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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Royal Sovereign'''''
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|[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
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'''H.M.S. ''Royal Sovereign''''' was the name ship of a [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|class of eight battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1893-94.  She was sold shortly before the [[Great War]].
|26 February, 1891
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==Service==
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|8 June, 1892
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For the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]], the ship received a masthead [[Semaphore|semaphore]] machine invented by Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|Wilson]] for comparative testing.{{HTNC|27 July 1895|p. 8}}
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|7 October, 1913
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''Royal Sovereign'' was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis]] in command.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
 
''Royal Sovereign'' was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis]] in command.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
  
==Radio==
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As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}
As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901'', p. 111</ref>
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}}  [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis]] placed her back into commission on 8 June, 1897.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Royal Sovereign''">
*Captain [[Charles Henry Adair]], seemingly between 1899 and 1902.{{CN}}{{FC}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Tynte Ford Hammill|nick=Tynte F. Hammill|appt=31 March, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 251}}|end=May, 1894{{NLApr94|p. 251}}<ref>Drury Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 345.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Alfred Wyndham Paget|Alfred W. Paget]], 13 May, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''Thursday, 14 May, 1903Issue '''37080''', col E, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Charles C. Drury|appt=12 May, 1894<ref>Drury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/451.|D7578831}}  f. 345.</ref>|end=21 May, 1895<ref>Drury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/451.|D7578831}}  f. 345.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Michael Pelham O'Callaghan]],  
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Barrow|nick=Arthur Barrow|appt=21 May, 1895<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/72.|D7578772}} f. 65.</ref>|end=11 December, 1895<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/72.|D7578772}} f. 65.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Harry Tremenheere Grenfell]],  
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=12 December, 1895<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>|end=7 June, 1897<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Tynte Ford Hammill]],  
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=12 September, 1896<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}}  f. 426.</ref>|end=23 September, 1898<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Henry Meggs Davis|nick=Edward H. M. Davis|appt=8 June, 1897<ref>Davis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/329.|D7578818}} f. 294.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|end=c. mid 1897<ref>Davis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/329.|D7578818}} f. 294.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Pelham O'Callaghan|nick=Michael P. O'Callaghan|appt=23 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 292}}<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 976.</ref>|end=12 March, 1900<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 104/208.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=20 January, 1900<ref>Adair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 12.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 300}}|end=1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Samuel Inglefield|nick=Frederick S. Inglefield|appt=26 November, 1901<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 695.</ref>|end=29 August, 1902<ref>Inglefield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 473.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Anson Primrose|nick=George A. Primrose|appt=c. September, 1902<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>|end=15 December, 1902<ref>Primrose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/257.|D7601651}} f. 1061.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas MacGill|nick=Thomas MacGill|appt=15 December, 1902<ref>MacGill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 836.</ref>|end=25 May, 1903<ref>MacGill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 543.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Wyndham Paget|nick=Alfred W. Paget|appt=13 May, 1903<ref>Paget Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 372.</ref>|end=3 March, 1904<ref>Paget Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 372.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=1 March, 1904<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/199|D7578792}}  f. 177.</ref>|end=23 May, 1905<ref>Bush Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/19/325|D7590140}}</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Knox Laird|nick=John K. Laird|appt=9 February, 1907{{NLMar07|p. 370}}|end=21 May, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gwynne Corbett|nick=Robert G. Corbett|appt=10 August, 1909<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 370}}|end=2 August, 1910<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert du Cane Luard|nick=Herbert du C. Luard|appt=2 August, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 369}}|end=8 February, 1911<ref>Luard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/106.|D7602444}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 08:39, 22 July 2020

H.M.S. Royal Sovereign (1891)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 30 Sep, 1889[3]
Launched: 26 Feb, 1891[4]
Completed: May, 1892[5]
Commissioned: May, 1892[6]
Sold: 7 Oct, 1913
Fate: Scrapped

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

Service

For the Annual Manoeuvres of 1895, the ship received a masthead semaphore machine invented by Rear-Admiral Wilson for comparative testing.[7]

Royal Sovereign was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, Captain Edward Henry Meggs Davis in command.[8]

As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[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. Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle (Portsmouth, England), 27 July 1895.
  8. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
  12. Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.
  13. Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/451. f. 345.
  14. Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/451. f. 345.
  15. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
  16. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
  17. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  18. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  19. Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.
  20. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  21. Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/329. f. 294.
  22. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
  23. Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/329. f. 294.
  24. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 292.
  25. O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 976.
  26. O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
  27. Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 12.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 300.
  29. Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 695.
  30. Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 473.
  31. Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  32. Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  33. MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 836.
  34. MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 543.
  35. Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
  36. Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
  37. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/199 f. 177.
  38. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325
  39. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 370.
  40. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  41. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 370.
  42. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  43. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 369.
  44. Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/106. f. ?.

Bibliography


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