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She was brought to full complement to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]] under the command of [[William Metcalfe Lang]].{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}}
  
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Devastation''" nat="UK">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=1872<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nathan_Wrighte_Hewett Wikipedia].</ref>|end=1873<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nathan_Wrighte_Hewett Wikipedia].</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=17 August, 1872<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 623.</ref>|end=2 October, 1873<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 623.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Taylor Dale|nick=Alfred T. Dale|appt=28 June, 1885<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>|end=14 August, 1885<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Taylor Dale|nick=Alfred T. Dale|appt=28 June, 1885<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>|end=14 August, 1885<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen|nick=Frederick S. Vander-Meulen|appt=28 July, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 204}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Putt Luxmoore|nick=Percy P. Luxmoore|appt=15 August, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 205}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Metcalfe Lang|nick=William M. Lang|appt=14 August, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 218}}|end=|note=and for command of the Fleet Reserve at Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen|nick=Frederick S. Vander-Meulen|appt=28 July, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 204}}|end=8 May, 1890}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Langdale Ottley|nick=Charles L. Ottley|appt=5 December, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 214}}|end=1894|note=and for command of the Fleet Reserve at Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Metcalfe Lang|nick=William M. Lang|appt=14 August, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 218}}|end=1 December, 1896|note=and for command of the Fleet Reserve at Devonport, in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hannam Henderson|nick=William H. Henderson|appt=1 December, 1896|end=12 January, 1898|note=and for command of the Fleet Reserve at Devonport, in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Lucius Fanshawe Royle|nick=Henry L. F. Royle|appt=1 April, 1898|end=28 May, 1898}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Inglefield|nick=Frederick S. Inglefield|appt=November, 1898<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 6.</ref>|end=after January, 1900<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 6.</ref>{{NLFeb00|p. 242}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Inglefield|nick=Frederick S. Inglefield|appt=November, 1898<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 6.</ref>|end=after January, 1900<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 6.</ref>{{NLFeb00|p. 242}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Arthur K. Waistell|appt=1 January, 1903<ref>Waistell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>|end=31 December, 1903<ref>Waistell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis George Kirby|nick=Francis G. Kirby|appt=15 October, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 245}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Osbert Boothby|nick=William O. Boothby|appt=14 July, 1903<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602238}} f. 180.</ref>|end=18 August, 1903<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602238}} f. 180.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres and for command of the [[Holyhead Flotilla]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Lutley Sclater|nick=Guy L. Sclater|appt=21 June, 1902{{NMI|5 June 1902, p. 7}}|end=21 July, 1903|note=remained on board, additional, for Manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Arthur K. Waistell|appt=1 January, 1903<ref>Waistell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>|end=31 December, 1903<ref>Waistell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179/344.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Osbert Boothby|nick=William O. Boothby|appt=14 July, 1903<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602238}} f. 180.</ref>|end=18 August, 1903<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602238}} f. 180.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]] and for command of the [[Holyhead Flotilla]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=31 December, 1903<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|end=9 September, 1904<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=31 December, 1903<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|end=9 September, 1904<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Herbert John Temple Marshall|nick=Herbert J. T. Marshall|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>|end=8 October, 1904<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>|note=for Torpedo Boat manoeuvres}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:07, 6 April 2020

H.M.S. Devastation (1871)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 12 Nov, 1869[2]
Launched: 12 Jul, 1871[3]
Completed: 19 Apr, 1873[4]
Sold: 1908[5]
H.M.S. Devastation was one of two Devastation Class turret ships completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She was brought to full complement to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 under the command of William Metcalfe Lang.[6][7][8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
  9. Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 623.
  10. Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 623.
  11. Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 842.
  12. Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 842.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 205.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 204.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 214.
  16. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 218.
  17. Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 6.
  18. Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 6.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 242.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 245.
  21. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 June 1902, p. 7.
  22. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  23. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  24. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  25. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  26. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  27. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  28. Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
  29. Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.

Bibliography


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