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|comp=Feb, 1903{{BurtBritishBattleships1889|p. 232}}
|comm=19 Feb, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 February, 1903.  Issue '''37009''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
|fatedate=27 Apr, 1916{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|order=1898 Supplemental Programme{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
|name=Russell
|launch=19 Feb, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 20 February, 1901.  Issue '''36383''', col F, p. 11.</ref>
|builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{DittColl|p. 30}}
|laid=11 Mar, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
|fate=Mined
|pend=23 (1914){{DittColl|p. 30}}
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Completed in 1903, '''H.M.S. ''Russell''''' was the first of six battleships of [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|her class]] to be commissioned in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
''Russell'' was launched at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 19 February, 1901, by Mrs. McLaren, wife of Charles McLaren, chairman of the Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 20 February, 1901.  Issue '''36383''', col F, p. 11.</ref>

''Russell'' commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe|Alfred L. Winsloe]], to relieve the {{UK-Canopus}} in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 February, 1903.  Issue '''37009''', col D, p. 8.</ref>

She recommissioned at Sheerness on 13 August, 1912.{{NLApr14|p. 369}}  She received a refit at Gibraltar and then proceeded to The Nore, arriving on 10 January, 1913.  Once there, the crew received twenty days combined Christmas and refitting leave.{{MoS|Saturday, Jan 11, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40106}}

''Russell'' served in the {{UK-BS|4}} in 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 369}}  At the end of the year, she was serving as flagship to Rear-Admiral in the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]] at the Nore.{{AWO1913|722 of 12 Dec, 1913}}

''Russell'' served in the [[Great War]] under the exclusive command of Captain [[William Bowden-Smith]] until she was sunk by a minefield laid by {{DE-U73}} off Malta in April, 1916.  The {{UK-Nasturtium|f=t}} and the hired yacht ''Aegusa'' would be sunk by the same minefield later in the same day.{{KindellROH2|pp. 193-4}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=19 February, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 9 February, 1903.  Issue '''36999''', col E, p. 8.</ref><ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>|end=6 April, 1904<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Raymond Pelly|nick=Francis R. Pelly|appt=7 April, 1904<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/221.|D7601615}} ff. 1021, 1027.</ref>|end=8 May, 1904<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/221.|D7601615}} ff. 1021, 1027.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|nick=Thomas H. Martyn Jerram|appt=18 April, 1904<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 65.</ref>{{NLNov05|p. 370}}|ass=8 May, 1904<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 692.</ref>|end=December, 1905{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Swinburne Lowry|nick=Robert S. Lowry|appt=6 December, 1905<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 800.</ref>|end=16 November, 1906<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 800.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Alexander Warden|nick=Frederick A. Warden|appt=16 November, 1906<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>|ass=16 November, 1906<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>|end=10 August, 1907<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur David Ricardo|nick=Arthur D. Ricardo|appt=10 August, 1907<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 464.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 370}}|end=29 July, 1909<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 232.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Fane De Salis|nick=William F. De Salis|appt=31 July, 1909<ref>De Salis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590321}} f. 345.</ref>|end=20 February, 1911<ref>De Salis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590321}} f. 345.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=11 February, 1911<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>|end=27 March, 1911<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Walter Smith|nick=George W. Smith|appt=3 March, 1911<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 312.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 370}}|ass=27 March, 1911<ref>Date on which his predecessor left. Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</ref>|end=20 March, 1913<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 312.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=20 March, 1913<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>|end=5 December, 1913<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Bowden-Smith|nick=William Bowden-Smith|appt=5 December, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 397''t''}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|end=27 April, 1916{{HepperLosses|p. 58}}|note=ship lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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