Difference between revisions of "Annual Manoeuvres of 1892"

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The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1892 involved a number of ships specially commissioned on 21 July, 1892, except Blonde on 29 June and Naiad on 8 July.^[1]

Order of Battle

Sheerness Command

• Andromache Captain H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg
• Apollo Captain Richard Poore
• Arethusa Captain William Hannam Henderson
• Barracouta Commander John Ferris
• Benbow Captain Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe
• Cyclops Commander John Warde Osborne
• Gleaner Lieutenant George Latham Blacker Bennett
• Gossamer Lieutenant Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon
• Grasshopper Lieutenant Henry Maurice Wilton Pitt Johnson
• Hydra Commander Vernon Archibald Tisdall
• Mersey Commander Adolphus Frederic St. Clair
• Naiad Captain Francis Powell
• Northampton Captain Henry Harvey Boys
• Salamander Lieutenant John Henry Waters Theed
• Sheldrake Lieutenant Lionel Aubrey Walter Barnes-Lawrence
• Skipjack Lieutenant Edmond John Warre Slade
• Terpsichore Captain Samuel Arthur Johnson
• Thetis Captain William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth
• Tribune Captain Oswald Peploe Tudor
• T.B. 26 Sub-lieutenant in Command Montagu William Warcop Peter Consett
• T.B. 27 Sub-lieutenant in Command Henry Arthur Lyall
• T.B. 65 Lieutenant & Commander (T) Arthur Barry
• T.B. 67 Sub-lieutenant in Command James Andrew Fergusson
• T.B. 68 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Stanley Bernard Norfolk (lent)
• T.B. 72 Lieutenant & Commander Leonard Coryton Lister (lent)
• T.B. 73 Sub-lieutenant in Command Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy
• T.B. 74 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe (lent)

Portsmouth Command

• Barham Captain Alfred Leigh Winsloe
• Barossa Commander Arthur William Edward Prothero
• Camperdown Captain Wollaston Comyns Karslake
• Galatea Captain William Alison Dyke Acland
• Glatton Captain Orford Churchill
• Hero Captain Alexander George McKechnie
• Indefatigable Captain George Lambart Atkinson
• Iris Captain Charles James Norcock
• Latona Captain Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa
• Rattlesnake Lieutenant & Commander Lewis Bayly
• Seagull Lieutenant & Commander (T) Arthur Ward Torlesse
• T.B. 25 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Vincent Barkly Molteno (lent)
• T.B. 33 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command George Henry Baird (lent)
• T.B. 41 Lieutenant in Command Thomas Legge Barnardiston (lent)
• T.B. 66 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Philip James Stopford (lent)
• T.B. 75 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Arthur Craig Waller (lent)
• T.B. 77 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Wilmot Stuart Nicholson (lent)
• T.B. 79 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Sydney Stewart Hall (lent)
• T.B. 80 Lieutenant in Command Frederick Charles Ashley Ogilvy (lent)
• T.B. 81 Lieutenant in Command (T) Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (lent)
• T.B. 83 Lieutenant in Command Cole Cortlandt Fowler (lent)
• T.B. 84 Lieutenant in Command Gordon Colquhoun Fraser (lent)
• T.B. 85 Lieutenant in Command Thomas Charles Smyth (lent)

Devonport Command

• Blonde Commander Henry Marwood Colson Festing
• Conqueror Captain Pelham Aldrich
• Curlew Commander Arthur Napier Heathcote
• Forth Captain Edward Grey Hulton
• Gorgon Commander George Izat
• Phoebe Captain Alvin Coote Corry
• Sharpshooter Lieutenant & Commander Lionel de Lautour Wells
• Spanker Lieutenant & Commander Herbert Neville Rolfe
• Spider Lieutenant & Commander John Gibbings
• Traveller Lieutenant & Commander Richard Archibald Cathie
• Thames Captain Charles Carter Drury
• T.B. 52 Lieutenant & Commander (T) Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (lent)
• T.B. 53 Lieutenant & Commander Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier (lent)
• T.B. 55 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Frank Brandt (lent)
• T.B. 57 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Ralph Philip Clutton (lent)
• T.B. 58 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command John Douglas Edwards (lent)
• T.B. 59 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Lionel Halsey (lent)
• T.B. 87 Lieutenant & Commander Clement Greatorex (lent)

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