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|comm=Aug, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
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|comp=Aug, 1893{{BurtBritishBattleships1889|p. 73}}
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|comm=11 Sep, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 217}}
 
|fatedate=1913{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
 
|fatedate=1913{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
 
|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
 
|order=Naval Defence Act of 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
 
|name=Empress of India
 
|name=Empress of India
|launch=7 May, 1891{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
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|launch=7 May, 1891<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 8 May, 1891.  Issue '''33319''', col A, p. 10.</ref>
 
|builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
 
|builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
 
|laid=9 Jul, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
 
|laid=9 Jul, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 32}}
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==Service==
 
==Service==
On 12 December, 1895, the majority of her crew turned over to the new battleship [[H.M.S. Magnificent (1894)|''Magnificent'']] at Chatham.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, p. 7.</ref>
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On 12 December, 1895, the majority of her crew turned over to the new battleship {{UK-Magnificent}} at Chatham.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 December, 1895.  Issue '''34759''', col B, p. 7.</ref>
  
 
==Radio==
 
==Radio==
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Empress of India''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-EmpressOfIndia|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Empress of India''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Adolphus Frederic St. Clair|nick=Adolphus F. St. Clair|appt=June, 1893{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Adolphus Frederic St. Clair|nick=Adolphus F. St. Clair|appt=11 September, 1893|end=25 April, 1895|note=would die two weeks after being superseded|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus MacLeod|nick=Angus MacLeod|appt=December, 1895{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles James Barlow|nick=Charles J. Barlow|appt=25 April, 1895<ref>Barlow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578771}} f. 31.</ref>|end=11 December, 1895<ref>Barlow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578771}} f. 31.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Campbell|nick=Charles Campbell|appt=8 June, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 2 June, 1897.  Issue '''35219''', col D, p. 9.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus MacLeod|nick=Angus MacLeod|appt=12 December, 1895<ref>MacLeod Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578915}} f. 824.</ref>|end=7 June, 1897<ref>MacLeod Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578915}} f. 824.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Hart Dyke|nick=Henry H. Dyke|appt=June, 1899{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Campbell|nick=Charles Campbell|appt=8 June, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 247}}<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 2 June, 1897.  Issue '''35219''', col D, p. 9.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Louis Fleet|nick=Henry L. Fleet|appt=January, 1900{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Hart Dyke|nick=Henry H. Dyke|appt=29 June, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 248}}|end=2 October, 1900|note=invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=16 September, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 August, 1902.  Issue '''36857''', col B, p. 4.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ferris|nick=John Ferris|appt=23 October, 1900<ref>Ferris Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 448.</ref>|end=October, 1901{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Augustus Warren|nick=Herbert A. Warren|appt=9 September, 1904<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1367.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Louis Fleet|nick=Henry L. Fleet|appt=12 October, 1901<ref>''Naval & Military Intelligence'' The Times (London). Thursday, 10 October 1901. Issue 36582, p. 8.</ref>|end=16 September, 1902<ref>Fleet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7601128}} f. 101.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur David Ricardo|nick=Arthur D. Ricardo|appt=28 February, 1905<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 464.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=16 September, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 August, 1902.  Issue '''36857''', col B, p. 4.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 252}}|note=and as Flag Captain to 2nd in command, Home Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Hyde Parker|nick=E. Hyde Parker|appt=3 January, 1907<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 2.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Augustus Warren|nick=Herbert A. Warren|appt=9 September, 1904<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1367.</ref>|end=27 February, 1905<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 290.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Ernest Stapleton Petch|nick=George E. S. Petch|appt=1 April, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 309}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur David Ricardo|nick=Arthur D. Ricardo|appt=28 February, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 308}}<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 464.</ref>|end=3 January, 1907<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 232.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=John D. Kelly|appt=4 February, 1911<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 166.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Hyde Parker|nick=E. Hyde Parker|appt=3 January, 1907<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 2.</ref>|end=28 May, 1907<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 2.</ref}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=18 July, 1911<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 14 July, 1911.  Issue '''39637''', col C, p. 16.</ref>|note=borne in {{UK-Majestic}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Gillespie|nick=Alexander Gillespie|appt=9 September, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 308}}|end=25 February, 1910}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Carlton Valentine de Mornay Cowper|nick=Carlton V. de M. Cowper|appt=25 February, 1910<ref>Cowper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/262.|D7602197}}  f. 307.</ref>|end=1 April, 1910<ref>Cowper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/262.|D7602197}}  f. 307.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Ernest Stapleton Petch|nick=George E. S. Petch|appt=1 April, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 309}}|end=4 February, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=John D. Kelly|appt=4 February, 1911<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 166.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 308}}|end=18 July, 1911<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 166.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=18 July, 1911<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 14 July, 1911.  Issue '''39637''', col C, p. 16.</ref>|end=27 April, 1912<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>|note=borne in {{UK-Majestic}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 12:57, 3 January 2018

H.M.S. Empress of India (1891)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 9 Jul, 1889[3]
Launched: 7 May, 1891[4]
Completed: Aug, 1893[5]
Commissioned: 11 Sep, 1893[6]
Sunk: 1913[7]
Fate: as target off Portland

Construction

Empress of India was launched at 16:30 on 7 May, 1891, by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught.[8]

Service

On 12 December, 1895, the majority of her crew turned over to the new battleship Magnificent at Chatham.[9]

Radio

As of 1901, while serving as a Port Guard ship,. she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[10] In his memoirs, Captain Henry L. Fleet relates:

On the conclusion of this trip [to the Channel Islands in January, 1902] we went to Portsmouth to have the wireless installed. It was estimated that it would take several weeks, and the Admiral became unhappy at the idea of being deprived of his flagship.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 May, 1891. Issue 33319, col A, p. 10.
  5. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 217.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 May, 1891. Issue 33319, col A, p. 10.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 December, 1895. Issue 34759, col B, p. 7.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  11. Fleet. p. 300.
  12. Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
  13. Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
  14. MacLeod Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 824.
  15. MacLeod Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 824.
  16. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 247.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 2 June, 1897. Issue 35219, col D, p. 9.
  18. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 248.
  19. Ferris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 448.
  20. Naval & Military Intelligence The Times (London). Thursday, 10 October 1901. Issue 36582, p. 8.
  21. Fleet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 101.
  22. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 27 August, 1902. Issue 36857, col B, p. 4.
  23. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 252.
  24. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1367.
  25. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 290.
  26. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 308.
  27. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  28. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 232.
  29. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  30. Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 309.
  32. Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  33. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 308.
  34. Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  35. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  36. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 14 July, 1911. Issue 39637, col C, p. 16.
  37. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.

Bibliography


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