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==Order of Battle==
 
==Order of Battle==
  
The following ships participated in the exercise.{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}
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The following ships participated in the exercise.{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}}
  
 
The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour|E. H. Seymour]] with Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|A. K. Wilson]] as second-in-command.
 
The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour|E. H. Seymour]] with Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|A. K. Wilson]] as second-in-command.

Revision as of 16:13, 14 August 2018

The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 were conducted in the summer of 1896.

Order of Battle

The following ships participated in the exercise.[1][2][3]

The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral E. H. Seymour with Rear-Admiral A. K. Wilson as second-in-command.

Devonport

Battleships to be brought to full complement:

Cruisers:

Gunboats:

Torpedo Boat Destroyers:

Torpedo-boats:

Portsmouth

Battleships:

Cruisers:

Gunboats:

Torpedo Boat Destroyers:

Torpedo-boats:

Chatham

Battleships:

Cruisers:

Gunboats:

Torpedo Boat Destroyers:

Torpedo-boats:

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.


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