H.M.S. Alexandra (1875)

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H.M.S. Alexandra (1875)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 5 Mar, 1873[2]
Launched: 7 Apr, 1875[3]
Completed: 31 Jan, 1877[4]
Sold: 1908[5]

The central battery ironclad H.M.S. Alexandra was completed in 1877 for the Royal Navy. She was laid down as H.M.S. Superb, conceived as a beamier Sultan with increased armour and weaponry. She was renamed before launch, in 1874.[6]

Construction and Service

Alexandra served as flagship on the Mediterranean Station from her commissioning in January 1877 through 1889.

She paid off at Malta on 2 March, 1886.[7]

Alexandra was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 March 1891 to replace Northumberland.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

  • Wikipedia
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 17.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 Feb. 1886, p. 10.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
  9. FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. ?.
  10. FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 193.
  12. Date not fully legible from his Service Record preview.
  13. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  14. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  15. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 193.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 13 Feb. 1886, p. 6.
  17. Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. 455?
  18. Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/558. f. 177.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 193.
  20. Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/558. f. 177.
  21. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 197.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 197. Year is not printed.
  23. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 197.
  24. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 222.
  25. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Sep 23, 1898; pg. 5; Issue 35629.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 222.