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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.{{NLDec81|p. 201}} | Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.{{NLDec81|p. 201}} | ||
The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace Rooke|nick=Eustace Rooke|appt=6 November, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 209}}|end=7 June, 1895|ass=4 December, 1891<ref>Inferred from St. Clair Service Record.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eustace Rooke|nick=Eustace Rooke|appt=6 November, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 209}}|end=7 June, 1895|ass=4 December, 1891<ref>Inferred from St. Clair Service Record.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Ferris|nick=John Ferris|appt=5 October, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 212}}|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=5 October, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 212}}|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>|note=for Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Owen Pike|nick=Frederick O. Pike|appt=25 September, 1898<ref>Pike Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>|ass=25 September, 1898<ref>Pike Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>|end=31 October, 1899<ref>Pike Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Owen Pike|nick=Frederick O. Pike|appt=25 September, 1898<ref>Pike Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>|ass=25 September, 1898<ref>Pike Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>|end=31 October, 1899<ref>Pike Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:14, 6 September 2019
| H.M.S. Champion (1878) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | John Elder & Company, 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
Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.[6]
The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897.[7]
Captains
- Captain George R. Hope, 7 December, 1880[8] – 12 June, 1882 (died in command)
- Captain Armand T. Powlett, 23 August, 1883[9] – 18 June, 1887
- Captain Adolphus F. St. Clair, 4 December, 1888[10] – 4 December, 1891
- Captain Eustace Rooke, 6 November, 1891[11] – 7 June, 1895
- Captain John Ferris, 5 October, 1894[12] – 5 October, 1896[13]
- Captain Charles H. Cross, 5 October, 1896[14] – 25 September, 1898[15] (for Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain Frederick O. Pike, 25 September, 1898[16] – 31 October, 1899[17]
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. (December, 1881). p. 201.
- ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 206.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 209.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 212.
- ↑ 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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