HMS HYACINTH: Launched Oct 1898: Complement 450: A Light Cruiser of 5,600 tons (IHP 10,000 ND)
Armament: 11 x 6 inch: 8 x 12pdr: 1 x 3pdr; 2 submerged 18 inch torpedo tubes
In 1914 HMS HYACINTH carried the Flag of the Commander-in-Chief for the Cape of Good Hope, Rear Admiral Herbert G King-Hall, CVO, CB, DSO
Crewed by personnel from the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Navy

Inset: Rear Admiral Edmund Samuel Po�: Sir Edmund Samuel Po�, GCVO, KCB., was promoted to Admiral on 30 April 1910 and was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide de Camp to the King 19 May 1912.
(Promoted: Captain: 30 June 1888; Rear Admiral: 9 Sep 1901; Vice Admiral: 20 Feb 1906)

Rear Admiral Herbert Goodenough King-Hall, CVO, CB, DSO, was appointed C-in-C Cape of Good Hope 28 December 1912
(Promoted Captain: 30 Jun 1900; Rear Admiral: 22 Jun 1909)

Post Card: with kind permission of Jo Roberts

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