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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=13 October, 1897<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 100.</ref>|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=13 October, 1897<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 100.</ref>|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Augustus Giffard|nick=George A. Giffard|appt=11 May, 1898<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>|end=23 February, 1899<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Augustus Giffard|nick=George A. Giffard|appt=11 May, 1898<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>|end=23 February, 1899<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Anson Primrose|nick=George A. Primrose|appt=15 December, 1899<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>|end=1902<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Anson Primrose|nick=George A. Primrose|appt=15 December, 1899<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 307''a''}}|end=1902<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=25 April, 1905<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>|end=27 December, 1905<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=25 April, 1905<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>|end=27 December, 1905<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=9 August, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=14 April, 1907<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=9 August, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=14 April, 1907<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Guy Wright Davy|nick=Edward G. W. Davy|appt=1 November, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 387}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Guy Wright Davy|nick=Edward G. W. Davy|appt=1 November, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 387}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=21 April, 1909<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=5 April, 1910<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|note=and for command of Special Service Division at Chatham}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=21 April, 1909<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=5 April, 1910<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|note=and for command of Special Service Division at Chatham}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=5 April, 1910<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=5 April, 1910<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 131.</ref>|end=}}
 
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Revision as of 21:01, 26 May 2016

H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1886[2]
Launched: 20 Sep, 1887[3]
Completed: Mar, 1890[4]
Commissioned: Mar, 1890[5]
Sold: 9 Mar, 1911
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Trafalgar was one of two Trafalgar class battleships completed in 1890 and 1891.

Service

Trafalgar was commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1890, by Captain Alan B. Thomas, with a complement of 550 officers and men, as flag ship of Rear-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, second-in-command of the Mediterranean Squadron.[6]

Radio

In 1901, while serving as a Port Guard ship, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  2. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 48.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  4. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 48.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 31.
  6. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1890. Issue 32976, col F, p. 7.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  8. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1301.
  9. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1301.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 259.
  11. Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  12. Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  13. Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1063.
  14. Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.
  15. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  16. Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  17. Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  18. Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  19. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 307a.
  20. Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  21. Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
  22. Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
  23. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  24. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 689.
  25. Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 232.
  26. Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 232.
  27. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  28. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  29. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 387.
  30. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 86.
  31. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  32. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.

Bibliography


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