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'''H.M.S. ''Australia''''' was one of 7 armoured cruisers of the [[Orlando Class Cruiser (1886)|''Orlando'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Australia''''' was one of 7 armoured cruisers of the [[Orlando Class Cruiser (1886)|''Orlando'' class]].
A later [[H.M.A.S. Australia (1911)|battle cruiser]] and also a [[H.M.A.S. Australia (1927)|heavy cruiser]] of the same name would serve in the [[Royal Australian Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin Julius Dunlop|nick=Martin J. Dunlop|appt=19 November, 1889{{NLApr91|p. 201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Boys|nick=Henry H. Boys|appt=18 July, 1889{{ToL|The Naval Manœuvres|Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col F, p. 3}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin Julius Dunlop|nick=Martin J. Dunlop|appt=19 November, 1889{{NLApr91|p. 201}}|end=28 August, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Swinton Colthurst Holland|nick=Swinton C. Holland|appt=7 August, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 200}}|end=7 June, 1893}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=James A. T. Bruce|appt=8 June, 1893|end=22 September, 1894|note=transferred in from ''Invincible''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|nick=William A. D. Acland|appt=22 September, 1894{{NLApr97|p. 200}}|end=September, 1897{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Mackenzie McQuhae|nick=John M. McQuhae|appt=22 September, 1897<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|end=26 October, 1899<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|note=in command for Annual Manoeuvres of 189X?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=11 November, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 227}}|end=19 February, 1900{{NLFeb00|p. 227}}<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17/482}}</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Neville|nick=George Neville|appt=19 February, 1900<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17/482}}</ref>|end=23 November, 1902<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17/482}}</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 00:38, 18 December 2019

H.M.S. Australia (1886)
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 21 Apr, 1885[2]
Launched: 25 Nov, 1886[3]
Commissioned: Oct, 1888[4]
Sold: 4 Apr, 1905[5]

H.M.S. Australia was one of 7 armoured cruisers of the Orlando class.

A later battle cruiser and also a heavy cruiser of the same name would serve in the Royal Australian Navy.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  6. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 201.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 200.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 200.
  10. ↑ McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  11. ↑ McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 227.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 227.
  14. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/482
  15. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/482
  16. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/482

Bibliography


Orlando Class Armoured Cruiser
Aurora Australia Galatea Immortalité Narcissus
  Orlando Undaunted  
<– Imperieuse Class Major Cruisers (UK) Blake Class –>


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