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Revision as of 12:45, 17 August 2018

H.M.S. Benbow (1885)
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 1 Nov, 1882[2]
Launched: 15 Jun, 1885[3]
Commissioned: 14 Jun, 1888[4]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1909
Fate: Scrapped

Completed in 1888, H.M.S. Benbow was one of six "Admiral" class battleships.

Radio

In 1901, while serving in the Reserve Squadron, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[5]

Service

On 24 February, 1891, Captain Harry H. Rawson, commanded the ship, in company with Inflexible (Captain Henry Coey Kane) to be target of a night time torpedo boat attack in Volo Bay. Four second-class boats, one from Benbow, one from Inflexible and two from Hecla.[6]

She was brought to full complement to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 under the command of Eustace Rooke.[7][8][9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 30.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 30.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1891. pp. 146-8, Plate 53.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 203.
  11. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
  12. ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  13. ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 229.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 230.
  16. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 233.
  18. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.

Bibliography


Admiral Class Second Class Battleship
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