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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Captain Adolphus F. St. Clair, June 1893.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Angus MacLeod]], December 1895.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Campbell]], Jun 1897.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Hart Dyke]], Jun 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Louis Fleet]], January 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet]], 16 September, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 August, 1902.  Issue '''36857''', col B, p. 4.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet]], 16 September, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 August, 1902.  Issue '''36857''', col B, p. 4.</ref>
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*Captain [[Herbert Augustus Warren]], September 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Arthur David Ricardo]], 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Edmond Hyde Parker]], January - ? 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[John Donald Kelly]], 4 February, 1911.{{CN}}
 
*Captain [[John Donald Kelly]], 4 February, 1911.{{CN}}
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*Captain [[Edmond Hyde Parker]],
 
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*Captain [[Herbert Augustus Warren]],
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:05, 15 October 2012

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]
Commissioned: Aug, 1893[5]
Sunk: 1913[6]
Fate: as target off Portland

Career

On 12 December, 1895, the majority of her crew turned over to the new battleship Magnificent at Chatham.[7]

Radio

As of 1901, while serving as a Port Guard ship,. she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[8] 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.[9]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 December, 1895. Issue 34759, col B, p. 7.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  9. ↑ Fleet. p. 300.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 27 August, 1902. Issue 36857, col B, p. 4.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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