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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.{{NLDec81|p. 201}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Robert Hope|nick=George R. Hope|appt=7 December, 1880{{NLDec81|p. 201}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=23 August, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 201}}|end=18 June, 1887}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=23 August, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 201}}|end=18 June, 1887}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Adolphus Frederic St. Clair|nick=Adolphus F. St. Clair|appt=4 December, 1888{{NLJul90|p. 206}}|end=4 December, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Adolphus Frederic St. Clair|nick=Adolphus F. St. Clair|appt=4 December, 1888{{NLJul90|p. 206}}|end=4 December, 1891}}

Revision as of 14:25, 24 August 2019

H.M.S. Champion (1878)
Builder: John Elder & Company, Glasgow[1]
Laid down: 1876[2]
Launched: 1 Jul, 1878[3]
Completed: 1878[4]
Sold: 1931[5]

H.M.S. Champion was one of nine Comus Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
  8. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 206.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 209.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 212.
  12. Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
  13. Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
  14. Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
  15. Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
  16. Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.

Bibliography


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