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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.{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}
 
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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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Captain [[Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman]], 17 October 1893.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  f. 167.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Henry May]], 17 January 1895.{{MackieRNW}}
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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|precBy=New Command|note=superseded on account of ill health}}
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*Captain [[William Des Vœux Hamilton]], December 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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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>}}
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*Captain [[Robert Swinburne Lowry]], January 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
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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>}}
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*Captain [[Francis George Kirby]], October 1902.{{MackieRNW}}
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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>}}
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*Captain [[Hugh Pigot Williams]], January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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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}}
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*Captain [[Robert Grant Fraser]], March 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Charles Holcombe Dare]], 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Casper Joseph Baker]], September 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[George Arthur Hardinge|George A. Hardinge]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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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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*Captain [[Hubert Grant-Dalton]], 1 February, 1908. (And for command of a Division of Special Service Vessels at Devonport.)<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 365.</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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* Captain [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard]], 17 August, 1908.<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 15.</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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*Captain [[Arthur Wartensleben Ewart]], 2 February, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 January, 1909.  Issue '''38846''', col E, p. 7.</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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*Captain [[George Holmes Borrett]],  
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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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* Captain [[Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court]],
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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==
 
==Footnotes==

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.

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