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''Magnificent'' was laid down in No. 7 dock at [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] on 18 December, 1893.  Her main propulsion machinery was constructed by Messrs. John Penn and Son of Greenwich.  All her armour plate bar four plates was fitted before floating out, owing to her being constructed in a dry dock.  She was floated out on 19 December, 1894, in a ceremony performed by Countess Spencer, wife of the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[John Poyntz Spencer, Fifth Earl Spencer|Earl Spencer]], who was also present.  In attendance were Rear-Admiral [[George Digby Morant|G. Digby Morant]], Admiral Superintendent; Rear-Admiral [[Lord Walter Talbot Kerr|Lord Walter Kerr]], [[Second Naval Lord]]; [[Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, First Baron Shuttleworth|Sir Ughtred J. Kay-Shuttleworth, Bart]], [[Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]]; Vice-Admiral [[Richard Wells]], [[Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]; Captain [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]], Captain of the Medway Dockyard Reserve; [[William Henry White|William H. White]], the Assistant Controller of the Navy and [[Director of Naval Construction]], and others.<ref>"H.M.S. Magnificent" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 20 December, 1894.  Issue '''34452''', col A, pg. 10.</ref>
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''Magnificent'' was laid down in No. 7 dock at [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] on 18 December, 1893.  Her main propulsion machinery was constructed by Messrs. John Penn and Son of Greenwich.  All her armour plate bar four plates was fitted before floating out, owing to her being constructed in a dry dock.  She was floated out on 19 December, 1894, in a ceremony performed by Countess Spencer, wife of the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[John Poyntz Spencer, Fifth Earl Spencer|Earl Spencer]], who was also present.  In attendance were Rear-Admiral [[George Digby Morant|G. Digby Morant]], Admiral Superintendent; Rear-Admiral [[Lord Walter Talbot Kerr|Lord Walter Kerr]], [[Second Naval Lord]]; [[Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, First Baron Shuttleworth|Sir Ughtred J. Kay-Shuttleworth, Bart]], [[Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]]; Vice-Admiral [[Richard Wells]], [[Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]; Captain [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]], Captain of the Medway Dockyard Reserve; [[William Henry White|William H. White]], the Assistant Controller of the Navy and [[Director of Naval Construction]], and others.<ref>"H.M.S. Magnificent" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 20 December, 1894.  Issue '''34452''', col A, p. 10.</ref>
  
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On 10 December, 1895, ''Magnificent'' was inspected by Admiral [[Frederick William Richards|Sir Frederick W. Richards]], [[First Sea Lord|First Naval Lord]]; Rear-Admiral [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John A. Fisher]], [[Third Sea Lord|Controller of the Navy]] and [[Evan MacGregor|Sir Evan MacGregor]], [[Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]].  They were conducted over the ship by the new Admiral Superintendent, Rear-Admiral [[Hilary Gustavus Andoe|Hilary G. Andoe]], and Captain Beresford.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 11 December, 1895.  Issue '''34757''', col C, pg. 7.</ref>
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On 10 December, 1895, ''Magnificent'' was inspected by Admiral [[Frederick William Richards|Sir Frederick W. Richards]], [[First Sea Lord|First Naval Lord]]; Rear-Admiral [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John A. Fisher]], [[Third Sea Lord|Controller of the Navy]] and [[Evan MacGregor|Sir Evan MacGregor]], [[Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]].  They were conducted over the ship by the new Admiral Superintendent, Rear-Admiral [[Hilary Gustavus Andoe|Hilary G. Andoe]], and Captain Beresford.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 11 December, 1895.  Issue '''34757''', col C, p. 7.</ref>
  
 
Upon completion of the ship Rear-Admiral Andoe received a communication from the [[Board of Admiralty]]:
 
Upon completion of the ship Rear-Admiral Andoe received a communication from the [[Board of Admiralty]]:
  
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<blockquote>I aim to express their lordships' gratification at the remarkable feat in shipbuilding accomplished in completing for commission her Majesty's ship Magnificent within the unprecedented date of two years from the date her keel-plates were laid down.  This result reflects the highest credit on the Admiral Superintendent, the officers of the yard, the workmen, and Dockyard Reserve.  Unless all had most cordially and loyally cooperated in the work it would have been impossible for so unexampled a result to have been achieved.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, pg. 7.</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>I aim to express their lordships' gratification at the remarkable feat in shipbuilding accomplished in completing for commission her Majesty's ship Magnificent within the unprecedented date of two years from the date her keel-plates were laid down.  This result reflects the highest credit on the Admiral Superintendent, the officers of the yard, the workmen, and Dockyard Reserve.  Unless all had most cordially and loyally cooperated in the work it would have been impossible for so unexampled a result to have been achieved.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, p. 7.</ref></blockquote>
  
