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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Alan Brockrick Thomas|Alan B. Thomas]], 2 April, 1890.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 22 March, 1890.  Issue '''32966''', col F, p. 12.</ref>
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Alan Brockrick Thomas|Alan B. Thomas]], 2 April, 1890.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 22 March, 1890.  Issue '''32966''', col F, p. 12.</ref>
*Captain [[Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet|A. Berkeley Milne]], 5 March, 1894.<ref>Milne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 891.</ref>
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* Captain [[Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet|A. Berkeley Milne]], 5 March, 1894.<ref>Milne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 891.</ref>
*Captain [[Reginald Charles Prothero|Reginald C. Prothero]], 1896.
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* Captain [[Reginald Charles Prothero|Reginald C. Prothero]], 1896.
*Captain [[Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|Harry T. Grenfell]], 4 December, 1896.<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}}  f. 426.</ref>
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* Captain [[Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|Harry T. Grenfell]], 4 December, 1896.<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}}  f. 426.</ref>
*Captain [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis|Edward H. M. Davis]], 1897.
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* Captain [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis|Edward H. M. Davis]], 1897.
*Captain [[Andrew Kennedy Bickford|Andrew K. Bickford]], 13 October, 1897.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 100.</ref>
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* Captain [[Andrew Kennedy Bickford|Andrew K. Bickford]], 13 October, 1897.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 100.</ref>
*Captain [[George Augustus Giffard|George A. Giffard]], 11 May, 1898.<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>
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* Captain [[George Augustus Giffard|George A. Giffard]], 11 May, 1898.<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>
*Captain [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears|Edmund R. Pears]], 21 April, 1909.<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 86.</ref>
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* Captain [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears|Edmund R. Pears]], 21 April, 1909.<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 86.</ref>
*Captain [[Herbert Lyon]], 16 May, 1905.<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 817.</ref>
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* Captain [[Herbert Lyon]], 16 May, 1905.<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 817.</ref>
*Captain [[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]], 5 March, 1908.<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 148.</ref>
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* Captain [[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]], 5 March, 1908.<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 148.</ref>
*Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]], 5 April, 1910.<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>
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* Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]], 5 April, 1910.<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:02, 28 April 2014

H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)
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 are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  5. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1890. Issue 32976, col F, p. 7.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 22 March, 1890. Issue 32966, col F, p. 12.
  8. Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  9. Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.
  10. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  11. Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  12. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 86.
  13. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 817.
  14. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  15. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.

Bibliography


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