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H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 18 Jan, 1886[2] |
Launched: | 20 Sep, 1887[3] |
Commissioned: | Mar, 1890[4] |
Sold: | 9 Mar, 1911 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Trafalgar was one of two Trafalgar class battleships completed in 1890 and 1891.
Service
Trafalgar was commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1890, by Captain Alan B. Thomas, with a complement of 550 officers and men, as flag ship of Rear-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, second-in-command of the Mediterranean Squadron.[5]
Radio
In 1901, while serving as a Port Guard ship, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Alan B. Thomas, 2 April, 1890.[7]
- Captain A. Berkeley Milne, 5 March, 1894.[8]
- Captain Reginald C. Prothero, 1896.
- Captain Edward H. M. Davis, 1897.
- Captain Andrew K. Bickford, 13 October, 1897.[9]
- Captain George A. Giffard, 11 May, 1898.[10]
- Captain Edmund R. Pears, 21 April, 1909.[11]
- Captain Herbert Lyon, 16 May, 1905.[12]
- Captain Maurice S. FitzMaurice, 5 March, 1908.[13]
- Captain Francis W. Kennedy, 5 April, 1910.[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1890. Issue 32976, col F, p. 7.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 22 March, 1890. Issue 32966, col F, p. 12.
- ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
- ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
- ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 86.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 817.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
Bibliography
- 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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