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==Construction and Service==
==Construction and Service==
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 March 1891 to replace {{UK-Northumberland}}.{{NLMar92|p. 197}}
''Alexandra'' served as flagship on the Mediterranean Station from her commissioning in January 1877 through 1889.
 
She paid off at Malta on 2 March, 1886.{{NMI|10 Feb. 1886, p. 10}}
 
''Alexandra'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 March 1891 to replace {{UK-Northumberland}}.{{NLMar92|p. 197}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=16 January, 1888{{NLFeb88|p. 193}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=22 November, 1876<ref>FitzRoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=12 March, 1880<ref>FitzRoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 45.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=28 August, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 197}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Hotham|nick=Charles F. Hotham|appt=14 November, 1881{{NLDec81|p. 193}}|end=1883<ref>Date not fully legible from his Service Record preview.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=c. 1892{{NLApr94|p. 197.  Year is not printed}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Harry H. Rawson|appt=17 January, 1883<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|end=24 September, 1885<ref>Rawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Harvey Pigott|nick=William H. Pigott|appt=25 February, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hilary Gustavus Andoe|nick=Hilary G. Andoe|appt=24 September, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 193}}|end=2 March, 1886}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa|nick=Count Frederick C. Metaxa|appt=c. 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 222. Year is illegible}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=c. March, 1886{{NMI|13 Feb. 1886, p. 6}}|end=16 January, 1888<ref>Fellowes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1012.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=16 January, 1888<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>{{NLFeb88|p. 193}}|end=7 June, 1889<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=28 August, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 197}}|end=12 May, 1890|note=his service record indicates {{UK-1Hercules}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=5 September, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 197.  Year is not printed}}|end=28 May, 1894|note=stayed on, additional, at end}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Harvey Pigott|nick=William H. Pigott|appt=25 February, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=28 January, 1897|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles James Barlow|nick=Charles J. Barlow|appt=28 January, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 222}}|end=25 September, 1898}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa|nick=Count Frederick C. Metaxa|appt=25 September, 1898{{NMI|Friday, Sep 23, 1898; pg. 5; Issue 35629}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic William Fisher|nick=Frederick W. Fisher|appt=16 April, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 222}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic William Fisher|nick=Frederick W. Fisher|appt=16 April, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 222}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 16 September 2022

H.M.S. Alexandra (1875)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 5 Mar, 1873[2]
Launched: 7 Apr, 1875[3]
Completed: 31 Jan, 1877[4]
Sold: 1908[5]

The central battery ironclad H.M.S. Alexandra was completed in 1877 for the Royal Navy. She was laid down as H.M.S. Superb, conceived as a beamier Sultan with increased armour and weaponry. She was renamed before launch, in 1874.[6]

Construction and Service

Alexandra served as flagship on the Mediterranean Station from her commissioning in January 1877 through 1889.

She paid off at Malta on 2 March, 1886.[7]

Alexandra was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 March 1891 to replace Northumberland.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

  • Wikipedia
  • 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).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 Feb. 1886, p. 10.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
  9. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. ?.
  10. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 193.
  12. ↑ Date not fully legible from his Service Record preview.
  13. ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  14. ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 193.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 13 Feb. 1886, p. 6.
  17. ↑ Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. ?.
  18. ↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/558. f. 177.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 193.
  20. ↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/558. f. 177.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 197. Year is not printed.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 197.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 222.
  25. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Sep 23, 1898; pg. 5; Issue 35629.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 222.



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