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Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.{{NLDec81|p. 201}}
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The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}}
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By May 1919, ''Champion'' was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.{{NLMay19|pp. 1105, 1105''b''}}  Oddly, this may not have happened until 1931.
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Ferris|nick=John Ferris|appt=10 October, 1895<ref>Ferris Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 448.</ref>|end=5 October, 1896<ref>Ferris Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 448.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Robert Hope|nick=George R. Hope|appt=7 December, 1880{{NLDec81|p. 201}}|end=12 June, 1882|note=died in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=23 August, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 201}}|end=18 June, 1887}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Adolphus Frederic St. Clair|nick=Adolphus F. St. Clair|appt=4 December, 1888{{NLJul90|p. 206}}|end=4 December, 1891}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace Rooke|nick=Eustace Rooke|appt=6 November, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 209}}|end=7 June, 1895|ass=4 December, 1891<ref>Inferred from St. Clair Service Record.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Ferris|nick=John Ferris|appt=5 October, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 212}}|end=5 October, 1896<ref>Ferris Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 448.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Cross|nick=Charles H. Cross|appt=5 October, 1896<ref>Cross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7601005}} f. 267.</ref>|end=25 September, 1898<ref>Cross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7601005}} f. 267.</ref>|note=for Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Owen Pike|nick=Frederick O. Pike|appt=25 September, 1898<ref>Pike Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>|ass=25 September, 1898<ref>Pike Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>|end=31 October, 1899<ref>Pike Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 16 June 2020

H.M.S. Champion (1878)
Builder: John Elder & Company, Glasgow[1]
Laid down: 1876[2]
Launched: 1 Jul, 1878[3]
Completed: 1878[4]
Sold: 1931[5]

H.M.S. Champion was one of nine Comus Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.[6]

The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897.[7]

By May 1919, Champion was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[8] Oddly, this may not have happened until 1931.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
  7. ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 206.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 209.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 212.
  14. ↑ Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
  15. ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
  16. ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
  17. ↑ Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
  18. ↑ Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.

Bibliography


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