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*{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Livington Campbell|Frederick L. Campbell]], 21 July, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Frederick Livington Campbell|Frederick L. Campbell]], 21 July, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
*Captain [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Herbert G. King-Hall]], 22 December, 1903.<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 42.</ref>
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*Captain [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Herbert G. King-Hall]], 22 December, 1903.<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 42.</ref>
*Captain [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy]], January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|Godfrey H. B. Mundy]], January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby]], December 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. Thursby]], December 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]], 1 February, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 336.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]], 1 February, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 336.</ref>
* Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], June 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], 5 January 1910.<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>
*Captain [[Walter Maurice Ellerton]], January 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Walter Maurice Ellerton|Walter M. Ellerton]], January 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Richard H. Walters]], 21 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 334.</ref>
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*Captain [[John Douglas Edwards|John D. Edwards]], (Man&oelig;uvres) 16 July, 1913.<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>
* Captain [[George Price Webley Hope]], 29 July, 1914 until 1 October 1914.{{CN}}
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*{{CommRN}} [[Richard H. Walters]], 21 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 334.</ref>
*Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 29 July, 1914 until 1 October 1914.{{CN}}
*Captain [[Frank Oswald Lewis]], September 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville|Henry B. T. Somerville]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[John Garnet Armstrong]], August 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frank Oswald Lewis|Frank O. Lewis]], September 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[John Douglas Edwards]], ?.{{FC}}
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*Captain [[John Garnet Armstrong|John G. Armstrong]], August 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 04:23, 29 July 2013

H.M.S. King Alfred (1901)
Pendant Number: P.10 (1914)
P.98 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[2]
Ordered: 1898-99 Programme[3]
Laid down: 11 Aug, 1899[4]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1901[5]
Commissioned: 22 Dec, 1903[6]
Sold: 30 Jan, 1920[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Alterations

In mid-1913 it was approved that King Alfred receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument previously allotted.[8]

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 22 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 283 of 6 June, 1913.
  9. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  11. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 336.
  15. Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
  18. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 334.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.



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