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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes]], 1 July, 1896.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25604/pages/3189 no. 25604.  p. 3189.]  2 July, 1886.  Citation may be incorrect.</ref>{{CN}}
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes]], 1 July, 1896.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25604/pages/3189 no. 25604.  p. 3189.]  2 July, 1886.  Citation may be incorrect.</ref>{{CN}}
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* Captain [[Charles Grey Robinson]], March 1898.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Grey Robinson]], March 1898.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|Percy Scott]], September, 1899.{{CN}}
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*Captain [[Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|Percy Scott]], September, 1899.{{CN}}
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* Captain Arthur T. Stuart, January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Arthur T. Stuart, January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Henry Hervey Campbell]], May 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Hervey Campbell]], May 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[George Alexander Ballard]], 3 July 1906.<ref>Possibly mentioned in "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 23 July, 1906.  Issue '''38079''', col B, p. 6.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Alexander Ballard]], 3 July 1906.<ref>Possibly mentioned in "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 23 July, 1906.  Issue '''38079''', col B, p. 6.</ref>
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* Captain [[Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|Richard Harbord-Hamond]], 20 July, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 1 August, 1907.  Issue '''38400''', col E, p. 5.</ref>
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*Captain [[Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|Richard Harbord-Hamond]], 20 July, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 1 August, 1907.  Issue '''38400''', col E, p. 5.</ref>
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* Captain [[Joseph Ridgway Bridson]], February 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Joseph Ridgway Bridson]], February 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton]], 18 March, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 12 March, 1912.  Issue '''39844''', col F, p. 13.</ref>
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*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 18 March, 1912. (And for charge of group of ships of Fourth Division, Home Fleet.)<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>
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* Captain [[Thomas Francis Tregoye Michell]], 6 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 381.</ref>
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*Captain [[Thomas Francis Tregoye Michell]], 6 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 381.</ref>
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* Captain [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall]], almost surely after 1913.{{INF}}
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*Captain [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall]], almost surely after 1913.{{INF}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 03:24, 15 July 2013

H.M.S. Terrible (1895)
Pendant Number: P.70 (1914)
P.A9 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thomson, Clydebank[2]
Laid down: 1894[3]
Launched: 27 May, 1895[4]
Commissioned: 24 Mar, 1898[5]
Sold: Jul, 1932[6]
Fate: to Cashmore[7]

Service

In 1920 Terrible replaced Hindostan, 80, as Fisgard III, part of the establishment at Portsmouth for training engine room artficers apprentices.

Torpedoes

In October 1898, the ship became one of the first in the Royal Navy to receive torpedoes fitted for gyroscopes, drawn from the Portsmouth Depot. Though there were three torpedoes, only two gyros were initially supplied:[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25604. p. 3189. 2 July, 1886. Citation may be incorrect.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Possibly mentioned in "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 23 July, 1906. Issue 38079, col B, p. 6.
  14. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 August, 1907. Issue 38400, col E, p. 5.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 381.

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).
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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