H.M.S. Victorious (1895)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Victorious | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Built By: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 28 May, 1894 |
| Launched: | 19 October, 1895 |
| Commissioned: | 8 June, 1897 |
| Sold: | 19 December, 1922 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Victorious commissioned at Chatham on 8 June, 1897, Captain Edmund Samuel Poë in command.[1]
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edmund S. Poe, 8 June, 1897.[2]
- Captain Rowland Nugent, 30 July, 1914.[3]
- Captain (Acting) Henry L. Bethune (Retired), 23 November, 1915.[4]
Radio
As of 1901, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 12 May, 1897. Issue 35201, col E, pg. 13.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 390.
- ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 398u.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901, p. 111
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.
