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Revision as of 14:39, 7 February 2015

H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1886[2]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1887[3]
Completed: Mar, 1890[4]
Commissioned: Mar, 1890[5]
Sold: 9 Mar, 1911
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Trafalgar was one of two Trafalgar class battleships completed in 1890 and 1891.

Service

Trafalgar was commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1890, by Captain Alan B. Thomas, with a complement of 550 officers and men, as flag ship of Rear-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, second-in-command of the Mediterranean Squadron.[6]

Radio

In 1901, while serving as a Port Guard ship, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  2. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 48.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 48.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1890. Issue 32976, col F, p. 7.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 22 March, 1890. Issue 32966, col F, p. 12.
  9. ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  10. ↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.
  11. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  12. ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  13. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 86.
  14. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 817.
  15. ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  16. ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  17. ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.

Bibliography


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