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==Service==
''Conqueror'' participated in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]] under the command of Captain [[Henry John Carr|Henry J. Carr]] as part of the Hostile Fleet tasked with threatening British trade routes.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}
In early 1891 she was a tender to ''Cambridge'' at Devonport.{{NLApr91|p. 212}}
Two Mark IV 6-in guns were brought aboard in Devonport on 25 January 1892, though they were still awaiting their mountings.  They were to replace two Mark I models similar to one which had burst aboard {{UK-1Cordelia}}.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jan 26, 1892; pg. 10; Issue 33544}}
==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Forster Cleveland|nick=Henry F. Cleveland|appt=5 July, 1887<ref>Cleveland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578532}} f. 220.</ref>|end=c. late August, 1888{{INF}}|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1887]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Hildebrand Alington|nick=Arthur H. Alington|appt=4 July, 1888{{NMI|Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10}}|end=31 August, 1888{{NMI|Saturday, Sep 01, 1888; pg. 7; Issue 32480}}|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Forster Cleveland|nick=Henry F. Cleveland|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Cleveland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578532}} f. 220.</ref>|end=August, 1889<ref>Cleveland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578532}} f. 220.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry John Carr|nick=Henry J. Carr|appt=22 July, 1890{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}|end=c. 20 August, 1890{{INF}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet|nick=Sir Baldwin W. Walker|appt=11 July, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999}}|end=c. mid August, 1893{{INF}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Boardman|nick=Frederick R. Boardman|appt=18 July, 1894<ref>Boardman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578487}} f. 125.</ref>|end=August, 1894<ref>Boardman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578487}} f. 125.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=10 July, 1900<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1025.</ref>|end=17 August, 1900<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1025.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Henry Bayly|nick=Edward H. Bayly|appt=17 June, 1902|end=20 August, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]], and for command of Belfast Flotilla}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 22:47, 8 April 2021

H.M.S. Conqueror (1881)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: 1878-79 Programme[2]
Laid down: 28 Apr, 1879[3]
Launched: 8 Sep, 1881[4]
Commissioned: Mar, 1886[5]
Sold: 1907[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Conqueror participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 under the command of Captain Henry J. Carr as part of the Hostile Fleet tasked with threatening British trade routes.[7]

In early 1891 she was a tender to Cambridge at Devonport.[8]

Two Mark IV 6-in guns were brought aboard in Devonport on 25 January 1892, though they were still awaiting their mountings. They were to replace two Mark I models similar to one which had burst aboard Cordelia.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 28.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 28.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 28.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 28.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 28.
  7. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 212.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 26, 1892; pg. 10; Issue 33544.
  10. ↑ Cleveland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 220.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 01, 1888; pg. 7; Issue 32480.
  13. ↑ Cleveland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 220.
  14. ↑ Cleveland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 220.
  15. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  17. ↑ Boardman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 125.
  18. ↑ Boardman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 125.
  19. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  20. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  21. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.

Bibliography


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