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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 March, 1889.{{NLMar91|p. 255}}
 
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 March, 1889.{{NLMar91|p. 255}}
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In February 1913, she was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Alacrity'''''.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maurice Archibald Bourke|nick=The Hon. Maurice A. Bourke|appt=25 July, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 232}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Francis Tillard|nick=Philip F. Tillard|appt=24 December, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 255}}|end=27 November, 1892<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 374.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Francis Tillard|nick=Philip F. Tillard|appt=24 December, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 255}}|end=27 November, 1892<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 374.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=24 January, 1901|end=28 January, 1904<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Thomas Carter|nick=Archibald T. Carter|appt=13 October, 1892<ref>Carter Service Record.  In our PDF for [[Arthur William Carter]].  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 198.</ref>|end=20 September, 1895<ref>Carter Service Record.  In our PDF for [[Arthur William Carter]].  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 198.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Tyrwhitt|nick=The Hon. Hugh Tyrwhitt|appt=20 September, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 267}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick William Fane Hervey, Fourth Marquess of Bristol|nick=Frederick W. F. Hervey|appt=9 September, 1898{{NLJan01|p. 304''a''}}|end=24 January, 1901{{NLJan01|p. 304''a''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=21 January, 1901{{NLMay02|p. 304''a''}}|end=28 January, 1904<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=19 January, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 380}}|end=February, 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=6 February, 1905<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579087}} f. 418.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579087}} f. 418.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=6 February, 1905<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579087}} f. 418.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579087}} f. 418.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Francklin|nick=Philip Francklin|appt=1 August, 1906<ref>Francklin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 446.</ref>|end=27 March, 1909<ref>Francklin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 446.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Francklin|nick=Philip Francklin|appt=1 August, 1906<ref>Francklin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 446.</ref>|end=27 March, 1909<ref>Francklin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 446.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|nick=Cecil D. S. Raikes|appt=27 March, 1909<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 380}}|end=24 March, 1911<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=21 February, 1913|end=24 August, 1914|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Alacrity''|note=ship renamed ''Alacrity'' on 27 February, 1913}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:33, 7 January 2021

H.M.S. Surprise (1885)
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow[1]
Laid down: 14 Feb, 1884[2]
Launched: 17 Jan, 1885[3]
Commissioned: 20 Jul, 1886[4]
Sold: 1919[5]
H.M.S. Surprise was one of two Surprise Class third class protected cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 March, 1889.[6]

In February 1913, she was renamed H.M.S. Alacrity.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 232.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 255.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 232.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 255.
  9. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 374.
  10. Carter Service Record. In our PDF for Arthur William Carter. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
  11. Carter Service Record. In our PDF for Arthur William Carter. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 267.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 304a.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 304a.
  15. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 304a.
  16. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 380.
  18. Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
  19. Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
  20. Francklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 446.
  21. Francklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 446.
  22. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 380.
  24. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.

Bibliography


Surprise Class Third Class Protected Cruiser
  Alacrity Surprise  
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