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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. 212.</ref>
 
*Captain [[John Douglas Edwards|John D. Edwards]], (Man&oelig;uvres) 16 July, 1913.<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 212.</ref>
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Richard H. Walters]], 21 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 334.</ref>
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Richard H. Walters]], 21 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 334.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 29 July, 1914 until 1 October 1914.{{CN}}
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*Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 29 July, 1914.<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 44.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville|Henry B. T. Somerville]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville|Henry B. T. Somerville]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Frank Oswald Lewis|Frank O. Lewis]], September 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Frank Oswald Lewis|Frank O. Lewis]], September 1916.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 06:19, 29 August 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. 212.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 334.
  19. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ 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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