H.M.S. Repulse (1892)

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H.M.S. Repulse (1892)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1890[3]
Launched: 27 Feb, 1892[4]
Completed: Apr, 1894[5]
Commissioned: Apr, 1894[6]
Sold: 1911[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Repulse was one of eight Royal Sovereign class battleships completed for the Royal Navy in 1893-94. She was sold in 1911.

Service

Equipment and Alterations

In 1899, Repulse acquired her first rangefinder, a 4.5-foot model mounted at the back of the bridge, but lacking any ready means of transmitting its cuts.[8]

As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  5. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 30.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 254.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 254.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 288.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, p. 10.
  14. Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/458. f. 544.
  15. Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/486. f. 468.
  16. Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/486. f. 468.
  17. Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  18. Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  19. Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 623.
  20. Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 623.
  21. Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  22. Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  23. Carden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 186.
  24. Carden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 186.
  25. Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
  26. Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
  27. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  28. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  29. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 366.
  30. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 690.
  31. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 690.
  32. Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 366.
  34. Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
  35. Bellis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/121. f. 123.
  36. Bellis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/121. f. 123.

Bibliography


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