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''The Times'' reported the structure of the exercise as follows.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}
''The Times'' reported the structure of the exercise as follows.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}
The first-class torpedo boats listed there were to be split evenly between the two fleets.  A story from 29 July 1890 permitted their Fleet assignments to be sorted out as shown below.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890; pg. 10; Issue 33076}}


A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890.
A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890.


* Fleet Number 1 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes.
* Fleet Number 1 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] in flagship {{UK-1Invincible}} was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes.
** {{UK-Anson}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]]
** {{UK-Anson}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]]
** {{UK-1Rodney}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]]
** {{UK-1Rodney}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]]
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain not indicated
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain not indicated  
** {{UK-1Hero}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]]
** {{UK-1Hero}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]]
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]]
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]]
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** {{UK-Spider}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]]
** {{UK-Spider}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]]
** {{UK-Hearty}}, Commander [[William Wilson]]
** {{UK-Hearty}}, Commander [[William Wilson]]
** {{UK-TB65}} Lieutenant [[John Hercules Robertson]]
** {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant [[Charles FitzGerald Sowerby]]
** {{UK-TB68}} Lieutenant [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
** {{UK-TB72}} Lieutenant [[Claude William Manners Plenderleath]]
** {{UK-TB73}} Lieutenant [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee]]
** {{UK-TB74}} Lieutenant The Hon. [[George Arthur Hardinge]]
** {{UK-TB78}} Lieutenant [[Francis Eaton Travers]]
** {{UK-TB79}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson]]
** {{UK-TB80}} Lieutenant [[Lewis Bayly]]
** {{UK-TB83}} Lieutenant [[Edward Arthur Salwey]]
** {{UK-TB84}} Lieutenant [[Herbert Orpen]]
** {{UK-TB85}} Lieutenant [[William Osbert Boothby]]
* Fleet Number 2 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes.
* Fleet Number 2 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes.
** {{UK-Forth}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]]
** {{UK-Forth}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]]
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** {{UK-Immortalite}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]]
** {{UK-Immortalite}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]]
** {{UK-Northampton}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]]
** {{UK-Northampton}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]]
** {{UK-1TB45}} Lieutenant [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]]
** {{UK-TB51}} Lieutenant [[Reginald Graham Gregory]]
** {{UK-TB52}} Lieutenant [[Philip Jeston Hodges]]
** {{UK-TB54}} Lieutenant [[Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylor]]
** {{UK-TB55}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Trevor Dawson]]
** {{UK-TB57}} Lieutenant [[Robert John Prendergast]]
** {{UK-TB58}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Parkinson James]]
** {{UK-TB59}} Lieutenant [[William Firth Slayter]]
** {{UK-TB81}} Lieutenant [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee]]
** {{UK-TB82}} Lieutenant [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton]]
** {{UK-TB86}} Lieutenant [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John Michael de Robeck]]
** {{UK-TB87}} Lieutenant [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]]
* Fleet Number 3 –  was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs.
* Fleet Number 3 –  was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs.
** {{UK-Belleisle}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]]
** {{UK-Belleisle}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]]
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** {{UK-1Ruby}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]]
** {{UK-1Ruby}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]]


* The following first-class torpedo boats would be split evenly between the two fleets.
 
** {{UK-1TB45}} Lieutenant [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]]
** {{UK-TB51}} Lieutenant [[Reginald Graham Gregory]]
** {{UK-TB52}} Lieutenant [[Philip Jeston Hodges]]
** {{UK-TB54}} Lieutenant [[Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylor]]
** {{UK-TB55}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Trevor Dawson]]
** {{UK-TB57}} Lieutenant [[Robert John Prendergast]]
** {{UK-TB58}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Parkinson James]]
** {{UK-TB59}} Lieutenant [[William Firth Slayter]]
** {{UK-TB65}} Lieutenant [[John Hercules Robertson]]
** {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant [[Charles FitzGerald Sowerby]]
** {{UK-TB68}} Lieutenant [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
** {{UK-TB72}} Lieutenant [[Claude William Manners Plenderleath]]
** {{UK-TB73}} Lieutenant [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee]]
** {{UK-TB74}} Lieutenant The Hon. [[George Arthur Hardinge]]
** {{UK-TB78}} Lieutenant [[Francis Eaton Travers]]
** {{UK-TB79}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson]]
** {{UK-TB80}} Lieutenant [[Lewis Bayly]]
** {{UK-TB81}} Lieutenant [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee]]
** {{UK-TB82}} Lieutenant [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton]]
** {{UK-TB83}} Lieutenant [[Edward Arthur Salwey]]
** {{UK-TB84}} Lieutenant [[Herbert Orpen]]
** {{UK-TB85}} Lieutenant [[William Osbert Boothby]]
** {{UK-TB86}} Lieutenant [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John Michael de Robeck]]
** {{UK-TB87}} Lieutenant [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]]


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 21:49, 9 August 2018

The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 was a typical exercise, with one fleet taking a defensive role while a second took a threatening role.

Order of Battle

The Times reported the structure of the exercise as follows.[1]

The first-class torpedo boats listed there were to be split evenly between the two fleets. A story from 29 July 1890 permitted their Fleet assignments to be sorted out as shown below.[2]

A review of the Navy List and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890.


Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890; pg. 10; Issue 33076.

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