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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Harry H. Rawson|appt=17 January, 1883<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|end=24 September, 1885<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hilary Gustavus Andoe|nick=Hilary G. Andoe|appt=24 September, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 193}}|end=2 March, 1886}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=March, 1886{{NMI|13 Feb. 1886, p. 6}}|end=16 January, 1888<ref>Fellowes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1012.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=superseded at own request}}
 
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=16 January, 1888<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>{{NLFeb88|p. 193}}|end=7 June, 1889<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=16 January, 1888<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>{{NLFeb88|p. 193}}|end=7 June, 1889<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=28 August, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 197}}|end=|note=his service record indicates {{UK-1Hercules}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=28 August, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 197}}|end=12 May, 1890|note=his service record indicates {{UK-1Hercules}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=5 September, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 197.  Year is not printed}}|end=28 May, 1894|note=stayed on, additional, at end}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=5 September, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 197.  Year is not printed}}|end=28 May, 1894|note=stayed on, additional, at end}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Harvey Pigott|nick=William H. Pigott|appt=25 February, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=28 January, 1897|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Harvey Pigott|nick=William H. Pigott|appt=25 February, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=28 January, 1897|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}

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H.M.S. Alexandra (1875)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 5 Mar, 1873[2]
Launched: 7 Apr, 1875[3]
Completed: 31 Jan, 1877[4]
Sold: 1908[5]

The central battery ironclad H.M.S. Alexandra was completed in 1877 for the Royal Navy. She was laid down as H.M.S. Superb, conceived as a beamier Sultan with increased armour and weaponry. She was renamed before launch, in 1874.[6]

Construction and Service

Alexandra served as flagship on the Mediterranean Station from her commissioning in January 1877 through 1889.

She paid off on 2 March, 1886.

Alexandra was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 March 1891 to replace Northumberland.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

  • Wikipedia
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
  8. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. ?.
  9. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 193.
  11. ↑ Date not fully legible from his Service Record preview.
  12. ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  13. ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 193.
  15. ↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/558. f. 177.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 193.
  17. ↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/558. f. 177.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 197. Year is not printed.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 197.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 222.
  22. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Sep 23, 1898; pg. 5; Issue 35629.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 222.

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