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==In Command==
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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Russell'' (1901)|fate2=off Malta{{DittColl|p. 30}}
*Captain [[George Walter Smith|G.W. Smith]]
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*Captain [[Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|H.A.S. Fyler]]
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|comm=19 Feb, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 February, 1903.  Issue '''37009''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
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|fatedate=27 Apr, 1916{{DittColl|p. 30}}
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|order=1898 Supplemental Programme{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
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|name=Russell
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|launch=19 Feb, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 20 February, 1901.  Issue '''36383''', col F, p. 11.</ref>
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|builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{DittColl|p. 30}}
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|laid=11 Mar, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 37}}
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Completed in 1903, '''H.M.S. ''Russell''''' was the first of six battleships of [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|her class]] to be commissioned in the [[Royal Navy]].
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==Service==
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''Russell'' was launched at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 19 February, 1901, by Mrs. McLaren, wife of Charles McLaren, chairman of the Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 20 February, 1901.  Issue '''36383''', col F, p. 11.</ref>
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''Russell'' commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe|Alfred L. Winsloe]], to relieve the {{UK-Canopus}} in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 February, 1903.  Issue '''37009''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
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She recommissioned at Sheerness on 13 August, 1912.{{NLApr14|p. 369}}  She received a refit at Gibraltar and then proceeded to The Nore, arriving on 10 January, 1913.  Once there, the crew received twenty days combined Christmas and refitting leave.{{MoS|Saturday, Jan 11, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40106}}
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''Russell'' served in the {{UK-BS|4}} in 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 369}}  At the end of the year, she was serving as flagship to Rear-Admiral in the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]] at the Nore.{{AWO1913|722 of 12 Dec, 1913}}
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''Russell'' served in the [[Great War]] under the exclusive command of Captain [[William Bowden-Smith]] until she was sunk by a minefield laid by {{DE-U73}} off Malta in April, 1916.  The {{UK-Nasturtium|f=t}} and the hired yacht ''Aegusa'' would be sunk by the same minefield later in the same day.{{KindellROH2|pp. 193-4}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Alfred L. Winsloe|appt=19 February, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 9 February, 1903.  Issue '''36999''', col E, p. 8.</ref><ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>|end=6 April, 1904<ref>Winsloe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 541.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Raymond Pelly|nick=Francis R. Pelly|appt=7 April, 1904<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/221.|D7601615}} ff. 1021, 1027.</ref>|end=8 May, 1904<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/221.|D7601615}} ff. 1021, 1027.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|nick=Thomas H. Martyn Jerram|appt=18 April, 1904<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 65.</ref>{{NLNov05|p. 370}}|ass=8 May, 1904<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 692.</ref>|end=December, 1905{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Swinburne Lowry|nick=Robert S. Lowry|appt=6 December, 1905<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 800.</ref>|end=16 November, 1906<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 800.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Alexander Warden|nick=Frederick A. Warden|appt=16 November, 1906<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>|ass=16 November, 1906<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>|end=10 August, 1907<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur David Ricardo|nick=Arthur D. Ricardo|appt=10 August, 1907<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 464.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 370}}|end=29 July, 1909<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 232.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Fane De Salis|nick=William F. De Salis|appt=31 July, 1909<ref>De Salis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590321}} f. 345.</ref>|end=20 February, 1911<ref>De Salis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590321}} f. 345.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=11 February, 1911<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>|end=27 March, 1911<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Walter Smith|nick=George W. Smith|appt=3 March, 1911<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 312.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 370}}|ass=27 March, 1911<ref>Date on which his predecessor left. Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 291.</ref>|end=20 March, 1913<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 312.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=20 March, 1913<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>|end=5 December, 1913<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Bowden-Smith|nick=William Bowden-Smith|appt=5 December, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 397''t''}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|end=27 April, 1916{{HepperLosses|p. 58}}|note=ship lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 4 January 2019

H.M.S. Russell (1901)
Pendant Number: 23 (1914)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1898 Supplemental Programme[3]
Laid down: 11 Mar, 1899[4]
Launched: 19 Feb, 1901[5]
Completed: Feb, 1903[6]
Commissioned: 19 Feb, 1903[7]
Mined: 27 Apr, 1916[8]
Fate: off Malta[9]

Completed in 1903, H.M.S. Russell was the first of six battleships of her class to be commissioned in the Royal Navy.

Service

Russell was launched at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 19 February, 1901, by Mrs. McLaren, wife of Charles McLaren, chairman of the Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company.[10]

Russell commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, to relieve the Canopus in the Mediterranean.[11]

She recommissioned at Sheerness on 13 August, 1912.[12] She received a refit at Gibraltar and then proceeded to The Nore, arriving on 10 January, 1913. Once there, the crew received twenty days combined Christmas and refitting leave.[13]

Russell served in the Fourth Battle Squadron in 1913.[14] At the end of the year, she was serving as flagship to Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at the Nore.[15]

Russell served in the Great War under the exclusive command of Captain William Bowden-Smith until she was sunk by a minefield laid by U 73 off Malta in April, 1916. The sweeping sloop Nasturtium and the hired yacht Aegusa would be sunk by the same minefield later in the same day.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
  6. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 232.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 369.
  13. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 11, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40106.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
  15. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 722 of 12 Dec, 1913.
  16. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 193-4.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 9 February, 1903. Issue 36999, col E, p. 8.
  18. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  19. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  20. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.
  21. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/221. ff. 1021, 1027.
  22. Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 65.
  23. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 370.
  24. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  25. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  26. Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/604. f. 1377.
  27. Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/604. f. 1377.
  28. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 370.
  30. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 232.
  31. De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 345.
  32. De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 345.
  33. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  34. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  35. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
  36. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 370.
  37. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
  38. Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  39. Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  40. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397t.
  41. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 58.

Bibliography


Duncan Class Pre-dreadnought
  Albemarle Cornwallis Duncan  
  Exmouth Montagu Russell  
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