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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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  {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Boardman|nick=Frederick R. Boardman|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Boardman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578487}} f. 125.</ref>|end=14 September, 1889<ref>Boardman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578487}} f. 125.</ref>|note=lent from ''Serapis'' for manoeuvres}}
 
  {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Boardman|nick=Frederick R. Boardman|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>Boardman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578487}} f. 125.</ref>|end=14 September, 1889<ref>Boardman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.|D7578487}} f. 125.</ref>|note=lent from ''Serapis'' for manoeuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Hannam Henderson|nick=Frank H. Henderson|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 609.</ref>|end=18 August, 1896<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 609.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Hannam Henderson|nick=Frank H. Henderson|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 609.</ref>|end=18 August, 1896<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 609.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}

Revision as of 13:28, 2 August 2017

H.M.S. Iris (1877)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 10 Nov, 1875[2]
Launched: 12 Apr, 1877[3]
Commissioned: Apr, 1879[4]
Sold: 1905[5]

H.M.S. Iris was one of two second class protected cruisers of the Iris class.

There was also a sloop named Iris launched in 1915.

Service

Re-commissioned at Malta on 28 December, 1883.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 74.
  6. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 219.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 219.
  8. Boardman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 125.
  9. Boardman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 125.
  10. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  11. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  12. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 668.
  13. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 668.
  14. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 261.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 333.
  16. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 261.

Bibliography


Iris Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
  Iris Mercury  
  Minor Cruisers (UK) Leander Class –>