H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)
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Career | Details |
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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:
- Captain Alan B. Thomas, 2 April, 1890.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1890. Issue 32976, col F, pg. 7.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 22 March, 1890. Issue 32966, col F, pg. 12.
Bibliography
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