H.M.S. Gorgon (1871)
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H.M.S. Gorgon (1871) | |
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Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow[1] |
Laid down: | 5 Sep, 1870[2] |
Launched: | 14 Oct, 1871[3] |
Completed: | 19 Mar, 1874[4] |
Sold: | 1903[5] |
Service
Gorgon participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 under the command of Captain Orford Churchill as part of a Reserve Fleet of the force representing the Royal Navy, headquartered in the Downs.[6]
Captains
- Captain Sir Lambton Loraine, Bart., 24 April, 1878 – 30 August, 1878
- Commander George Le C. Egerton, 5 July, 1887[7] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1887)
- Captain Arthur D. Fanshawe, 18 July, 1889[8] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889)
- Captain Orford Churchill, 22 July 1890[9] – 21 August, 1890 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1890)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 25.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 25.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 25.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 25.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 25.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 July, 1887, p. 13.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
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