H.M.S. Hood (1891)
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| H.M.S. Hood | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Built By: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 12 August, 1889 |
| Launched: | 30 July, 1891 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June, 1893 |
| Put up for Sale: | 1914 |
| Fate: | Sunk as blockship |
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As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[1]
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edmund Frederick Jeffreys, 1 June, 1893.
- Captain Charles Carter Drury, 10 October, 1895.
- Captain Arthur Charles Burgoyne Bromley, 29 September, 1897.
- Captain Alvin Coote Corry, 9 December, 1898.
- Captain John Edric Blaxland, 4 September, 1900.
- Captain Robert Swinburne Lowry, 19 April, 1902.
- Captain William Stokes Rees, 25 June, 1903.
- Captain Hugh Pigot Williams, 20 February, 1904.
- Captain Frederick St. G. Rich, 5 May, 1904.[2]
- Captain Francis Charles Methuen Noel, 3 January, 1905.
- Commander Lawrence de Wahl Satow, 1 June, 1907.
- Captain Thomas Lawrie Shelford, 22 October, 1909.
- Commander Arthur Trevelyan Taylor, 14 July, 1910.
- Commander John Collings-Taswell Glossop, 1 September, 1910.
- Commander Robert Wilberforce Myburgh, 25 July, 1911.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 April, 1904. Issue 37373, col F, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 July, 1911. Issue 39639, col C, pg. 4.
Bibliography
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
