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'''H.M.S. ''Repulse''''' was one of eight [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|''Royal Sovereign'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1893-94.  She was sold in 1911.


==Service==
==Service==
The First Cost of the ''Repulse'' was £851,474.{{AppropriationAccount19111912|p. 117}} She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1894, by Captain [[Burges Watson]] and the crew of the [[H.M.S. Rodney (1884)|''Rodney'']] for service in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 26 April, 1894.  Issue '''34248''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
The ''Repulse'' was sold for £33,500 in the 1911&ndash;1912 financial year after £7,132 worth of gear had been removed.{{AppropriationAccount19111912|p. 117}}


==Equipment and Alterations==
==Equipment and Alterations==
In 1899, ''Repulse'' acquired her first rangefinder, a 4.5-foot model mounted at the back of the bridge, but lacking any ready means of transmitting its cuts.{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 30}}
In 1899, ''Repulse'' acquired her first rangefinder, a 4.5-foot model mounted at the back of the bridge, but lacking any ready means of transmitting its cuts.{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 30}}


==Radio==
As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}
As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}


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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Burges Watson|nick=Burges Watson|appt=October, 1893{{MackieRNW}}|end=10 October, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 254}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Burges Watson|nick=Burges Watson|appt=25 April, 1894|end=10 October, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 254}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Neville Rolfe|nick=Ernest N. Rolfe|appt=10 October, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 254}}|end=December, 1897{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Neville Rolfe|nick=Ernest N. Rolfe|appt=10 October, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 254}}|end=21 December, 1897|note=including the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Leonard Groome|nick=Robert L. Groome|appt=21 December, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 288}}<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 20 December, 1897.  Issue '''35391''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Leonard Groome|nick=Robert L. Groome|appt=21 December, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 288}}{{NMI|Monday, 20 December, 1897.  Issue '''35391''', col C, p. 10}}|end=20 June, 1899<ref>Groome Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/458.|}} f. 544.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|nick=Randolph F. O. Foote|appt=28 June, 1899<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 468.</ref>|end=1900{{NLFeb00|p. 289}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|nick=Randolph F. O. Foote|appt=20 June, 1899<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/486.|}} f. 468.</ref>|end=18 September, 1900<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/486.|}} f. 468.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Spencer Henry Metcalfe Login|nick=Spencer H. M. Login|appt=18 September, 1900<ref>Login Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 298.</ref>|end=31 December, 1903<ref>Login Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 298.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Spencer Henry Metcalfe Login|nick=Spencer H. M. Login|appt=18 September, 1900<ref>Login Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 298.</ref>|end=31 December, 1903<ref>Login Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 298.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 623.</ref>|end=1 March, 1905<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 623.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 623.</ref>|end=1 March, 1905<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 623.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=27 February, 1905<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>|end=20 March, 1906<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=27 February, 1905<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>|end=20 March, 1906<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Philip Rolleston|nick=John P. Rolleston|appt=11 August, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 366}}<ref>Rolleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 690.</ref>|end=15 January, 1909<ref>Rolleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 690.</ref>|note=and for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Philip Rolleston|nick=John P. Rolleston|appt=11 August, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 366}}<ref>Rolleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 690.</ref>|end=15 January, 1909<ref>Rolleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 690.</ref>|note=and for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bowes Hutton|nick=George B. Hutton|appt=16 January, 1909<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 366}}|end=24 May, 1910<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>|note=and for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bowes Hutton|nick=George B. Hutton|appt=16 January, 1909<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 366}}|end=24 May, 1910<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>|note=and for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Robert Bellis|nick=Robert Bellis|appt=9 September, 1910<ref>Bellis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/137/121.|}} f. 123.</ref>|end=13 February, 1911<ref>Bellis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/137/121.|}} f. 123.</ref>}}
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 06:57, 2 May 2024

H.M.S. Repulse (1892)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1890[3]
Launched: 27 Feb, 1892[4]
Completed: Apr, 1894[5]
Commissioned: Apr, 1894[6]
Sold: 1911[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Repulse was one of eight Royal Sovereign class battleships completed for the Royal Navy in 1893-94. She was sold in 1911.

Service

The First Cost of the Repulse was £851,474.[8] She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1894, by Captain Burges Watson and the crew of the Rodney for service in the Channel Squadron.[9]

The Repulse was sold for £33,500 in the 1911–1912 financial year after £7,132 worth of gear had been removed.[10]

Equipment and Alterations

In 1899, Repulse acquired her first rangefinder, a 4.5-foot model mounted at the back of the bridge, but lacking any ready means of transmitting its cuts.[11]

As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. ↑ Appropriation Account, 1911–1912. p. 117.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 26 April, 1894. Issue 34248, col C, p. 10.
  10. ↑ Appropriation Account, 1911–1912. p. 117.
  11. ↑ Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 30.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 254.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 254.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 288.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, p. 10.
  17. ↑ Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/458. f. 544.
  18. ↑ Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/486. f. 468.
  19. ↑ Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/486. f. 468.
  20. ↑ Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  21. ↑ Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  22. ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 623.
  23. ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 623.
  24. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  25. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  26. ↑ Carden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 186.
  27. ↑ Carden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 186.
  28. ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
  29. ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
  30. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  31. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 366.
  33. ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 690.
  34. ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 690.
  35. ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 366.
  37. ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
  38. ↑ Bellis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/121. f. 123.
  39. ↑ Bellis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/121. f. 123.

Bibliography

  • Appropriation Account, 1911–1912. H.C. 493 (1913). London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office.
  • 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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