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]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Richard B. Farquhar, 6 November, 1906.[5]
- Captain Edward F. B. Charlton, 21 May, 1907.[6]
- Captain Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield, 27 November, 1908.[7]
- Captain George Price Webley Hope, 24 March, 1909.[8], recommissioning her on 8 February 1910.[9]
- Captain Cunningham R. de C. Foot, 28 February, 1910.[10]
- Captain Frederic A. Whitehead, 1 August, 1914.[11]
- Captain Percival H. Warleigh, 7 September, 1915.[12]
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.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 342.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 December, 1908. Issue 38818, col E, pg. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 15 March, 1909. Issue 38907, col B, pg. 9.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, pg. 17.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 February, 1910. Issue 39189, col F, pg. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 395q.
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