H.M.S. Russell (1901)
From The Dreadnought Project
H.M.S. Russell | |
Career | Details |
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Built By: | Palmers |
Laid down: | 11 March, 1899 |
Launched: | 19 February, 1901 |
Commissioned: | 19 February, 1903 |
Sunk: | 27 April, 1916 |
Fate: | Mined |
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.[1]
Russell commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, to relieve the Canopus in the Mediterranean.[2]
- Captain William Bowden Smith, 5 December, 1913.[3] This may be "Bowden-Smith".
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, pg. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 October, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, pg. 8.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 378a.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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