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==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Mackenzie McQuhae|nick=John M. McQuhae|appt=4 July, 1888{{NMI|Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10}}<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|end=28 August, 1888<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|note=temporary, for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=George F. King-Hall|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 577.</ref>|end=6 September, 1889<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 577.</ref>|note=temporary, for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Harpur Gamble|nick=Edward H. Gamble|appt=22 July, 1890<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 16.</ref>|end=29 August, 1890<ref>Gamble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 16.</ref>|note=temporary, for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Hannam Henderson|nick=Frank H. Henderson|appt=2 April, 1891<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 609.</ref>|end=2 June, 1894<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 609.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Powell Cecil Underwood|nick=Powell C. Underwood|appt=28 April, 1894<ref>Underwood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/570.|D7579009}}  ff 1350, 1346.</ref>{{NLMar96|p. 251}}|end=3 September, 1897<ref>Underwood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/570.|D7579009}}  ff 1350, 1346.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Hayley Hewett|nick=George H. Hewett|appt=1 February, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 285}}|end=1 January, 1899<ref>Obituary.  ''The Times'', 9 October, 1930.  p. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Ernest Albert Grant|nick=Alfred E. A. Grant|appt=1 January, 1899<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 31.</ref>|end=6 July, 1901<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 31.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 3 September 2019

H.M.S. Racoon (1887)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1 Feb, 1886
Launched: 6 May, 1887[2]
Completed: Mar, 1888[3]
Sold: 1905[4]

H.M.S. Racoon was one of eight Archer Class torpedo cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  6. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  7. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  8. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  9. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  10. Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.
  11. Gamble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 16.
  12. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  13. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  14. Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/570. ff 1350, 1346.
  15. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 251.
  16. Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/570. ff 1350, 1346.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 285.
  18. Obituary. The Times, 9 October, 1930. p. 16.
  19. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.
  20. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.

Bibliography


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