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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Peter Routh|nick=Henry P. Routh|appt=20 January, 1903<ref>Routh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/311.}} f. 1122.</ref>|end=3 november, 1903<ref>Routh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/311.}} f. 1122.</ref>|ass=22 February, 1903<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Cross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 545.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|nick=Ernest C. T. Troubridge|appt=10 October, 1904<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>|end=15 August, 1905<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|nick=Ernest C. T. Troubridge|appt=10 October, 1904<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>|end=15 August, 1905<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=15 August, 1905<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>|end=25 August, 1906<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Milne}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=15 August, 1905<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>|end=25 August, 1906<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Milne}}

Revision as of 15:26, 30 May 2015

H.M.S. Victorious (1895)
Pendant Number: D.48 (1914)
P.65 (Sep 1915)
P.3C (1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1893[3]
Laid down: 28 May, 1894[4]
Launched: 19 Oct, 1895[5]
Completed: Nov, 1896[6]
Commissioned: 8 Jun, 1897[7]
Sold: 19 Dec, 1922[8]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Victorious was a British battleship of the Majestic class, launched in 1895 and sold for scrap in 1922. She was the third warship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

Service

Victorious was inspected by the Controller of the Navy, Vice-Admiral Sir John A. Fisher, on 6 October, 1896.[9]

Victorious commissioned at Chatham on 8 June, 1897, Captain Edmund S. Poë in command.[10]

Recommissioned at Devonport on 2 August, 1911 for work with Third Fleet.[11]

Distinguishing Signs

In March 1914, an order decreed that the ship was to carry two red bands on her after funnel,[12] but this order was rescinded within the month and she was to retain her present markings.[13]

Radio

As of 1901, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  6. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 147.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 29.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 7 October, 1896. Issue 35015, col E, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 392.
  12. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 924 of 6 Mar, 1914.
  13. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 970 of 27 Mar, 1914.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 12 May, 1897. Issue 35201, col E, p. 13.
  16. ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 405.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Predecessor left that day. Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 405.
  19. ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 545.
  20. ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 545.
  21. ↑ Routh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1122.
  22. ↑ Routh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1122.
  23. ↑ Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 78.
  24. ↑ Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 78.
  25. ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  26. ↑ Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  27. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 501.
  28. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 501.
  29. ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
  30. ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 392.
  32. ↑ Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
  33. ↑ Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
  34. ↑ Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  35. ↑ Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  36. ↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
  37. ↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
  38. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  39. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  40. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 382.
  41. ↑ Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  42. ↑ Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398u.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 928.

Bibliography


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