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''The Times'' reported the structure of the exercise as follows.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}
 
''The Times'' reported the structure of the exercise as follows.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}
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The first-class torpedo boats listed there were to be split evenly between the two fleets.  A story from 29 July 1890 permitted their Fleet assignments to be sorted out as shown below.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890; pg. 10; Issue 33076}}
  
 
A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890.
 
A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890.
  
* Fleet Number 1 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes.
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* Fleet Number 1 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] in flagship {{UK-1Invincible}} was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes.
 
** {{UK-Anson}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]]
 
** {{UK-Anson}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]]
 
** {{UK-1Rodney}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]]
 
** {{UK-1Rodney}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]]
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain not indicated
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** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain not indicated  
 
** {{UK-1Hero}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]]
 
** {{UK-1Hero}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]]
 
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]]
 
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]]
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** {{UK-Spider}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]]
 
** {{UK-Spider}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]]
 
** {{UK-Hearty}}, Commander [[William Wilson]]
 
** {{UK-Hearty}}, Commander [[William Wilson]]
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** {{UK-TB65}} Lieutenant [[John Hercules Robertson]]
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** {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant [[Charles FitzGerald Sowerby]]
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** {{UK-TB68}} Lieutenant [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
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** {{UK-TB72}} Lieutenant [[Claude William Manners Plenderleath]]
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** {{UK-TB73}} Lieutenant [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee]]
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** {{UK-TB74}} Lieutenant The Hon. [[George Arthur Hardinge]]
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** {{UK-TB78}} Lieutenant [[Francis Eaton Travers]]
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** {{UK-TB79}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson]]
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** {{UK-TB80}} Lieutenant [[Lewis Bayly]]
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** {{UK-TB83}} Lieutenant [[Edward Arthur Salwey]]
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** {{UK-TB84}} Lieutenant [[Herbert Orpen]]
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** {{UK-TB85}} Lieutenant [[William Osbert Boothby]]
 
* Fleet Number 2 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes.
 
* Fleet Number 2 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes.
 
** {{UK-Forth}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]]
 
** {{UK-Forth}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]]
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** {{UK-Immortalite}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]]
 
** {{UK-Immortalite}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]]
 
** {{UK-Northampton}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]]
 
** {{UK-Northampton}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]]
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** {{UK-1TB45}} Lieutenant [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]]
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** {{UK-TB51}} Lieutenant [[Reginald Graham Gregory]]
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** {{UK-TB52}} Lieutenant [[Philip Jeston Hodges]]
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** {{UK-TB54}} Lieutenant [[Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylor]]
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** {{UK-TB55}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Trevor Dawson]]
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** {{UK-TB57}} Lieutenant [[Robert John Prendergast]]
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** {{UK-TB58}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Parkinson James]]
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** {{UK-TB59}} Lieutenant [[William Firth Slayter]]
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** {{UK-TB81}} Lieutenant [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee]]
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** {{UK-TB82}} Lieutenant [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton]]
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** {{UK-TB86}} Lieutenant [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John Michael de Robeck]]
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** {{UK-TB87}} Lieutenant [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]]
 
* Fleet Number 3 –  was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs.
 
* Fleet Number 3 –  was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs.
 
** {{UK-Belleisle}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]]
 
** {{UK-Belleisle}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]]
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** {{UK-1Ruby}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]]
 
** {{UK-1Ruby}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]]
  
* The following first-class torpedo boats would be split evenly between the two fleets.
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** {{UK-1TB45}} Lieutenant [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]]
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** {{UK-TB51}} Lieutenant [[Reginald Graham Gregory]]
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** {{UK-TB52}} Lieutenant [[Philip Jeston Hodges]]
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** {{UK-TB54}} Lieutenant [[Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylor]]
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** {{UK-TB55}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Trevor Dawson]]
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** {{UK-TB57}} Lieutenant [[Robert John Prendergast]]
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** {{UK-TB58}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Parkinson James]]
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** {{UK-TB59}} Lieutenant [[William Firth Slayter]]
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** {{UK-TB65}} Lieutenant [[John Hercules Robertson]]
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** {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant [[Charles FitzGerald Sowerby]]
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** {{UK-TB68}} Lieutenant [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]]
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** {{UK-TB72}} Lieutenant [[Claude William Manners Plenderleath]]
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** {{UK-TB73}} Lieutenant [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee]]
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** {{UK-TB74}} Lieutenant The Hon. [[George Arthur Hardinge]]
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** {{UK-TB78}} Lieutenant [[Francis Eaton Travers]]
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** {{UK-TB79}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson]]
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** {{UK-TB80}} Lieutenant [[Lewis Bayly]]
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** {{UK-TB81}} Lieutenant [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee]]
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** {{UK-TB82}} Lieutenant [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton]]
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** {{UK-TB83}} Lieutenant [[Edward Arthur Salwey]]
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** {{UK-TB84}} Lieutenant [[Herbert Orpen]]
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** {{UK-TB85}} Lieutenant [[William Osbert Boothby]]
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** {{UK-TB86}} Lieutenant [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John Michael de Robeck]]
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** {{UK-TB87}} Lieutenant [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]]
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 17:49, 9 August 2018

The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 was a typical exercise, with one fleet taking a defensive role while a second took a threatening role.

Order of Battle

The Times reported the structure of the exercise as follows.[1]

The first-class torpedo boats listed there were to be split evenly between the two fleets. A story from 29 July 1890 permitted their Fleet assignments to be sorted out as shown below.[2]

A review of the Navy List and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890.


Footnotes

  1. "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890; pg. 10; Issue 33076.