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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=c. 1892{{NLApr94|p. 197. Year is not printed}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=c. 1892{{NLApr94|p. 197. Year is not printed}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Harvey Pigott|nick=William H. Pigott|appt=25 February, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Harvey Pigott|nick=William H. Pigott|appt=25 February, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=28 January, 1897}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles James Barlow|nick=Charles J. Barlow|appt=28 January, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 222}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles James Barlow|nick=Charles J. Barlow|appt=28 January, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 222}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa|nick=Count Frederick C. Metaxa|appt=c. 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 222. Year is illegible}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa|nick=Count Frederick C. Metaxa|appt=c. 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 222. Year is illegible}}|end=}} | ||
Revision as of 15:25, 18 October 2017
| H.M.S. Alexandra (1875) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 5 Mar, 1873[2] |
| Launched: | 7 Apr, 1875[3] |
| Completed: | 31 Jan, 1877[4] |
| Sold: | 1908[5] |
The central battery ironclad H.M.S. Alexandra was completed in 1877 for the Royal Navy. She was laid down as H.M.S. Superb, conceived as a beamier Sultan with increased armour and weaponry. She was renamed before launch, in 1874.[6]
Construction and Service
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 March 1891 to replace Northumberland.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Hilary G. Andoe, 24 September, 1885[8]
- Captain George T. H. Boyes, 16 January, 1888[9]
- Captain John Fellowes, 28 August, 1889[10]
- Captain Arthur D. Fanshawe, c. 1892[11]
- Captain William H. Pigott, 25 February, 1895[12] – 28 January, 1897
- Captain Charles J. Barlow, 28 January, 1897[13]
- Captain Count Frederick C. Metaxa, c. 1899[14]
- Captain Frederick W. Fisher, 16 April, 1900[15]
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 193.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 193.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 197. Year is not printed.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 197.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 222. Year is illegible.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 222.
