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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment given:
 
 
 
*Captain [[Robert Leonard Groome|Robert L. Groome]], 21 December, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 20 December, 1897.  Issue '''35391''', col C, pg. 10.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 27 February, 1905.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 200.</ref>
 
*Captain [[John Philip Rolleston|John P. Rolleston]], 11 August, 1908.  (And for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport.)<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 366.</ref>
 
  
 
==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.<ref>Dreyer, "The Sea Heritage", p. 30.</ref>
 
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.<ref>Dreyer, "The Sea Heritage", p. 30.</ref>
  

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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.[1]

Radio

As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[2]

Footnotes

  1. Dreyer, "The Sea Heritage", p. 30.
  2. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901, p. 111

Bibliography

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