 27th April 1919 - Sailed Sheerness for Archangel - severe gale in North Sea which necessitated a call at Rosyth 4th May 1919 - Sailed Rosyth. 9th May 1919 - Arrived at Murmansk. 10th May 1919 - Sailed Murmansk for Archangel 16th May 1919 - Arrived Archangel. 27th September 1919 - Separted Archangel for England following the conclusion of the Archangel River Expeditionary Force. 7th October 1919 - Arrived Sheerness 1920 - Sold to breakers | |||
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