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She resembled a fighting ship from 50 years earlier, but of larger proportion.  In the Dreadnought Era, she served as a receiving ship at Portsmouth.
 
She resembled a fighting ship from 50 years earlier, but of larger proportion.  In the Dreadnought Era, she served as a receiving ship at Portsmouth.
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''Duke of Wellington'' replaced {{UK-Victory|f=p}} as flagship of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth from 1869 to 1891 and as flagship for Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from 24 October, 1884 to 1886, though some Flag Captains to the C-in-C lived aboard into the 1890s, at least.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
''Duke of Wellington'' replaced {{UK-Victory|f=p}} as the flagship for the port admiral at Portsmouth and served as a receiving ship.  She
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth 1 January, 1878.{{NLSep85|p. 207}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|nick=Francis C. B. Bridgeman|appt=10 August, 1897<ref>Bridgeman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 167.</ref>|end=11 May, 1898<ref>Bridgeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 167.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Cochran|nick=Thomas Cochran|appt=28 May, 1868{{NLJan69|p. 192}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Hancock|nick=George Hancock|appt=7 June, 1869{{NLDec71|p. 149}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Carr Glyn|nick=Henry C. Glyn|appt=1 March, 1872<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>{{NLSep72|p. 144}}|end=20 July, 1875<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis William Sullivan, Sixth Baronet|nick=Francis W. Sullivan|appt=1 March, 1875{{NLJan76|p. 141}}|end=October, 1876{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Cecil Carpenter|nick=The Hon. Walter C. Carpenter|appt=16 October, 1876{{NLOct78|p. 206}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=29 July, 1879{{NLDec81|p. 207}}|end=9 September, 1879<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|}} f. 1212.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles John Rowley|nick=Charles J. Rowley|appt=8 May, 1882{{NLJul84|p. 207}}|end=27 December, 1884}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Howard Colomb (1831 – 1899)|nick=Philip H. Colomb|appt=27 October, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 207}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Hobart Seymour|nick=Edward H. Seymour|appt=30 May, 1886{{NLJan87|p. 245}}|end=20 December, 1887}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Woodward|nick=Robert Woodward|appt=20 December, 1887{{NLJul90|p. 212}}|end=1 January, 1891}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser|nick=Henry St. L. B. Palliser|appt=1 January, 1891{{NLApr91|p. 216}}|end=29 December, 1891}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Coey Kane|nick=Henry C. Kane|appt=29 December, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 216}}<ref>Kane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1849.|}} f. 741.</ref>|end=19 February, 1894<ref>Kane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1849.|}} f. 741.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wollaston Comyns Karslake|nick=Wollaston C. Karslake|appt=19 February, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 219}}|end=15 March, 1897}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Lacon Hammet|nick=James L. Hammet|appt=11 May, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 245}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=1 February, 1900<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.|D7588976}} f. 205.</ref>|end=2 March, 1900<ref>Wilson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/17.|D7588976}} f. 205.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Des Vœux Hamilton|nick=William Des V. Hamilton|appt=April, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 249}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Deacon Barry|nick=Henry D. Barry|appt=21 January, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 248}}|end=}}
 
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 29 May 2022

H.M.S. Duke of Wellington (1852)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: May, 1849[2]
Launched: 14 Sep, 1852[3]
Completed: 4 Feb, 1853[4]
Broken up: 1904[5]

H.M.S. Duke of Wellington was a 131-gun ship of the line featuring a full rig and a modest steam plant repurposed from another vessel.

She resembled a fighting ship from 50 years earlier, but of larger proportion. In the Dreadnought Era, she served as a receiving ship at Portsmouth.

Duke of Wellington replaced H.M.S. Victory as flagship of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth from 1869 to 1891 and as flagship for Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from 24 October, 1884 to 1886, though some Flag Captains to the C-in-C lived aboard into the 1890s, at least.

Service

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth 1 January, 1878.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia.
  2. Wikipedia.
  3. Wikipedia.
  4. Wikipedia.
  5. Wikipedia.
  6. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 207.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1869). p. 192.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1871). p. 149.
  9. Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  10. The Navy List. (September, 1872) Corrected to 20th August, 1872. p. 144.
  11. Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1876). p. 141.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 206.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 207.
  15. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1212.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 207.
  17. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 207.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1885) Corrected to 20 December, 1886. p. 245.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 212.
  20. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 216.
  21. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 216.
  22. Kane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1849. f. 741.
  23. Kane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1849. f. 741.
  24. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 219.
  25. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 245.
  26. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
  27. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
  28. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 249.
  29. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 248.

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