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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=27 February, 1905<ref>Heath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 200.</ref>|end=20 March, 1906<ref>Heath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 200.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=27 February, 1905<ref>Heath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 200.</ref>|end=20 March, 1906<ref>Heath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 200.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edmund Kingsmill|nick=Charles E. Kingsmill|appt=8 May, 1907<ref>Kingsmill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 755.</ref>|end=25 May, 1908<ref>Kingsmill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 755.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edmund Kingsmill|nick=Charles E. Kingsmill|appt=8 May, 1907<ref>Kingsmill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 755.</ref>|end=25 May, 1908<ref>Kingsmill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 755.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Thomas Stuart|nick=Arthur T. Stuart|appt=23 May, 1908<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578986}} f. 1237.</ref>|end=11 July, 1908<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578986}} f. 1237.</ref>|note=and in command of Battleship Division and Special Service Vessel at DEvonport. Died of heart disease}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Philip Rolleston|nick=John P. Rolleston|appt=11 August, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 366}}<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 690.</ref>|end=15 January, 1909<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 690.</ref>|note=and for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Philip Rolleston|nick=John P. Rolleston|appt=11 August, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 366}}<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 690.</ref>|end=15 January, 1909<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 690.</ref>|note=and for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bowes Hutton|nick=George B. Hutton|appt=16 January, 1909<ref>Hutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 448.</ref>|end=24 May, 1910<ref>Hutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 448.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bowes Hutton|nick=George B. Hutton|appt=16 January, 1909<ref>Hutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 448.</ref>|end=24 May, 1910<ref>Hutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 448.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 21:24, 26 May 2015
H.M.S. Repulse (1892) | |
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Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Ordered: | Naval Defence Act of 1889[2] |
Laid down: | 1 Jan, 1890[3] |
Launched: | 27 Feb, 1892[4] |
Completed: | Apr, 1894[5] |
Commissioned: | Apr, 1894[6] |
Sold: | 1911[7] |
Fate: | Broken up |
Service
Equipment and Alterations
In 1899, Repulse acquired her first rangefinder, a 4.5-foot model mounted at the back of the bridge, but lacking any ready means of transmitting its cuts.[8]
Radio
As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Robert L. Groome, 21 December, 1897[10]
- Captain Randolph F. O. Foote, 28 June, 1899[11]
- Captain Spencer H. M. Login, 18 September, 1900[12] – 31 December, 1903[13]
- Captain Henry L. Tottenham, 3 January, 1905[14] – 1 March, 1905[15]
- Captain Herbert L. Heath, 27 February, 1905[16] – 20 March, 1906[17]
- Captain Charles E. Kingsmill, 8 May, 1907[18] – 25 May, 1908[19]
- Captain Arthur T. Stuart, 23 May, 1908[20] – 11 July, 1908[21] (and in command of Battleship Division and Special Service Vessel at DEvonport. Died of heart disease)
- Captain John P. Rolleston, 11 August, 1908[22][23] – 15 January, 1909[24] (and for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport)
- Captain George B. Hutton, 16 January, 1909[25] – 24 May, 1910[26]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
- ↑ Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 30.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 468.
- ↑ Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
- ↑ Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 623.
- ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 623.
- ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
- ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
- ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
- ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 366.
- ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 690.
- ↑ Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 690.
- ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
- ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
Bibliography
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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