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'''H.M.S. ''Superb''''' was originally built for Turkey as '''''Hamidieh''''', but was purchased for service during the Russian war scare. | '''H.M.S. ''Superb''''' was originally built for Turkey as '''''Hamidieh''''', but was purchased for service during the Russian war scare. | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 1 September 2015
H.M.S. Superb (1875) | |
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Builder: | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall[1] |
Purchased: | 20 Feb, 1878[2] |
Laid down: | 1873[3] |
Launched: | 16 Nov, 1875[4] |
Completed: | 15 Nov, 1880[5] |
Sold: | 1906[6] |
H.M.S. Superb was originally built for Turkey as Hamidieh, but was purchased for service during the Russian war scare.
Construction and Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Harry T. Grenfell, 3 May, 1893[7]
- Captain William G. E. Ruck-Keene, 12 March, 1903[8] – 1 August, 1903[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 4 May, 1893. Issue 33942, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).