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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Duncan'' (1901)|fate2=Scrapped
|comp=Oct, 1903{{BurtBritishBattleships1889|p. 232}}
|comm=3 Oct, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 October, 1903.  Issue '''37207''', col B, p. 9.</ref>
|fatedate=18 Feb, 1920{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|order=1898 Supplemental Programme{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
|name=Duncan
|launch=21 Mar, 1901{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|builder=[[Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|laid=10 Jul, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=43 (1914)<br>59 (Jan 1918)<br>N.53 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 30}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Duncan''''' was the lead ship of six pre-dreadnought battleships completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1903 and 1904.

There was also a [[H.M.S. Duncan (1932)|flotilla leader named ''Duncan'' launched in 1932]].

==Service==
The ''Duncan'' was commissioned at Chatham on 8 October, 1903, by Captain [[Henry Bradwardine Jackson|Henry B. Jackson]], for service on the [[Mediterranean Station]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 October, 1903.  Issue '''37207''', col B, p. 9.</ref>

In December 1906, while ''Duncan'' was engaged in a firing practice, one of her shells pitched inside the cove at West Lolworth, a popular seaside resort within a very short distance of the house of the Bishop of Salisbury.  This caused an exchange of correspondence between a Mr. Duke, representing the local parish council and the interests of the major landowner involved, and the Admiralty, whose response was contrite and promised that in future all such firings would be directed away from shore.{{NMI|Saturday, Jan 19, 1907; pg. 12; Issue 38234}}

She recommissioned at Chatham on 27 May, 1913 to become a gunnery training ship at Portsmouth.{{NLJul13|p. 305}}

''Duncan'' paid off on 10 April, 1917.{{NLNov17|p. 393''g''}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bradwardine Jackson|nick=Henry B. Jackson|appt=8 October, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 October, 1903.  Issue '''37207''', col B, p. 9.</ref><ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|end=15 September, 1904<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=George Le C. Egerton|appt=15 September, 1904<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>|end=7 March, 1905<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Casement|nick=John Casement|appt=7 March, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 304}}<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}}  f. 201.</ref>|ass=27 March, 1905<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}}  f. 201.</ref>|end=4 December, 1906<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}}  f. 201.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Wartensleben Ewart|nick=Arthur W. Ewart|appt=4 December, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 305}}|end=23 December, 1908<ref>Ewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 49.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=William E. Goodenough|appt=27 November, 1908<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|end=9 August, 1910<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Callaghan}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Laurence Field|nick=Frederick L. Field|appt=9 August, 1910<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 178.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 306}}|note=and as Flag Captain|end=31 July, 1912<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 178.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=31 July, 1912<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>|end=11 December, 1912<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Spurstow Miller|nick=Francis S. Miller|appt=11 December, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 305}}|end=7 November, 1913<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 188.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|nick=Frederic A. Whitehead|appt=7 November, 1913<ref>Whitehead Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/453.|D7602771}} f. 504.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 305}}|end=4 June, 1914<ref>Whitehead Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/453.|D7602771}} f. 504.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Edwards Greenshields|nick=Thomas E. Greenshields|appt=June, 1914<ref>Greenshields Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/44.|D7604142}} f. 504.</ref>|end=20 June, 1914<ref>Greenshields Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/44.|D7604142}} f. 504.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maurice Dorsett Evans|nick=Maurice D. Evans|appt=20 June, 1914|end=6 August, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=6 August, 1914<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/6.|D8112195}} ff. 7, 53.</ref>{{NLDec14|p. 308}}|end=21 January, 1915<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/6.|D8112195}} ff. 7, 53.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard|nick=Hugh L. P. Heard|appt=3 July, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 394}}<ref>Heard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 84.</ref>|end=15 April, 1917<ref>Heard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 84.</ref>}}
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==Torpedoes==
In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 2 minutes, 26 seconds.  The best time was achieved by {{UK-Cressy}} at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}}

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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