H.M.S. Russell (1901)
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H.M.S. Russell (1901) | |
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Pendant Number: | 23 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Palmers[2] |
Ordered: | 1898 Supplemental Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 11 Mar, 1899[4] |
Launched: | 19 Feb, 1901[5] |
Commissioned: | 19 Feb, 1903 |
Mined: | 27 Apr, 1916[6] |
Fate: | off Malta[7] |
Completed in 1903, H.M.S. Russell was the first of six battleships of her class to be commissioned.
Career
Russell was launched at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 19 February, 1901, by Mrs. McLaren, wife of Charles McLaren, chairman of the Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company.[8]
Russell commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, to relieve the Canopus in the Mediterranean.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, 19 February, 1903.[10]
- Captain Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram, April 1904.[11]
- Captain Robert Swinburne Lowry, December 1905.[12]
- Captain Frederick Alexander Warden, November 1906.[13]
- Captain Arthur D. Ricardo, 10 August, 1907.[14]
- Captain William Fane De Salis, July 1909.[15]
- Captain George W. Smith, 3 March, 1911.[16]
- Captain Herbert A. S. Fyler, 5 March, 1913.[17]
- Captain William Bowden Smith, 5 December, 1913.[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 9 February, 1903. Issue 36999, col E, p. 8.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 370.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1913. Issue 40141, col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1913. Issue 40141, col D, p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 378a.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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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