H.M.S. Warspite (1884)

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H.M.S. Warspite (1884)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard [1]
Laid down: 25 Oct, 1881[2]
Launched: 29 Jan, 1884[3]
Commissioned: 14 Feb, 1890[4]
Sold: 4 Apr, 1905[5]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 14 February, 1890.[6]

Warspite arrived at Devonport from Sheerness on 20 April, 1899 under the command of Captain Thomas Philip Walker and flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Beaumont. She left for the Pacific Station in the evening of the 20th.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1891). pp. 266-7.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 267.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 21, 1899; pg. 11; Issue 35809.
  8. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 17 May 1889, p. 10.
  10. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 266.
  12. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 364.
  13. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 364.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 268.
  15. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268k.
  16. Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  17. Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 891.
  18. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
  19. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 295/1378.
  20. Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 168.
  21. Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 168.
  22. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 312.
  23. Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856. Fact check this date.

Bibliography


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