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Commissioned at Devonport on 9 April, 1885.{{NLSep85|p. 231}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Henry Oldham|nick=Edmund H. Oldham|appt=9 April, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 231}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur George Fullerton|nick=Arthur G. Fullerton|appt=27 July, 1886{{NLApr87|p. 224}}|end=11 July, 1887}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry John May|nick=Henry J. May|appt=10 October, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 224}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry John May|nick=Henry J. May|appt=10 October, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 224}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Lucius Fanshawe Royle|nick=Henry L. F. Royle|appt=21 April, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 246}}|end=July, 1892{{NLMar92|p. 246}}{{NLApr94|p. 245}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Lucius Fanshawe Royle|nick=Henry L. F. Royle|appt=21 April, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 246}}|end=30 June, 1892}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=28 July, 1892<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 245}}|end=29 September, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=also took command of {{UK-Sirius}} in early 1894}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Sidney Rolleston|nick=Robert S. Rolleston|appt=28 July, 1892<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 245}}|end=29 September, 1894<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/365.|D7578965}} ff. 1118, 1121.</ref>|note=also took command of {{UK-Sirius}} in early 1894}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Henry William Steele|nick=Henry W. Steele|appt=28 May, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 284}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Henry William Steele|nick=Henry W. Steele|appt=28 May, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 284}}|end=12 November, 1899|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Michael Stephens Beatty|nick=Michael S. Beatty|appt=12 November, 1899{{NLMay02|p. 296''a''}}|end=8 August, 1902}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Michael Stephens Beatty|nick=Michael S. Beatty|appt=12 November, 1899{{NLMay02|p. 296''a''}}|end=8 August, 1902}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=25 November, 1902{{NLOct04|p. 364}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=25 November, 1902{{NLOct04|p. 364}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=1 May, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 364}}|end=|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=1 May, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 364}}|end=|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=24 June, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 364}}|end=|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=24 June, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 364}}|end=5 October, 1910|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=Horace L. A. Hood|appt=5 October, 1910{{NLAug12|p. 365}}|end=|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=Horace L. A. Hood|appt=5 October, 1910{{NLAug12|p. 365}}|end=|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court|nick=Herbert E. Holmes-à-Court|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 397''l''}}|end=|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court|nick=Herbert E. Holmes-à-Court|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 397''l''}}|end=15 December, 1918|note=and for command of [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Arthur Trepess|nick=Francis A. Trepess|appt=11 March, 1921|end=1 November, 1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Arthur Trepess|nick=Francis A. Trepess|appt=11 March, 1921|end=1 November, 1921}}
 
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Revision as of 15:46, 31 March 2020

H.M.S. Racer (1884)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 6 Aug, 1884[2]
Sold: 1928[3]
H.M.S. Racer was one of six Mariner Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 9 April, 1885.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 231.
  5. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 231.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 224.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 224.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 246.
  9. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 245.
  11. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365. ff. 1118, 1121.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 284.
  13. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 296a.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 364.
  15. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 364.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 364.
  17. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 365.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 397l.

Bibliography


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