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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}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen|nick=Frederick S. Vander-Meulen|appt=28 July, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 204}}|end=8 May, 1890}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}
{{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}}
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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]]}}
 
{{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=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}}}}

Revision as of 10:46, 28 November 2018

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. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  22. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  23. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  24. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  25. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  26. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  27. Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
  28. Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.

Bibliography


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