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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=12 December, 1895<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 609.</ref>|end=1896{{NLMar96|p. 258}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=12 December, 1895<ref>Henderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 609.</ref>|end=1896{{NLMar96|p. 258}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=12 September, 1896<ref>Grenfell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 426.</ref>|end=23 September, 1898<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=12 September, 1896<ref>Grenfell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 426.</ref>|end=23 September, 1898<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Henry Meggs Davis|nick=Edward H. M. Davis|appt=8 June, 1897<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|end=12 October, 1897}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Henry Meggs Davis|nick=Edward H. M. Davis|appt=8 June, 1897<ref>Davis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/329.|D7578818}} f. 294.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|end=12 October, 1897<ref>Davis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/329.|D7578818}} f. 294.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Pelham O'Callaghan|nick=Michael P. O'Callaghan|appt=23 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 292}}<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 976.</ref>|end=12 March, 1900<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 104/208.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Pelham O'Callaghan|nick=Michael P. O'Callaghan|appt=23 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 292}}<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 976.</ref>|end=12 March, 1900<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 104/208.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=20 January, 1900<ref>Adair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 12.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 300}}|end=1901}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=20 January, 1900<ref>Adair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 12.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 300}}|end=1901}} | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 17 January 2017
| H.M.S. Royal Sovereign (1891) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Ordered: | Naval Defence Act of 1889[2] |
| Laid down: | 30 Sep, 1889[3] |
| Launched: | 26 Feb, 1891[4] |
| Completed: | May, 1892[5] |
| Commissioned: | May, 1892[6] |
| Sold: | 7 Oct, 1913 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Service
Royal Sovereign was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, Captain Edward Henry Meggs Davis in command.[7]
Radio
As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Tynte F. Hammill, 31 March, 1892[9] – May, 1894[10][11]
- Captain Charles C. Drury, 12 May, 1894[12]
- Captain Arthur Barrow, 21 May, 1895[13] – 11 December, 1895[14]
- Captain Reginald F. H. Henderson, 12 December, 1895[15] – 1896[16]
- Captain Harry T. Grenfell, 12 September, 1896[17] – 23 September, 1898[18]
- Captain Edward H. M. Davis, 8 June, 1897[19][20] – 12 October, 1897[21]
- Captain Michael P. O'Callaghan, 23 September, 1898[22][23] – 12 March, 1900[24]
- Captain Charles H. Adair, 20 January, 1900[25][26] – 1901
- Captain Frederick S. Inglefield, 26 November, 1901[27] – 29 August, 1902[28]
- Captain George A. Primrose, c. September, 1902[29] – 15 December, 1902[30]
- Captain Thomas MacGill, 15 December, 1902[31] – 25 May, 1903[32]
- Captain Alfred W. Paget, 13 May, 1903[33] – 3 March, 1904[34]
- Captain Paul W. Bush, 1 March, 1904[35] – 23 May, 1905[36]
- Commander John K. Laird, 9 February, 1907[37]
- Commander Robert G. Corbett, 10 August, 1909[38][39] – 2 August, 1910[40]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
- ↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.
- ↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 258.
- ↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.
- ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
- ↑ Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/329. f. 294.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/329. f. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 292.
- ↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 976.
- ↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
- ↑ Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 300.
- ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 695.
- ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 473.
- ↑ Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
- ↑ Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
- ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 836.
- ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 543.
- ↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
- ↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/199 f. 177.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 370.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 370.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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