Annual Manoeuvres of 1892

The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1892 involved a number of ships specially commissioned on 21 July, 1892, except Blonde on 29 June and Naiad on 8 July.

Order of Battle

Sheerness Command

• second class protected cruiser Andromache Captain H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg
• second class protected cruiser Apollo Captain Richard Poore
• second class protected cruiser Arethusa Captain William Hannam Henderson
• third class protected cruiser Barracouta Commander John Ferris
• second class battleship Benbow Captain Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe
• coastal monitor Cyclops Commander John Warde Osborne
• torpedo gunboat Gleaner Lieutenant George Latham Blacker Bennett
• torpedo gunboat Gossamer Lieutenant Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon
• torpedo gunboat Grasshopper Lieutenant Henry Maurice Wilton Pitt Johnson
• coastal monitor Hydra Commander Vernon Archibald Tisdall
• second class protected cruiser Mersey Commander Adolphus Frederic St. Clair
• second class protected cruiser Naiad Captain Francis Powell
• armoured cruiser Northampton Captain Henry Harvey Boys
• torpedo gunboat Salamander Lieutenant John Henry Waters Theed
• torpedo gunboat Sheldrake Lieutenant Lionel Aubrey Walter Barnes-Lawrence
• torpedo gunboat Skipjack Lieutenant Edmond John Warre Slade
• second class protected cruiser Terpsichore Captain Samuel Arthur Johnson
• second class protected cruiser Thetis Captain William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth
• second class protected cruiser Tribune Captain Oswald Peploe Tudor
• T.B. 26 Sub-lieutenant in Command Montagu William Warcop Peter Consett
• T.B. 27 Sub-lieutenant in Command Henry Arthur Lyall
• T.B. 65 Lieutenant & Commander (T) Arthur Barry
• T.B. 67 Sub-lieutenant in Command James Andrew Fergusson
• T.B. 68 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Stanley Bernard Norfolk (lent)
• T.B. 72 Lieutenant & Commander Leonard Coryton Lister (lent)
• T.B. 73 Sub-lieutenant in Command Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy
• T.B. 74 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe (lent)

Portsmouth Command

• third class protected cruiser Barham Captain Alfred Leigh Winsloe
• third class protected cruiser Barossa Commander Arthur William Edward Prothero
• second class battleship Camperdown Captain Wollaston Comyns Karslake
• armoured cruiser Galatea Captain William Alison Dyke Acland
• ironclad monitor Glatton Captain Orford Churchill
• second class battleship Hero Captain Alexander George McKechnie
• second class protected cruiser Indefatigable Captain George Lambart Atkinson
• second class protected cruiser Iris Captain Charles James Norcock
• second class protected cruiser Latona Captain Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa
• torpedo gunboat Rattlesnake Lieutenant & Commander Lewis Bayly
• torpedo gunboat Seagull Lieutenant & Commander (T) Arthur Ward Torlesse
• T.B. 25 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Vincent Barkly Molteno (lent)
• T.B. 33 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command George Henry Baird (lent)
• T.B. 41 Lieutenant in Command Thomas Legge Barnardiston (lent)
• T.B. 66 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Philip James Stopford (lent)
• T.B. 75 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Arthur Craig Waller (lent)
• T.B. 77 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Wilmot Stuart Nicholson (lent)
• T.B. 79 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Sydney Stewart Hall (lent)
• T.B. 80 Lieutenant in Command Frederick Charles Ashley Ogilvy (lent)
• T.B. 81 Lieutenant in Command (T) Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (lent)
• T.B. 83 Lieutenant in Command Cole Cortlandt Fowler (lent)
• T.B. 84 Lieutenant in Command Gordon Colquhoun Fraser (lent)
• T.B. 85 Lieutenant in Command Thomas Charles Smyth (lent)

Devonport Command

• third class protected cruiser Blonde Commander Henry Marwood Colson Festing
• second class battleship Conqueror Captain Pelham Aldrich
• gunvessel Curlew Commander Arthur Napier Heathcote
• second class protected cruiser Forth Captain Edward Grey Hulton
• monitor Gorgon Commander George Izat
• third class protected cruiser Phoebe Captain Alvin Coote Corry
• torpedo gunboat Sharpshooter Commander Lionel de Lautour Wells
• torpedo gunboat Spanker Lieutenant & Commander Herbert Neville Rolfe
• torpedo gunboat Spider Lieutenant & Commander John Gibbings
• ex-tug and special service vessel Traveller Lieutenant & Commander Richard Archibald Cathie
• second class protected cruiser Thames Captain Charles Carter Drury
• T.B. 52 Lieutenant & Commander (T) Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (lent)
• T.B. 53 Lieutenant & Commander Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier (lent)
• T.B. 55 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Frank Brandt (lent)
• T.B. 57 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Ralph Philip Clutton (lent)
• T.B. 58 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command John Douglas Edwards (lent)
• T.B. 59 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Lionel Halsey (lent)
• T.B. 87 Lieutenant & Commander Clement Greatorex (lent)