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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Hildebrand Alington|nick=Arthur H. Alington|appt=30 November, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 255}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Hildebrand Alington|nick=Arthur H. Alington|appt=30 November, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 255}}|end=}}
 
{{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={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Leah|nick=Henry Leah|appt=10 July, 1900|end=9 November, 1900|note=for manoeuvres}}
 
{{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}}

Revision as of 11:36, 19 October 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. (May, 1903). p. 305.
  14. Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  15. 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).