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'''H.M.S. ''Ramillies''''' was one of eight [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|''Royal Sovereign'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1893-94.  She was sold shortly before the [[Great War]].
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==Service==
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==Radio==
 
==Radio==
As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was noted as carrying a Jackson W/T set.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901'', p. 111</ref>
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As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was noted as carrying a Jackson W/T set.{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}
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==Torpedoes==
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In May 1898, the ship received the first gyro-equipped torpedoes ever issued in the Royal Navy:  two [[18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedo]]es from the Malta Sub-Depot.{{ARTS1898|p. 42}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Robert Swinburne Lowry]], perhaps after 1902 and before October, 1906.
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*Captain [[Hubert Grant-Dalton]], 1 February, 1908.  (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908)p. 365.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|nick=Francis C. B. Bridgeman|appt=17 October, 1893<ref>Bridgeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 167.</ref>|end=17 January, 1895<ref>Bridgeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 167.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=superseded on account of ill health}}
*Captain [[Arthur Wartensleben Ewart]], 2 February, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''Saturday, 2 January, 1909Issue '''38846''', col E, pg. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry May|nick=William H. May|appt=17 January, 1895<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}}  f. 497.</ref>|end=12 December, 1896<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}}  f. 497.</ref>}}
*Captain [[George Holmes Borrett]],
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Des Vœux Hamilton|nick=William Des V. Hamilton|appt=10 November, 1896<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578874}} f. 585.</ref>|ass=9 December, 1896<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578874}} f. 585.</ref>|end=27 January, 1900<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578874}} f. 585.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Francis George Kirby]],  
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Swinburne Lowry|nick=Robert S. Lowry|appt=1 January, 1900<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 800.</ref>|end=27 February, 1902<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 800.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard]],  
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter George Stopford|nick=The Hon. Walter G. Stopford|appt=24 January, 1902<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1232.</ref>|ass=18 February, 1902<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1232.</ref>|end=2 October, 1902<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1232.</ref>|note=invalided out}}
* Captain [[Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court]],
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis George Kirby|nick=Frank G. Kirby|appt=16 October, 1902<ref>Kirby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 86/170.</ref>|end=7 October, 1903<ref>Kirby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 86/170.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Baker-Baker|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=18 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=|note=as Flag Captain for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Pigot Williams|nick=Hugh P. Williams|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  f. 1409.</ref>|end=7 March, 1905<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  f. 1409.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Grant Fraser|nick=Robert G. Fraser|appt=17 March, 1905<ref>Fraser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 5.</ref>|end=16 March, 1906<ref>Fraser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 5.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Holcombe Dare|nick=Charles H. Dare|appt=16 March, 1906<ref>Dare Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 231.</ref>|end=11 September, 1906<ref>Dare Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 231.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Joseph Baker|nick=Casper J. Baker|appt=12 September, 1906<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|end=8 May, 1907<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Price Vaughan Lewes|nick=Price V. Lewes|appt=8 May, 1907<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 300.</ref>|end=3 September, 1907<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 300.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Arthur Hardinge|nick=The Hon. George A. Hardinge|appt=30 August, 1907<ref>Hardinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/187.|D7602126}} f. 219.</ref>|end=1 February, 1908<ref>Hardinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/187.|D7602126}} f. 219.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Grant-Dalton|nick=Hubert Grant-Dalton|appt=1 February, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 365}}<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 367.</ref>|end=1 February, 1909<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 367.</ref>|note=and for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=17 August, 1908<ref>Bernard Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Wartensleben Ewart|nick=Arthur W. Ewart|appt=2 February, 1909<ref>Ewart Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 49.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 365}}|note=and for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport|end=15 April, 1910<ref>Ewart Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 49.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Holmes Borrett|nick=George H. Borrett|appt=18 April, 1910<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 505.</ref>|note=and for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport|end=24 February, 1911<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 505.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 4 September 2019

H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)
Builder: J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 11 Aug, 1890[3]
Launched: 1 Mar, 1892[4]
Completed: Oct, 1893[5]
Commissioned: Oct, 1893[6]
Sold: 1913[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Ramillies was one of eight Royal Sovereign class battleships completed for the Royal Navy in 1893-94. She was sold shortly before the Great War.

Service

Radio

As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was noted as carrying a Jackson W/T set.[8]

Torpedoes

In May 1898, the ship received the first gyro-equipped torpedoes ever issued in the Royal Navy: two 18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedoes from the Malta Sub-Depot.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  5. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  10. Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
  11. Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
  12. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 497.
  13. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 497.
  14. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 585.
  15. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 585.
  16. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  17. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  18. Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1232.
  19. Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1232.
  20. Kirby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 86/170.
  21. Kirby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 86/170.
  22. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  23. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1409.
  24. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1409.
  25. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 5.
  26. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 5.
  27. Dare Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 231.
  28. Dare Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 231.
  29. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  30. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  31. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  32. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  33. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  34. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 365.
  36. Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  37. Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  38. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  39. Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 365.
  41. Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  42. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
  43. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.

Bibliography


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