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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=3 May, 1893<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 4 May, 1893.  Issue '''33942''', col E, p. 6.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 257}}|end=22 May, 1894<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=3 May, 1893<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 4 May, 1893.  Issue '''33942''', col E, p. 6.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 257}}|end=22 May, 1894<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Henry Preedy|nick=Henry Preedy|appt=12 December, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 267}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Henry Preedy|nick=Henry Preedy|appt=12 December, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 267}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leah|nick=Henry Leah|appt=10 July, 1900|end=9 November, 1900|note=for manoeuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=25 November, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 305}}|end=c. May, 1903}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=25 November, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 305}}|end=c. May, 1903}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=12 March, 1903<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>|end=1 August, 1903<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=12 March, 1903<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>|end=1 August, 1903<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>}}

Revision as of 14:55, 28 September 2017

H.M.S. Superb (1875)
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

Re-commissioned at Malta on 22 December, 1883 for service in the Mediterranean.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 239.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 239.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 255.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 4 May, 1893. Issue 33942, col E, p. 6.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 257.
  12. ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 267.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 305.
  15. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  16. ↑ 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).

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