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Revision as of 17:48, 9 September 2012

H.M.S. Trafalgar
Career Details
Built By: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 18 January, 1886
Launched: 20 September, 1887
Commissioned: 2 April, 1890
Sold: 9 March, 1911
Fate: Scrapped

Career

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.[1]

Radio

In 1901, while serving as a Port Guard ship, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1890. Issue 32976, col F, p. 7.
  2. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 22 March, 1890. Issue 32966, col F, p. 12.

Bibliography



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