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Revision as of 20:25, 2 December 2014

H.M.S. Mercury (1878)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 16 Mar, 1876[2]
Launched: 17 Apr, 1878[3]
Commissioned: Sep, 1879[4]
Sold: 1919[5]

H.M.S. Mercury was one of two second class protected cruisers of the Iris class.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
  7. ↑ Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86. f. 59/118.
  8. ↑ Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86. f. 59/118.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 345.
  10. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.

Bibliography


Iris Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
  Iris Mercury  
  Minor Cruisers (UK) Leander Class –>


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