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|name=Alacrity
 
|name=Alacrity
 
|launch=28 Feb, 1885{{Conways1860|p. 80}}
 
|launch=28 Feb, 1885{{Conways1860|p. 80}}
|builder=[[Palmer]], Jarrow{{Conways1860|p. 80}}
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|builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]], Jarrow{{Conways1860|p. 80}}
 
|laid=14 Feb, 1884{{Conways1860|p. 80}}
 
|laid=14 Feb, 1884{{Conways1860|p. 80}}
 
|fate=Sold
 
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She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 18 February, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 196}}
 
She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 18 February, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 196}}
  
She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 20 September, 1906.{{NLMar07|p. 273}}
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Arrived at Singapore in early December, 1896 in company with {{UK-1Centurion}}, the T.B.Ds. {{UK-Handy}} and {{UK-Hart}} and the {{UK-2Porpoise|f=t}}.{{NMI|Wednesday, Dec 02, 1896; pg. 12; Issue 35063}}
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She re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 20 September, 1906.{{NLJan08|p. 274}}
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Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 8 October, 1910.{{NLJul11|p. 275}}
  
 
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>
 
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>
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Alacrity''" nat=UK>
 
<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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Blair Maconochie|nick=Robert B. Maconochie|appt=22 June, 1886{{NLFeb88|p. 193}}|end=17 February, 1890|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=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{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Grassie De Lisle|nick=Francis G. De Lisle|appt=1 January, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 197}}|end=1 January, 1897}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hale Smith-Dorrien|nick=Arthur H. Smith-Dorrien|appt=1 January, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 221}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hale Smith-Dorrien|nick=Arthur H. Smith-Dorrien|appt=1 January, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 221}}|end=18 April, 1900}}
 
{{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=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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|nick=Christopher G. F. M. Cradock|appt=1 February, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 221}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Seymour Elphinstone Erskine|nick=Seymour E. Erskine|appt=18 April, 1901{{NLMay02|p. 221}}|end=1902{{FC}}}}
 
{{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={{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|nick=Richard M. Harbord|appt=3 January, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 273}}<ref>Harbord-Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1 January, 1906<ref>Harbord-Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. ?.</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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=1 January, 1906{{NLJan08|p. 274}}<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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=25 February, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 274}}<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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Lowndes|nick=Alexander Lowndes|appt=27 January, 1910<ref>Lowndes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 470.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 274}}|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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Laverock Lambe|nick=Charles L. Lambe|appt=8 February, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 275}}|end=April, 1913|succBy=Vessel Retired}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-21-HMS_Alacrity.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
 
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alacrity_(1885)}}
 
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alacrity_(1885)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 7 November 2019

H.M.S. Alacrity (1885)
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow[1]
Laid down: 14 Feb, 1884[2]
Launched: 28 Feb, 1885[3]
Completed: 22 Jun, 1886[4]
Sold: 1913[5]

H.M.S. Alacrity was one of two Surprise Class third class protected cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 18 February, 1890.[6]

Arrived at Singapore in early December, 1896 in company with Centurion, the T.B.Ds. Handy and Hart and the torpedo cruiser Porpoise.[7]

She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 20 September, 1906.[8]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 8 October, 1910.[9]

On 8 October, 1911, she replaced 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.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 80.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 196.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 02, 1896; pg. 12; Issue 35063.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 274.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 275.
  10. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 193.
  12. Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 175.
  13. Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 175.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 197.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 221.
  16. Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  17. Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 221.
  19. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 221.
  20. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
  21. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 273.
  23. Harbord-Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. ?.
  24. Harbord-Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. ?.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 274.
  26. Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  27. Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 274.
  29. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  30. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  31. Lowndes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 470.
  32. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 274.
  33. Lowndes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 470.
  34. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 275.

Bibliography


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