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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=18 June, 1903<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 19:40, 17 February 2015

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. Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 80/158.
  10. Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 80/158.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 345.
  12. 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 –>