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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Harry H. Rawson|appt=11 July, 1889<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>{{NMI|17 May 1889, p. 10}}|end=16 September, 1889<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hedworth Meux|nick=Hedworth Lambton|appt=4 February, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 266}}<ref>Meux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|end=24 June, 1893<ref>Meux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral [[Charles Frederick Hotham|Charles F. Hotham]], on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]]|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hedworth Meux|nick=Hedworth Lambton|appt=4 February, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 266}}<ref>Meux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|end=24 June, 1893<ref>Meux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral [[Charles Frederick Hotham|Charles F. Hotham]], on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]]|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Frederick Hammick|nick=Robert F. Hammick|appt=24 May, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 268}}|end=24 May, 1895}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Frederick Hammick|nick=Robert F. Hammick|appt=24 May, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 268}}|end=24 May, 1895}} | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 25 February 2021
| H.M.S. Warspite (1884) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard [1] |
| Laid down: | 25 Oct, 1881[2] |
| Launched: | 29 Jan, 1884[3] |
| Commissioned: | 14 Feb, 1890[4] |
| Sold: | 4 Apr, 1905[5] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Service
Commissioned at Chatham on 14 February, 1890.[6]
Warspite arrived at Devonport from Sheerness on 20 April, 1899 under the command of Captain Thomas Philip Walker and flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Beaumont. She left for the Pacific Station in the evening of the 20th.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Harry H. Rawson, 11 July, 1889[8][9] – 16 September, 1889[10] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889)
- Captain Hedworth Lambton, 4 February, 1890[11][12] – 24 June, 1893[13] (as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Charles F. Hotham, on the Pacific Station)
- Captain Robert F. Hammick, 24 May, 1892[14] – 24 May, 1895
- Captain Frederick R. Boardman, 24 May, 1895[15] (moved to Howe upon her commissioning)
- Captain A. Berkeley Milne, 15 June, 1897[16] – 30 July, 1897[17] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain Thomas P. Walker, 28 March, 1899[18] – 1 November, 1900[19]
- Captain Colin R. Keppel, 1 November, 1900[20] – 1901[21]
- Captain John L. Marx, 24 March, 1902[22]
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). pp. 266-7.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 267.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 21, 1899; pg. 11; Issue 35809.
- ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 17 May 1889, p. 10.
- ↑ Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 266.
- ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 364.
- ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 364.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 268.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268k.
- ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
- ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
- ↑ Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 168.
- ↑ Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 168.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 312.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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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