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Revision as of 13:16, 24 August 2019
H.M.S. Boscawen was the name given to a Royal Navy boys' training ship based at Portland.
As was common in such shore establishments, the ship acting as Boscawen rotated over time. Wikipedia records the following ships hosting this facility:[1]
- H.M.S. Trafalgar launched in 1841 was Boscawen from 1873 to 1906
- H.M.S. Minotaur launched in 1863 was Boscawen II from 1893 to 1904, and Boscawen from 1904 to 1905
- H.M.S. Agincourt launched in 1865 was Boscawen III from 1905 to 1906
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander Alfred Markham, 19 February, 1873[2]
- Commander George R. Hope, 6 January, 1875[3] (I believe this year MAY be 1876)
- Commander George J. Anstruther, 12 April, 1878[4]
- Commander Day H. Bosanquet, 10 July, 1881[5] – 30 June, 1882
- Commander The Hon. Algernon C. Littleton, 3 July, 1885[6] – 13 January, 1887
- Commander Anson Schomberg, 6 January, 1887[7] – 31 December, 1889
- Commander George A. Primrose, 1 January, 1890[8] – 1892
- Commander Arthur W. E. Prothero, 7 September, 1892[9] – 31 December, 1892[10]
- Commander Gerard M. Brooke, 1 January, 1893[11][12] – Jane, 1896
- Captain Cecil Burney, 2 January, 1896[13]
- Captain Thomas H. M. Jerram, 1 September, 1899[14] – 13 March, 1902[15]
- Captain Lionel G. Tufnell, 14 March, 1902[16] – 25 February, 1904[17]
- Captain Claud A. W. Hamilton, 20 February, 1904[18] – 1 October, 1905
- Commander Francis E. Travers, October, 1905[Inference] – 28 February, 1906
- Captain Edward B. Cloete, 9 May, 1935[19][20] – 12 July, 1936[21]
- Captain James Powell, – 5 September, 1939[22] (and as Captain in Charge and King's Harbour Master, Portland)
- Captain Colin S. Thomson, 5 September, 1939[23] – 21 October, 1940[24] (and as Captain in Charge and King's Harbour Master, Portland)
Footnotes
- ↑ Wikipedia page. The disagreement over 1904 and 1905 is noted.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (June, 1875). p. 134.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 134.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 199.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 198.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 243.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 205.
- ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 13.
- ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 13.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 7 January, 1893. Issue 33842, col A, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 205.
- ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
- ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
- ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 407.
- ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
- ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 218.
- ↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
- ↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
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