H.M.S. Champion (1878)
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| Builder: | John Elder & Company, Glasgow[1] |
| Laid down: | 1876[2] |
| Launched: | 1 Jul, 1878[3] |
| Completed: | 1878[4] |
| Sold: | 1931[5] |
H.M.S. Champion was one of nine Comus Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 December, 1880.[6]
The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897.[7]
By May 1919, Champion was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[8] Oddly, this may not have happened until 1931.
Captains
- Captain George R. Hope, 7 December, 1880[9] – 12 June, 1882 (died in command)
- Captain Armand T. Powlett, 23 August, 1883[10] – 18 June, 1887
- Captain Adolphus F. St. Clair, 4 December, 1888[11] – 4 December, 1891
- Captain Eustace Rooke, 6 November, 1891[12] – 7 June, 1895
- Captain John Ferris, 5 October, 1894[13] – 5 October, 1896[14]
- Captain Charles H. Cross, 5 October, 1896[15] – 25 September, 1898[16] (for Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain Frederick O. Pike, 25 September, 1898[17] – 31 October, 1899[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
- ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 206.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 209.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 212.
- ↑ Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
- ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
- ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 267.
- ↑ Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
- ↑ Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
Bibliography
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