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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>
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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>
* 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|Godfrey H. B. Mundy]], January, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|Godfrey H. B. Mundy]], January, 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Cecil F. 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>
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* Captain [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]], 1 February, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 336.</ref>
* Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], 5 January 1910.<ref>Leatham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 147.</ref>
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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|Walter M. Ellerton]], January 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Walter Maurice Ellerton|Walter M. Ellerton]], January 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[John Douglas Edwards|John D. Edwards]], (Man&oelig;uvres) 16 July, 1913.<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 212.</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. 212.</ref>
* {{CommRN}} [[Richard Huth Walters|Richard H. Walters]], D.S.O., 21 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 334.</ref>
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* {{CommRN}} [[Richard Huth Walters|Richard H. Walters]], D.S.O., 21 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 334.</ref>
* Captain [[George Price Webley Hope|George P. W. Hope]], 29 July, 1914.<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 44.</ref>
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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}}
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* Captain [[Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville|Henry B. T. Somerville]], September, 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Frank Oswald Lewis|Frank O. Lewis]], September, 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Frank Oswald Lewis|Frank O. Lewis]], September, 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[John Garnet Armstrong|John G. Armstrong]], August, 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[John Garnet Armstrong|John G. Armstrong]], August, 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
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Revision as of 17:04, 28 April 2014

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

Service

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 are provided when known.

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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