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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=5 March, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 232}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=5 March, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 232}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peyton Hoskyns|nick=Peyton Hoskyns|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peyton Hoskyns|nick=Peyton Hoskyns|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Algernon Eden Brooke Greville|nick=Algernon E. B. Greville|appt=25 July, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 329}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Francis Lacon Watson|nick=Cecil F. L. Watson|appt=25 July, 1911<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 367.</ref>|end=11 April, 1913<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 367.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Arthur Gwyn Moreton Meredyth|nick=Arthur G. M. Meredyth|appt=28 October, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 394''q''}}|end=Jul, 1915{{FC}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=27 July, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 395''i''}}|note=and as Admiralty Port Officer|end=28 June, 1917<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Basil Hew Fanshawe|nick=Basil H. Fanshawe|appt=28 July, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 817}}|end=|note=and as Admiralty Port Officer}}
 
 
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Revision as of 19:37, 11 June 2016

H.M.S. Imperieuse (1883)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard [1]
Laid down: 10 Aug, 1881[2]
Launched: 18 Dec, 1883[3]
Commissioned: Sep, 1886[4]
Sold: 2 Oct, 1907[5]

Service

Imperieuse commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 March, 1888,[6] under Captain William H. May for service on the China Station.[7]

Whilst serving as flagship of the Pacific Station from 1896 to 1899 the Imperieuse is said to have visited the Cocos Islands in search of treasure.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 228.
  7. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  8. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 942.
  9. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 942.
  10. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  11. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 228.
  13. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  14. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 232.
  16. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col C, p. 8.

Bibliography



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