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By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a Marconi W/T set.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901''.  p. 111.</ref>
 
By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a Marconi W/T set.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901''.  p. 111.</ref>
  
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment given:
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*Captain [[Richard Bowles Farquhar|Richard B. Farquhar]], 6 November, 1906.<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/38.  Book 2.  f. 446.</ref>
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*Captain [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|Edward F. B. Charlton]], 21 May, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 342.</ref>
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*Captain [[Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield]], 27 November, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 1 December, 1908.  Issue '''38818''', col E, pg. 6.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope]], 24 March, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 March, 1909.  Issue '''38907''', col B, pg. 9.</ref>, recommissioning her on 8 February 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 31 January, 1910.  Issue '''39183''', col B, pg. 17.</ref>
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*Captain [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|Cunningham R. de C. Foot]], 28 February, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 7 February, 1910.  Issue '''39189''', col F, pg. 4.</ref>
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*Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|Frederic A. Whitehead]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 352.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|Frederic A. Whitehead]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 352.</ref>
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*Captain [[Percival Henry Warleigh|Percival H. Warleigh]], 7 September, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 395''q''.</ref>
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 20:45, 24 May 2012

Career Details
Built By: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 18 December, 1893
Launched: 19 December, 1894
Commissioned: 12 December, 1895
Sold: 9 May, 1921
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Magnificent was a Majestic class battleship of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1894 and sold for scrap in 1921. She was the third Royal Navy warship to bear the name.

Career

Pendant Numbers.[1]
1914 D.13
September, 1915 P.83
January, 1918 P.3A

Magnicent was commissioned at Chatham on 12 December, 1895, by Captain Charles J. Barlow, with the crew of the Empress of India.[2]

Magnificent paid off on 8 August, 1917.[3]

Radio

By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a Marconi W/T set.[4]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 29.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 December, 1895. Issue 34759, col B, pg. 7.
  3. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 395k.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 352.

Bibliography

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