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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=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Adolphus Frederic St. Clair|nick=Adolphus F. St. Clair|appt=4 December, 1888{{NLJul90|p. 206}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace Rooke|nick=Eustace Rooke|appt=6 November, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 210}}|end=}} | |||
{{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>}} | {{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>}} | ||
{{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>}} | {{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>}} |
Revision as of 14:05, 19 March 2016
H.M.S. Champion (1878) | |
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Builder: | Elder, 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
Captains
- Captain Adolphus F. St. Clair, 4 December, 1888[6]
- Captain Eustace Rooke, 6 November, 1891[7]
- Captain John Ferris, 10 October, 1895[8] – 5 October, 1896[9]
- Captain Charles H. Cross, 5 October, 1896[10] – 25 September, 1898[11]
- Captain Frederick O. Pike, 25 September, 1898[12] – 31 October, 1899[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 206.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 210.
- ↑ Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
- ↑ Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
- ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
- ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
- ↑ Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
- ↑ Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
Bibliography
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Curacoa | Constance | Canada | Cordelia |