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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|Francis C. B. Bridgeman]], 17 October 1893.<ref>Bridgeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 167.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Henry May|William H. May]], 17 January 1895.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|Francis C. B. Bridgeman]], 17 October 1893.<ref>Bridgeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 167.</ref>
*Captain [[William Des Vœux Hamilton|William Des V. Hamilton]], December 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[William Henry May|William H. May]], 17 January 1895.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Robert Swinburne Lowry|Robert S. Lowry]], January 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[William Des Vœux Hamilton|William Des V. Hamilton]], December 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Francis George Kirby|Frank G. Kirby]], October 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Robert Swinburne Lowry|Robert S. Lowry]], January 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Hugh Pigot Williams|Hugh P. Kirby]], January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Francis George Kirby|Frank G. Kirby]], October 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Robert Grant Fraser|Robert G. Fraser]], March 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Hugh Pigot Williams|Hugh P. Kirby]], January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Charles Holcombe Dare|Charles H. Dare]], 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Robert Grant Fraser|Robert G. Fraser]], March 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Casper Joseph Baker|Casper J. Baker]], September 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Charles Holcombe Dare|Charles H. Dare]], 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[George Arthur Hardinge|George A. Hardinge]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Casper Joseph Baker|Casper J. Baker]], September 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Hubert Grant-Dalton]], 1 February, 1908.  (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 365.</ref>
* Captain [[George Arthur Hardinge|George A. Hardinge]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|Vivian H. G. Bernard]], 17 August, 1908.<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>
* Captain [[Hubert Grant-Dalton]], 1 February, 1908.  (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 365.</ref>
*Captain [[Arthur Wartensleben Ewart|Arthur W. Ewart]], 2 February, 1909.  (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>Ewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 49.</ref>
* Captain [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|Vivian H. G. Bernard]], 17 August, 1908.<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>
*Captain [[George Holmes Borrett]], 18 April, 1910.  (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 505.</ref>
* Captain [[Arthur Wartensleben Ewart|Arthur W. Ewart]], 2 February, 1909.  (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>Ewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 49.</ref>
*Captain [[Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court|Herbert E. Holmes-à-Court]], ?.{{CN}}
* Captain [[George Holmes Borrett]], 18 April, 1910.  (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 505.</ref>
* Captain [[Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court|Herbert E. Holmes-à-Court]], ?.{{CN}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:06, 28 April 2014

H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)
Builder: Thomson, Clydebank[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 11 Aug, 1890[3]
Launched: 1 Mar, 1892[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1893[5]
Sold: 1913[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Radio

As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was noted as carrying a Jackson W/T set.[7]

Torpedoes

In May 1898, the ship received the first gyro-equipped torpedoes ever issued in the Royal Navy: two 18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedoes from the Malta Sub-Depot.[8]

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  9. Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 365.
  20. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  21. Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  22. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.

Bibliography


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