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'''H.M.S. ''Sultan''''' was a central-battery ironclad completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1871.
'''H.M.S. ''Sultan''''' was a central-battery ironclad completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1871.


==Design & Construction==
==Design & Construction==
===Armament===


==Service==
==Service==
''Sultan'' was taken out of the No. 10 dock at Portsmouth on 29 August, 1871.  Upon her commissioning, the crew of ''Minotaur'' were to be turned over to her.{{NMI|29 Aug. 1871, p. 3}}
''Sultan'' commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 April, 1882 for service in the [[Channel Squadron]].{{NLSep85|p. 238}}
''Sultan'' departed Malta's Grand Harbour on 6 March 1889 to conduct gunnery and torpedo exercises in Comino Channel near Gozo island.  After firing five torpedoes and mindfully setting buoys to mark a five fathom depth line, she unexpectedly ran aground at six knots on a rock 600 yards offshore that would prove to be missing from all charts on board.  Men were removed by other vessels which responded, but the ship was impaled on a pinnacle of rock.  Efforts to refloat her failed, and she sank on the 14th, leaving her masts above water.  The ship was surprisingly salvaged in August and sent to Portsmouth after temporary repairs in Malta.  Captain [[Ernest Rice]] was reprimanded for being so near shore, but the deficiencies in his charts were acknowledged.{{HepperLosses|pp. 13, 14}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Anthony Hiley Hoskins|nick=Anthony H. Hoskins|appt=30 July, 1873{{NMI|31 July 1873, p. 5}}|end=26 April, 1875}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Ernest Albert, Third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|nick=H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh|appt=25 February, 1876<ref>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/25.}}  ff. 18, 22.</ref>|end=9 May, 1878<ref>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/25.}}  ff. 18, 22.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Henry Howard|nick=Edward H. Howard|appt=9 May, 1878<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1861.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=15 June, 1878<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1861.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=may have stayed on after 15 June?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter James Hunt-Grubbe|nick=Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe|appt=20 April, 1882{{NLMar83|p. 241}}|end=May, 1884<ref>''London and China Express'' (Friday, 9 May 1884), p. 498.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Edward Tracey|nick=Richard E. Tracey|appt=2 May, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 241}}|end=July, 1885}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Duckworth-King|nick=Richard D. King|appt=17 July, 1885<ref>Duckworth-King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2084.|}} f. 744.</ref>{{NLSep85|p. 238}}|end=18 August, 1887<ref>Duckworth-King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2084.|}} f. 744.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Rice|nick=Ernest Rice|appt=18 August, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 231}}|end=8 April, 1889|note=wrecked her on 14 March 1889}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa|nick=Count F. C. Metaxa|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Metaxa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/110.|}} f. 879.</ref>{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}|end=1 September, 1896<ref>Metaxa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/110.|}} f. 879.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Lewis Frederick Blackburn|nick=Lewis F. Blackburn|appt=22 January, 1902{{NLMay02|p. 304}}|end=|note=I am not convinced he was in command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 25 November 2024

H.M.S. Sultan (1870)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 29 Feb, 1868[2]
Launched: 31 May, 1870[3]
Commissioned: 10 Oct, 1871[4]
Sold: 1946[5]

H.M.S. Sultan was a central-battery ironclad completed for the Royal Navy in 1871.

Design & Construction

Service

Sultan was taken out of the No. 10 dock at Portsmouth on 29 August, 1871. Upon her commissioning, the crew of Minotaur were to be turned over to her.[6]

Sultan commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 April, 1882 for service in the Channel Squadron.[7]

Sultan departed Malta's Grand Harbour on 6 March 1889 to conduct gunnery and torpedo exercises in Comino Channel near Gozo island. After firing five torpedoes and mindfully setting buoys to mark a five fathom depth line, she unexpectedly ran aground at six knots on a rock 600 yards offshore that would prove to be missing from all charts on board. Men were removed by other vessels which responded, but the ship was impaled on a pinnacle of rock. Efforts to refloat her failed, and she sank on the 14th, leaving her masts above water. The ship was surprisingly salvaged in August and sent to Portsmouth after temporary repairs in Malta. Captain Ernest Rice was reprimanded for being so near shore, but the deficiencies in his charts were acknowledged.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 16.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 14.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 14.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 29 Aug. 1871, p. 3.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 238.
  8. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 13, 14.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 12 May 1871, p. 11.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 31 July 1873, p. 5.
  11. ↑ Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/25. ff. 18, 22.
  12. ↑ Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/25. ff. 18, 22.
  13. ↑ Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1861. f. ?.
  14. ↑ Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1861. f. ?.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 241.
  16. ↑ London and China Express (Friday, 9 May 1884), p. 498.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 241.
  18. ↑ Duckworth-King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/2084. f. 744.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 238.
  20. ↑ Duckworth-King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/2084. f. 744.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 231.
  22. ↑ Metaxa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/110. f. 879.
  23. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  24. ↑ Metaxa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/110. f. 879.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 304.



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