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Revision as of 23:34, 14 October 2018
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.[1]
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 September, 1880 for service in the Channel Squadron.[2]
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.
- Captain William N. W. Hewett, 1877
- Captain Algernon C. F. Heneage, 26 March, 1878[3]
- Captain Edward Kelly, 8 September, 1880[4]
- Captain George D. Morant, 8 October, 1882[5]
- Captain Alexander Buller, 22 January, 1884[6]
See Also
Footnotes