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• Onondaga (1863)
  ''Onondaga'' was part of the large ironclad construction program undertaken by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] in ...summer of 1868.<ref>[http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_b_B2.html la Flotte de Napoléon III - Gardes-côtes cuirassés].</ref>
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• William Thomas Sampson
  ...vy]] [[Admiral|admiral]] known for his victory in the [[Battle of Santiago de Cuba]] during the [[Spanish-American War]]. ..."torpedoes") off Charleston, South Carolina. He survived the loss of that ironclad on 15 January, 1865, when she struck a torpedo, exploded, and sank with a l
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• Sinclair Papers at the National Maritime Museum
  ...ander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, and his flagship, the central battery ironclad HMS ALEXANDRA (1875). ...mazieh in the Dardanelles in September 1880. The photographs include carte-de-visite and cabinet portraits, and topographical views of Catarro and Gravos
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• Chatham Royal Dockyard
  {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Ber |{{UK-1Bellerophon|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||26 May, 1865||Sold 1922
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• Walter Hugh Charles Samuel Thring
  ...was automatically rated {{MidRN}} on 15 July 1888. He was appointed to the ironclad ''Northumberland'' in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron] ...f, [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]], Admiral [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]]. He held
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• Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian
  Heneage was appointed additional to the ironclad ''[[H.M.S. Triumph (1870)|Triumph]]'' on 30 August, 1887.<ref>"Naval and Mi ...ed to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 31 January, 1918, vice [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|Foot]].{{Gaz|30522|1946|12 February, 1918}} On 9 March he was a
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• Edward Percy Ashe
  ...''Uruguay'' after it had wrecked off Cape Fries and conveying them to Rio de Janeiro.<ref>Ashe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/39.|D7578769}} f. 42.</ At the end of 1904, Ashe commanded the ironclad [[H.M.S. Monarch (1868)|''Simoom'']], late ''Monarch'', on her journey home
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• Norfolk Navy Yard
  ...ttled steam frigate U.S.S. ''Merrimack'' was raised and converted into the ironclad C.S.S. ''Virginia''. {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Louis Rudolph de Steiguer|nick=Louis R. de Steiguer|appt=20 July, 1913{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January,
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• John de Mestre Hutchison
  [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''John de Mestre Hutchison''', C.M.G., C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (4 September, 1864 ...d to wait nine months before being rated {{MidRN}}. His first ship was the ironclad ''Agincourt'' at the Dardanelles, which he joined via the trooper [[H.M.S.
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• Charles Carter Drury
  On 2 April, 1889 Drury assumed command of the old central battery ironclad, ''Bellerophon'', flagship of the North American station. He paid her off Drury was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to Queen Victoria on 23 August, 1897, vice [[Lewis Anthony Beaumont|
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• John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe
  ...], which took him to such foreign destinations as China, Port Stanley, Rio de Janeiro, South Africa and St. Helena over three years. He proved himself i ...e was ordered back to Britain. From 2 to 31 March he was appointed to the ironclad ''Achilles'', and 1 April he was appointed Commander in the ''Sans Pareil's
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• Jellicoe:Background and Early Life
  ...commission the ''Newcastle'' and Jellicoe visited China, Port Stanley, Rio de Janeiro, South Africa and St. Helena, where Jellicoe visited Napoleon Bonap ...of two steamboats and four cutters. He was then made [[Aide-de-Camp]] (A.de.C.) to Commerell and was tasked with carrying letters from the Admiral acro
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• Alexander Edward Bethell
  Bethell was born in London. He joined the central ironclad battery ship [[H.M.S. Hercules (1868)|''Hercules'']] as a Sub-Lieutenant on ...2751''', col F, p. 3}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Lionel de Lautour Wells|Lionel de L. Wells]]'''}}
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• George Astley Callaghan
  He was appointed to the ironclad ''Caledonia'' on 17 April and to the battleship ''Lord Warden'' on 26 May. He was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to King Edward VII on 25 April, 1904, vice [[Archibald Berkeley Miln
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• Mansfield George Smith-Cumming
  From 3 December 1875 to 5 January 1876 he served as Aide-de-Camp to his captain, Captain [[Alexander Buller]], who commanded a Naval Br ...led to free passage. After 15 days' full pay leave he was appointed to the ironclad ''Sultan'' on 8 September 1883, with "a report on health to be made in 6 mo
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• Archibald Peile Stoddart
  ...bruary, 1897, then went on leave and half pay until being appointed to the ironclad ''Alexandra'', First Reserve ship, on 21 May. He did two summer cruises in ...h, 1909, the outgoing Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet, [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]], recorded
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• Warship (Journal)
  * The Ironclad Turret Ship ''Huascar'', by Gerald Wood with Philip Somervell and John Mabe * Ships of the Line of the Spanish Navy (1714-1825), by C de Saint Hubert
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• Hugh Evan-Thomas
  ...Fifth''. p. 19.</ref> with the help of, amongst others, [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Lord Charles Beresford]]<ref>Gordo ...les of the Game''. pp. 226-227.</ref> Instead, he was appointed to the [[ironclad]] [[H.M.S. Sultan (1870)|''Sultan'']] on 10 January, 1884, having attained
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• Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford
  [[File:Lord Charles de la Poer Beresford.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Admiral Lord Beresford.]] [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford''', G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (
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• John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher
  ...was an officer of the 78th Regiment of Foot (Highlanders) serving as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Ceylon. In 1841 he decided to leave the army, and In June, 1870, he transferred to the ironclad H.M.S. ''Ocean'', flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Kellett, Commander-in-
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