H.M.S. Sturgeon (1894)

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H.M.S. Sturgeon (1894)
Builder: Vickers[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 1 Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 21 Jul, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Sturgeon was one of 42 destroyers of the "A" class — a "27 knotter".

She was broken up before the war.

Service

Members of Sturgeon's crew, 1896.
Photograph: Navy & Army Illustrated.

Lieutenant James Rose Price Hawksley was found at fault for grounding Sturgeon on 29 October, 1898.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93. Then known as the "Naval Construction and Armament Company".
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  8. Caption of photo in File:Sturgeon Crew 1896.jpg The Navy & Army Illustrated.

Bibliography


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