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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=5 January, 1911<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>|end=5 January, 1912<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=5 January, 1911<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 336}}|end=5 January, 1912<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter M. Ellerton|appt=January, 1913{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1913}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter M. Ellerton|appt=January, 1913{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1913}} | ||
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Revision as of 21:01, 23 March 2017
| H.M.S. King Alfred (1901) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.10 (1914) P.98 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow[2] |
| Ordered: | 1898-99 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 11 Aug, 1899[4] |
| Launched: | 28 Oct, 1901[5] |
| Commissioned: | 22 Dec, 1903[6] |
| Sold: | 30 Jan, 1920[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Service
On 18 June 1910, she collided with S.S. Chesapeake. It was determined that Captain Doughty was to blame, and he was admonished in the incident.[8]
Alterations
In mid-1913 it was approved that King Alfred receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument previously allotted.[9]
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 22 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frederick L. Campbell, 21 July, 1903[11][12] – 31 August, 1903[13] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Herbert G. King-Hall, 22 December, 1903[14] – 18 April, 1904[15]
- Captain Godfrey H. B. Mundy, 3 January, 1905[16] – 14 July, 1905[17]
- Captain Charles D. Granville, 14 July, 1905[18] – late 1905
- Captain Cecil F. Thursby, 1 December, 1905[19] – 20 March, 1908[20] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker, 1 February, 1908[21] – 6 June, 1910[22]
- Captain Eric P. C. Back, 7 June, 1910[23] – 13 June, 1910[24] (temporary)
- Captain Henry M. Doughty, 13 June, 1910[25] – 9 January, 1911[26] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Eustace La T. Leatham, 5 January, 1911[27][28] – 5 January, 1912[29]
- Captain Walter M. Ellerton, January, 1913[30] – February, 1913
- Commander Reginald L. Crichton, 12 February, 1913[31] – mid 1913
- Captain John D. Edwards, 16 July, 1913[32]
- Commander Richard H. Walters, 21 January, 1914[33] – 1914
- Captain George P. W. Hope, 29 July, 1914[34] – 1 October, 1914[35]
- Captain Henry B. T. Somerville, September, 1915[36]
- Captain Frank O. Lewis, September, 1916[37] – c. 1 September, 1917[Inference]
- Captain John G. Armstrong, 1 September, 1917[38] – 2 May, 1918[39]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 283 of 6 June, 1913.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 283.
- ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
- ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 336.
- ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
- ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 336.
- ↑ Clinton-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 394.
- ↑ Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 142.
- ↑ Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 142.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
- ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 336.
- ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 336.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 334.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394w.
- ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
- ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
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).
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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