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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Alexandra'' (1875)|comp=31 Jan, 1877{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |cat=Ironclad |fatedate=1908{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |chain=NONE |customFooter=yes |name=Alexandra |builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |launch=7 Apr, 1875{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |laid=5 Mar, 1873{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |nat=UK |type=central battery ironclad |fate=Sold |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> The central battery ironclad '''H.M.S. ''Alexandra''''' was completed in 1877 for the [[Royal Navy]]. She was laid down as '''H.M.S. ''Superb''''', conceived as a beamier {{UK-Sultan}} with increased armour and weaponry. She was renamed before launch, in 1874.{{Conways1860|p. 17}} ==Construction and Service== ''Alexandra'' served as flagship on the Mediterranean Station from her commissioning in January 1877 through 1889. She paid off at Malta on 2 March, 1886.{{NMI|10 Feb. 1886, p. 10}} ''Alexandra'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 March 1891 to replace {{UK-Northumberland}}.{{NLMar92|p. 197}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Alexandra''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=22 November, 1876<ref>FitzRoy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=12 March, 1880<ref>FitzRoy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 45.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Hotham|nick=Charles F. Hotham|appt=14 November, 1881{{NLDec81|p. 193}}|end=1883<ref>Date not fully legible from his Service Record preview.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Harry H. Rawson|appt=17 January, 1883<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|end=24 September, 1885<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hilary Gustavus Andoe|nick=Hilary G. Andoe|appt=24 September, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 193}}|end=2 March, 1886}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=c. March, 1886{{NMI|13 Feb. 1886, p. 6}}|end=16 January, 1888<ref>Fellowes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1012.|}} f. 455?</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=16 January, 1888<ref>Boyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>{{NLFeb88|p. 193}}|end=7 June, 1889<ref>Boyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/558.|}} f. 177.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=28 August, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 197}}|end=12 May, 1890|note=his service record indicates {{UK-1Hercules}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=5 September, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 197. Year is not printed}}|end=28 May, 1894|note=stayed on, additional, at end}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Harvey Pigott|nick=William H. Pigott|appt=25 February, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=28 January, 1897|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles James Barlow|nick=Charles J. Barlow|appt=28 January, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 222}}|end=25 September, 1898}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa|nick=Count Frederick C. Metaxa|appt=25 September, 1898{{NMI|Friday, Sep 23, 1898; pg. 5; Issue 35629}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic William Fisher|nick=Frederick W. Fisher|appt=16 April, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 222}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alexandra_(1875)}} *{{Conways1860}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandra}} {{CatClassIronclad|UK}} {{CatShipIronclad|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=Ironclad type=central battery ironclad customFooter=yes chain=NONE {ship name=Alexandra builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 17}} laid=5 3 1873{{Conways1860|p. 17}} launch=7 4 75{{Conways1860|p. 17}} comp=31 1 77{{Conways1860|p. 17}} fate=Sold fatedate=1908{{Conways1860|p. 17}} } data -->

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