H.M.S. Magnificent (1894)
From The Dreadnought Project
| 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.
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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]
- Captain Frederic A. Whitehead, 1 August, 1914.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 29.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 December, 1895. Issue 34759, col B, pg. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 395k.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 352.
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