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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Alacrity'' (1885)|fate2= |comp=22 Jun, 1886{{Conways1860|p. 80}} |fatedate=1913{{Conways1860|p. 80}} |order= |name=Alacrity |launch=28 Feb, 1885{{Conways1860|p. 80}} |builder=[[Palmer]], Jarrow{{Conways1860|p. 80}} |laid=14 Feb, 1884{{Conways1860|p. 80}} |fate=Sold |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Alacrity''''' was one of two [[Surprise Class Cruiser (1885)|''Surprise'' Class third class protected cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 18 February, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 196}} On 8 October, 1911, she replaced {{UK-Minotaur}} as Vice-Admiral [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe]]'s flagship on the [[China Station]], but handed back the role on 5 March, 1912. She was again flagship from 1 April to 19 September, 1912.<ref>Winsloe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref> ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Alacrity''" nat=UK> {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Blair Maconochie|nick=Robert B. Maconochie|appt=22 June, 1886{{NLFeb88|p. 193}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=6 December, 1889<ref>Adair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|}} f. 175.</ref>|end=11 March, 1893<ref>Adair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|}} f. 175.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Grassie De Lisle|nick=Francis G. De Lisle|appt=1 January, 1894{{NLApr94|p. 196}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hale Smith-Dorrien|nick=Arthur H. Smith-Dorrien|appt=1 January, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 221}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Spencer Henry Metcalfe Login|nick=Spencer H. M. Login|appt=13 February, 1898<ref>Login Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 298.</ref>|end=28 March, 1898<ref>Login Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 298.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Osmond de B. Brock|appt=3 January, 1903<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 49.</ref>|end=3 January, 1904<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 49.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|nick=Richard M. Harbord|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Harbord-Hamond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=1 January, 1906<ref>Harbord-Hamond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>|end=7 January, 1908<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=25 February, 1908<ref>Fuller Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 460.</ref>|end=27 January, 1910<ref>Fuller Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 460.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Lowndes|nick=Alexander Lowndes|appt=27 January, 1910<ref>Lowndes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 470.</ref>|end=8 February, 1912<ref>Lowndes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 470.</ref>|ass=5 March, 1910<ref>Lowndes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 470.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alacrity_(1885)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Surprise Class Cruiser (1885)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alacrity}} {{CatShipThirdClassProtectedCruiser|UK}}

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