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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Dupuis|nick=Arthur E. Dupuis|appt=14 February, 1889{{NLJul90|p. 249}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Dupuis|nick=Arthur E. Dupuis|appt=14 February, 1889{{NLJul90|p. 249}}|end=}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:59, 3 August 2017
| H.M.S. Shannon (1875) | |
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| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 29 Aug, 1873[2] |
| Launched: | 11 Nov, 1875[3] |
| Commissioned: | 17 Sep, 1877[4] |
| Sold: | Dec, 1899[5] |
H.M.S. Shannon was completed in 1877 as the Royal Navy's first armoured cruiser.
Design & Construction
Service
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1885 with a crew turned over from the Template:UK-1Valiant for work with the Coast Guard Service in Bantry.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles G. F. Knowles, 5 August, 1883[7]
- Captain Arthur E. Dupuis, 14 February, 1889[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 249.
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