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''Rattlesnake'' participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1891 under the command of Lieutenant [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]].  These ended on 5 August, and on the 27th, the T.B.D. was paid off out of commission at Portsmouth, passing into the A Division of the Steam Reserve.{{NMI|Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415}}
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''Rattlesnake'' participated in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]] under the command of Commander [[Henry Deacon Barry|Henry D. Barry]] as part of a Reserve Fleet of the force representing the Royal Navy, headquartered in the Downs.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}
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''Rattlesnake'' participated in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1891]] under the command of Lieutenant [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]].  These ended on 5 August, and on the 27th, the T.B.D. was paid off out of commission at Portsmouth, passing into the A Division of the Steam Reserve.{{NMI|Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415}}
  
 
In April, 1896, she was transferred from A Division to B Division of the Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth to receive her annual overhaul.{{NMI|Tuesday, Apr 21, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34870}}
 
In April, 1896, she was transferred from A Division to B Division of the Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth to receive her annual overhaul.{{NMI|Tuesday, Apr 21, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34870}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Thomas Frederick Winnington Ingram|nick=Thomas F. W. Ingram|appt=20 September, 1887|end=10 January, 1890}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Thomas Frederick Winnington Ingram|nick=Thomas F. W. Ingram|appt=20 September, 1887|end=10 January, 1890}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Arthur Ward Torlesse|nick=Arthur W. Torlesse|appt=14 May, 1890<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>{{NLJul90|p. 244}}|end=1 December, 1890<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Arthur Ward Torlesse|nick=Arthur W. Torlesse|appt=14 May, 1890<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>{{NLJul90|p. 244}}|end=1 December, 1890<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Deacon Barry|nick=Henry D. Barry|appt=c. mid July, 1890{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}|end=20 August, 1890{{NMI|Wednesday, Aug 20, 1890; pg. 5; Issue 33095}}|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Deacon Barry|nick=Henry D. Barry|appt=c. mid July, 1890{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}|end=20 August, 1890{{NMI|Wednesday, Aug 20, 1890; pg. 5; Issue 33095}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=8 July, 1891{{NMI|Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415}}|end=20 August, 1891|note=lent for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=8 July, 1891{{NMI|Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415}}|end=20 August, 1891|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1891]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=21 July, 1892|end=c. 18 August, 1892{{INF}}|note=lent for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=11 July, 1893|end=21 August, 1893|note=lent for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lewis Bayly|nick=Lewis Bayly|appt=11 July, 1893|end=21 August, 1893|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Fenton|nick=Thomas C. Fenton|appt=18 July, 1894|end=1 September, 1894|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Fenton|nick=Thomas C. Fenton|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=1 September, 1894|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|end=9 July, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|note=participating in the Review at Spithead}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Edmund Ross Benson|nick=Robert E. R. Benson|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|end=9 July, 1897<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>|note=for Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Ernest Fraser Worthington|nick=Henry E. F. Worthington|appt=1901|end=13 January, 1902|note=there is some confusion with {{UK-Spanker}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Ernest Fraser Worthington|nick=Henry E. F. Worthington|appt=1901|end=13 January, 1902|note=there is some confusion with {{UK-Spanker}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 6 September 2019

H.M.S. Rattlesnake (1886)
Builder: Lairds[1]
Laid down: 16 Nov, 1885[2]
Launched: 11 Sep, 1886[3]
Completed: May, 1887[4]
Sold: 1910[5]

The torpedo gunboat H.M.S. Rattlesnake was completed for the Royal Navy in 1887 — her first of this type of vessel.

Service

Rattlesnake participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 under the command of Commander Henry D. Barry as part of a Reserve Fleet of the force representing the Royal Navy, headquartered in the Downs.[6]

Rattlesnake participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1891 under the command of Lieutenant Frederick Tower Hamilton. These ended on 5 August, and on the 27th, the T.B.D. was paid off out of commission at Portsmouth, passing into the A Division of the Steam Reserve.[7]

In April, 1896, she was transferred from A Division to B Division of the Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth to receive her annual overhaul.[8]

Specially commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 June, 1897 for service with the mobilized fleet.[9]

She was one of twenty torpedo gunboats assembled alongside a great many other vessels at Spithead on 22 June 1897 for the Jubilee Review.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  6. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 21, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34870.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 13, 1897; pg. 6; Issue 35202.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 17, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35205.
  11. ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 244.
  13. ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  14. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 20, 1890; pg. 5; Issue 33095.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 28, 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33415.
  17. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  18. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  19. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.

Bibliography

  • 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).
  • Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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