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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Achilles'' (1863)|comp=26 Nov, 1864 |cat=Frigate |fatedate=26 Jan, 1923 |chain=NONE |name=Achilles |builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] |launch=23 Dec, 1863 |laid=1 Aug, 1861 |nat=UK |type=frigate |fate=Sold |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Achilles''''' was an armour-plated steam frigate launched in 1863. ==Service== ''Achilles'' served served in the [[Channel Fleet]] until 1868. She commissioned at Devonport on 17 May 1877 for service in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul78|p. 191}} She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 September, 1880 for service in the [[Channel Squadron]].{{NLJul84|p. 191}} Sent to Malta as a depot ship in 1901, she was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Hibernia''''' in 1902 and then '''H.M.S. ''Egmont''''' in March 1904. She remained in Malta until 1914. Sent back to Chatham. ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Achilles''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=1877|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage|nick=Algernon C. F. Heneage|appt=26 March, 1878{{NLJul78|p. 191}}|end=31 August, 1880}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Kelly|nick=Edward Kelly|appt=8 September, 1880{{NLOct81|p. 191}}|end=8 October, 1882}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Digby Morant|nick=George D. Morant|appt=8 October, 1882{{NLMar83|p. 191}}|end=22 January, 1884}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Buller|nick=Alexander Buller|appt=22 January, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 191}}|end=10 March, 1885}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Frederick Stephenson|nick=Henry F. Stephenson|appt=10 March, 1885|end=7 May, 1885}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Achilles_(1863)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Achilles}} {{CatShipFrigate|UK}} {{CatClassMisc|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=Frigate type=frigate chain=NONE {ship name=Achilles builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] laid=1 Aug 61 launch=23 Dec 63 comp=26 Nov 64 fate=Sold fatedate=26 Jan 1923 } data -->

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