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Completed in 1903, '''H.M.S. ''Russell''''' was the first of six battleships of [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|her class]] to be commissioned.
  
 
==Career==
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe|Alfred L. Winsloe]], 19 February, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 9 February, 1903.  Issue '''36999''', col E, p. 8.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe|Alfred L. Winsloe]], 19 February, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 9 February, 1903.  Issue '''36999''', col E, p. 8.</ref>
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*Captain [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram]], April 1904.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert Swinburne Lowry]], December 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederick Alexander Warden]], November 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Arthur David Ricardo|Arthur D. Ricardo]], 10 August, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 370.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur David Ricardo|Arthur D. Ricardo]], 10 August, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 370.</ref>
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*Captain [[William Fane De Salis]], July 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[George Walter Smith|George W. Smith]], 3 March, 1911.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 21 February, 1913.  Issue '''40141''', col D, p. 4.</ref>
 
*Captain [[George Walter Smith|George W. Smith]], 3 March, 1911.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 21 February, 1913.  Issue '''40141''', col D, p. 4.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|Herbert A. S. Fyler]], 5 March, 1913.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 21 February, 1913.  Issue '''40141''', col D, p. 4.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|Herbert A. S. Fyler]], 5 March, 1913.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 21 February, 1913.  Issue '''40141''', col D, p. 4.</ref>
 
*Captain [[William Bowden Smith]], 5 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 378''a''.</ref>  This may be "Bowden-Smith".
 
*Captain [[William Bowden Smith]], 5 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 378''a''.</ref>  This may be "Bowden-Smith".
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*Captain [[William Fane De Salis]],
 
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*Captain [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram]],
 
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*Captain [[Robert Swinburne Lowry]],
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 16:01, 16 October 2012

H.M.S. Russell (1901)
Pendant Number: 23 (1914)[1]
Builder: Palmers[2]
Ordered: 1898 Supplemental Programme[3]
Laid down: 11 Mar, 1899[4]
Launched: 19 Feb, 1901[5]
Commissioned: 19 Feb, 1903
Mined: 27 Apr, 1916[6]
Fate: off Malta[7]

Completed in 1903, H.M.S. Russell was the first of six battleships of her class to be commissioned.

Career

Russell was launched at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 19 February, 1901, by Mrs. McLaren, wife of Charles McLaren, chairman of the Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company.[8]

Russell commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, to relieve the Canopus in the Mediterranean.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 37.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 9 February, 1903. Issue 36999, col E, p. 8.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 370.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1913. Issue 40141, col D, p. 4.
  17. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1913. Issue 40141, col D, p. 4.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 378a.

Bibliography


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