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{{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>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|nick=Christopher G. F. M. Cradock|appt=1 February, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 221}}|end=}}
 
{{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=1901}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{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>}}

Revision as of 13:06, 17 May 2016

H.M.S. Alacrity (1885)
Builder: Palmer, 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]

She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 20 September, 1906.[7]

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.[8]

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. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 273.
  8. Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 193.
  10. Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 175.
  11. Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 175.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 197.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 221.
  14. Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  15. Login Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 298.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 221.
  17. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 221.
  18. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
  19. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
  20. Harbord-Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. Unnumbered folio.
  21. Harbord-Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. Unnumbered folio.
  22. Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  23. Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  24. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  25. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  26. Lowndes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 470.
  27. Lowndes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 470.

Bibliography


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