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She was commissioned at Chatham on 12 December, 1895, by Captain [[Charles James Barlow|Charles J. Barlow]], as flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Hildebrand Alington|Arthur H. Alington]], Second-in-Command of the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]], with a complement of 773 officers and men, largely taken from the crew of the [[H.M.S. Empress of India (1891)|''Empress of India'']].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 December, 1895.  Issue '''34749''', col B, pg. 6.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, pg. 7.</ref>
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She was commissioned at Chatham on 12 December, 1895, by Captain [[Charles James Barlow|Charles J. Barlow]], as flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Hildebrand Alington|Arthur H. Alington]], Second-in-Command of the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]], with a complement of 773 officers and men, largely taken from the crew of the [[H.M.S. Empress of India (1891)|''Empress of India'']].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 December, 1895.  Issue '''34749''', col B, p. 6.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, p. 7.</ref>
  
 
''Magnificent'' paid off on 8 August, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 395''k''.</ref>
 
''Magnificent'' paid off on 8 August, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 395''k''.</ref>
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Captain [[Charles James Barlow]] commissioned her on 12 December, 1895.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 December, 1895.  Issue '''34749''', col B, pg. 6.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, pg. 7.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles James Barlow]] commissioned her on 12 December, 1895.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 December, 1895.  Issue '''34749''', col B, p. 6.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, p. 7.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur John Horsley]], between 1898 and 1907{{INF}}
 
*Captain [[Arthur John Horsley]], between 1898 and 1907{{INF}}
 
*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>
 
*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>
 
*Captain [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|Edward F. B. Charlton]], 21 May, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 342.</ref>
 
*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 [[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, p. 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 [[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, p. 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, p. 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 [[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, p. 4.</ref>
 
*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>
 
*Captain [[Percival Henry Warleigh|Percival H. Warleigh]], 7 September, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 395''q''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Percival Henry Warleigh|Percival H. Warleigh]], 7 September, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 395''q''.</ref>

Revision as of 17:50, 29 August 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

Magnificent was laid down in No. 7 dock at Chatham Royal Dockyard on 18 December, 1893. Her main propulsion machinery was constructed by Messrs. John Penn and Son of Greenwich. All her armour plate bar four plates was fitted before floating out, owing to her being constructed in a dry dock. She was floated out on 19 December, 1894, in a ceremony performed by Countess Spencer, wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Spencer, who was also present. In attendance were Rear-Admiral G. Digby Morant, Admiral Superintendent; Rear-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, Second Naval Lord; Sir Ughtred J. Kay-Shuttleworth, Bart, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty; Vice-Admiral Richard Wells, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore; Captain Lord Charles Beresford, Captain of the Medway Dockyard Reserve; William H. White, the Assistant Controller of the Navy and Director of Naval Construction, and others.[2]

On 10 December, 1895, Magnificent was inspected by Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards, First Naval Lord; Rear-Admiral Sir John A. Fisher, Controller of the Navy and Sir Evan MacGregor, Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty. They were conducted over the ship by the new Admiral Superintendent, Rear-Admiral Hilary G. Andoe, and Captain Beresford.[3]

Upon completion of the ship Rear-Admiral Andoe received a communication from the Board of Admiralty:

I aim to express their lordships' gratification at the remarkable feat in shipbuilding accomplished in completing for commission her Majesty's ship Magnificent within the unprecedented date of two years from the date her keel-plates were laid down. This result reflects the highest credit on the Admiral Superintendent, the officers of the yard, the workmen, and Dockyard Reserve. Unless all had most cordially and loyally cooperated in the work it would have been impossible for so unexampled a result to have been achieved.[4]

She was commissioned at Chatham on 12 December, 1895, by Captain Charles J. Barlow, as flagship of Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Alington, Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron, with a complement of 773 officers and men, largely taken from the crew of the Empress of India.[5][6]

Magnificent paid off on 8 August, 1917.[7]

Radio

By the end of 1901, she was fitted or due to receive a Marconi W/T set.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 29.
  2. ↑ "H.M.S. Magnificent" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 20 December, 1894. Issue 34452, col A, p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 11 December, 1895. Issue 34757, col C, p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 December, 1895. Issue 34759, col B, p. 7.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 2 December, 1895. Issue 34749, col B, p. 6.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 December, 1895. Issue 34759, col B, p. 7.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 395k.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 2 December, 1895. Issue 34749, col B, p. 6.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 December, 1895. Issue 34759, col B, p. 7.
  11. ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 342.
  13. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 December, 1908. Issue 38818, col E, p. 6.
  14. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 15 March, 1909. Issue 38907, col B, p. 9.
  15. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, p. 17.
  16. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 February, 1910. Issue 39189, col F, p. 4.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 352.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 395q.

Bibliography

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