H.M.S. Iron Duke (1870)
From The Dreadnought Project
H.M.S. Iron Duke (1870) | |
---|---|
Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Ordered: | 1867 Estimates[2] |
Laid down: | 23 Aug, 1868[3] |
Launched: | 1 Mar, 1870[4] |
Commissioned: | 21 Jan, 1871[5] |
Sold: | 1906[6] |
Contents
Service
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1890 eventually to replace H.M.S. Devastation in the Coast Guard Service, Queensferry, North Britain.[7] First, however, she participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 under the command of Captain Frederick S. Vander-Meulen as part of the Hostile Fleet tasked with threatening British trade routes.[8]
Captains
- Captain Henry D. Hickley, c. 1875[9] (in command when collided with Vanguard)
- Captain Henry C. St. John, 28 August, 1885[10]
- Captain Robert H. Boyle, 11 December, 1886[11]
- Captain Frederick S. Vander-Meulen, 9 May, 1890 – 31 August, 1890 (for Annual Manoevres of 1890)
- Captain Charles S. Cardale, 3 February, 1891[12] – 5 April, 1892
- Captain Ernest N. Rolfe, 5 April, 1892 – 3 May, 1893
- Commander (N) Robert L. G. Noel, 10 April, 1896[13] – 10 February, 1902
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 231.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 270.
Audacious Class Central Battery Ironclad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Audacious | Invincible | Iron Duke | Vanguard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battleships (UK) | Swiftsure Class | –> |