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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage|nick=Algernon C. F. Heneage|appt=26 March, 1878{{NLJul78|p. 191}}|end=31 August, 1880}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage|nick=Algernon C. F. Heneage|appt=26 March, 1878{{NLJul78|p. 191}}|end=31 August, 1880}} | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 25 February 2020
| H.M.S. Achilles (1863) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 1 Aug, 1861 |
| Launched: | 23 Dec, 1863 |
| Completed: | 26 Nov, 1864 |
| Sold: | 26 Jan, 1923 |
H.M.S. Achilles was an armour-plated steam frigate launched in 1863.
Service
Achilles served served in the Channel Fleet until 1868.
She commissioned at Devonport on 17 May 1877 for service in the Mediterranean.[1]
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 September, 1880 for service in the Channel Squadron.[2]
Sent to Malta as a depot ship in 1901, she was renamed H.M.S. Hibernia in 1902 and then H.M.S. Egmont in March 1904. She remained in Malta until 1914.
Sent back to Chatham.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Richard V. Hamilton, 12 April, 1870[3]
- Captain William N. W. Hewett, 1877
- Captain Algernon C. F. Heneage, 26 March, 1878[4] – 31 August, 1880
- Captain Edward Kelly, 8 September, 1880[5] – 8 October, 1882
- Captain George D. Morant, 8 October, 1882[6] – 22 January, 1884
- Captain Alexander Buller, 22 January, 1884[7] – 10 March, 1885
- Captain Henry F. Stephenson, 10 March, 1885 – 7 May, 1885
See Also
Footnotes
