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Revision as of 15:59, 4 June 2018
H.M.S. Surprise (1885) | |
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Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow[1] |
Laid down: | 14 Feb, 1884[2] |
Launched: | 17 Jan, 1885[3] |
Commissioned: | 20 Jul, 1886[4] |
Sold: | 1919[5] |
H.M.S. Surprise was one of two Surprise Class third class protected cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 March, 1889.[6]
In 1913, she was renamed H.M.S. Alacrity.
Captains
- Commander The Hon. Maurice A. Bourke, 25 July, 1887[7]
- Commander Philip F. Tillard, 24 December, 1889[8] – 27 November, 1892[9]
- Commander Archibald T. Carter, 13 October, 1892[10] – 20 September, 1895[11]
- Commander The Hon. Hugh Tyrwhitt, 20 September, 1895[12]
- Commander Frederick W. F. Hervey, 9 September, 1898[13] – 24 January, 1901[14]
- Commander Heathcoat S. Grant, 21 January, 1901[15] – 28 January, 1904[16]
- Commander Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 19 January, 1904[17]
- Commander Edward F. Bruen, 6 February, 1905[18] – 1 August, 1906[19]
- Commander Philip Francklin, 1 August, 1906[20] – 27 March, 1909[21]
- Commander Cecil D. S. Raikes, 27 March, 1909[22][23] – 24 March, 1911[24]
- Commander Archibald Cochrane, 27 February, 1913 – 24 August, 1914
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 232.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 255.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 255.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 374.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. In our PDF for Arthur William Carter. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. In our PDF for Arthur William Carter. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 198.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 267.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 304a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 304a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 304a.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 380.
- ↑ Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
- ↑ Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
- ↑ Francklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 446.
- ↑ Francklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 446.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 380.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
Bibliography
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