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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham|nick=Walter H. B. Graham|appt=31 March, 1899{{NLJan01|p. 300}}|end=|note=transferred in to ship at Malta from {{UK-Edgar|f=p}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur William Edward Prothero|nick=Arthur W. E. Prothero|appt=18 January, 1901<ref>Prothero Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 522.</ref>|end=6 June, 1902<ref>Prothero Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 522.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur William Edward Prothero|nick=Arthur W. E. Prothero|appt=18 January, 1901<ref>Prothero Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 522.</ref>|end=6 June, 1902<ref>Prothero Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 522.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=16 February, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 300''a''}}|end=6 June, 1904<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=16 February, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 300''a''}}|end=6 June, 1904<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>}}

Revision as of 09:21, 3 November 2018

H.M.S. Royal Oak (1892)
Builder: Laird, Birkenhead[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 29 May, 1890[3]
Launched: 5 Nov, 1892[4]
Completed: Jun, 1894[5]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[6]
Sold: 1914[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

She completed her fitting out under the direction of Commander (N) Robert N. Ommanney.[8]

On 20 August, 1913, she left Devonport in tow of the dreadnought Bellerophon for the Motherbank to await disposal.[9]

Radio

As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[10]

Torpedoes

In October – November 1898, the ship became one of the first in the Royal Navy to receive torpedoes fitted for gyroscopes, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot. Though there were four torpedoes, only two gyros were initially supplied:[11]

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. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 258.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
  9. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 August, 1913. Issue 40296, col F, p. 8.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  11. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 257.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 292.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 300.
  15. Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 522.
  16. Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 522.
  17. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 300a.
  18. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
  19. Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 589.
  20. Stoddart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 589.
  21. Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  22. Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1025.
  23. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, p. 10.
  24. Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 74.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 369.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 369.
  27. Smyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/287. ff. 227, 287.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 369.
  29. Smyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/287. ff. 227, 287.

Bibliography


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