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==Commanding Officers== | ==Commanding Officers== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | |||
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|Arthur K. Wilson]], appointed 1 January, 1889. | *{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|Arthur K. Wilson]], appointed 1 January, 1889. | ||
*Captain [[Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet|Baldwin W. Walker]], 1 November, 1893.<ref name=Blond167>Blond. ''Technology and Tradition''. p. 167.</ref> | |||
*Captain [[Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet|Baldwin W. Walker]], | *Captain [[John Durnford]], 12 November, 1895.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[John Durnford]], | *Captain [[Charles Grey Robinson|Charles G. Robinson]], 2 October, 1899.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[Charles Grey Robinson|Charles G. Robinson]], | *Captain [[George Le Clerc Egerton|George Le C. Egerton]], 10 February, 1902.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[George Le Clerc Egerton|George Le C. Egerton]], | *Captain [[Henry Bradwardine Jackson|Henry B. Jackson]], 15 February, 1904.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[Henry Bradwardine Jackson|Henry B. Jackson]], | *Captain [[Charles John Briggs|Charles J. Briggs]], 24 December, 1904.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[Charles John Briggs|Charles J. Briggs]], | *Captain [[Douglas Austin Gamble|Douglas A. Gamble]], 10 May, 1907.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[Douglas Austin Gamble|Douglas A. Gamble]], | *Captain [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|Robert S. P. Hornby]], 16 October, 1908.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|Robert S. P. Hornby]], | *Captain [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson|William C. M. Nicholson]], 1 November, 1911.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson|William C. M. Nicholson]], | *Captain [[Frederick Laurence Field|Frederick L. Field]], 10 September, 1914.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[Frederick Laurence Field|Frederick L. Field]], | *Captain [[Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|Henry L. d'E. Skipwith]], 16 September, 1915.<ref name=Blond167/> | ||
*Captain [[Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|Henry L. d'E. Skipwith]], | *Captain [[Frederick Charles Ulick Vernon-Wentworth|Frederick C. U. V. Wentworth]], (''Retired''), 10 July, 1918. | ||
*Captain [[Frederick Charles Ulick Vernon-Wentworth|Frederick C. U. V. Wentworth]], (''Retired''), | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 1 July 2010
History
In 1871 it was decided that Commander John Fisher would become Chief Torpedo Instructor at H.M.S. Excellent and educate officers in electricity and torpedoes.[1] In 1872 H.M.S. Vernon was selected to become the Royal Navy's torpedo training school as a tender to Excellent. Vernon was a fifty gun frigate designed by William Symonds which had been laid down in October, 1831 at Woolwich Royal Dockyard and launched on 1 May, 1832. She was described by Sir Charles Napier as the "most magnificent frigate ever built by any nation". She was hulked in March, 1863 and moved to Portsmouth for fitting out under the supervision of Fisher and was ready by the Spring of 1873.[2][3][4] In 1876 the Admiralty decided to separate Vernon from Excellent, and the former was commissioned in her own right on 26 April, 1876 under Captain William Arthur, with Arthur K. Wilson as Commander (Second-in-Command).[5]
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Arthur K. Wilson, appointed 1 January, 1889.
- Captain Baldwin W. Walker, 1 November, 1893.[6]
- Captain John Durnford, 12 November, 1895.[6]
- Captain Charles G. Robinson, 2 October, 1899.[6]
- Captain George Le C. Egerton, 10 February, 1902.[6]
- Captain Henry B. Jackson, 15 February, 1904.[6]
- Captain Charles J. Briggs, 24 December, 1904.[6]
- Captain Douglas A. Gamble, 10 May, 1907.[6]
- Captain Robert S. P. Hornby, 16 October, 1908.[6]
- Captain William C. M. Nicholson, 1 November, 1911.[6]
- Captain Frederick L. Field, 10 September, 1914.[6]
- Captain Henry L. d'E. Skipwith, 16 September, 1915.[6]
- Captain Frederick C. U. V. Wentworth, (Retired), 10 July, 1918.
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackay. Fisher of Kilverstone. p. 106.
- ↑ Sharp. Memoirs of the Life and Services of Rear-Admiral Sir William Symonds, Kt.. p. 135.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Sail & Steam Navy List. p. 104.
- ↑ Mackay. Fisher of Kilverstone. pp. 109-110.
- ↑ Mackay. Fisher of Kilverstone. p. 125.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Blond. Technology and Tradition. p. 167.
Bibliography
- Blond, A. J. L. (1993). Technology and Tradition: Wireless Telegraphy and the Royal Navy 1895-1920. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Lancaster: University of Lancaster.
