H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)
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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 |
Career
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 Andrew Kennedy Bickford,
- Captain Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice,
- Captain George Augustus Giffard,
- Captain Francis William Kennedy,
- Captain Herbert Lyon,
- Captain Reginald Charles Prothero,
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.
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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