H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)

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H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)
Builder: 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

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. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  21. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 365.
  23. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  24. Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  25. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
  26. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.

Bibliography


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