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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Warspite'' (1884)|fate2=Scrapped |comm=14 Feb, 1890{{NLMar91|pp. 266-7}} |fatedate=4 Apr, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 64}} |order= |name=Warspite |launch=29 Jan, 1884{{Conways1860|p. 64}} |builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] {{Conways1860|p. 64}} |laid=25 Oct, 1881{{Conways1860|p. 64}} |fate=Sold |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> ==Service== Commissioned at Chatham on 14 February, 1890.{{NLMar92|p. 267}} ''Warspite'' arrived at Devonport from Sheerness on 20 April, 1899 under the command of Captain [[Thomas Philip Walker]] and flying the flag of Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Anthony Beaumont|Beaumont]]. She left for the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]] in the evening of the 20th.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Apr 21, 1899; pg. 11; Issue 35809.</ref> ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Warspite''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Harry H. Rawson|appt=11 July, 1889<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>{{NMI|17 May 1889, p. 10}}|end=16 September, 1889<ref>Rawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/660.|}} f. 1076.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hedworth Meux|nick=Hedworth Lambton|appt=4 February, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 266}}<ref>Meux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|end=24 June, 1893<ref>Meux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral [[Charles Frederick Hotham|Charles F. Hotham]], on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]]|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Frederick Hammick|nick=Robert F. Hammick|appt=24 May, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 268}}|end=24 May, 1895}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Boardman|nick=Frederick R. Boardman|appt=24 May, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 268''k''}}|end=|note=moved to {{UK-Howe}} upon her commissioning}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet|nick=A. Berkeley Milne|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Milne Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 891.</ref>|end=30 July, 1897<ref>Milne Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 891.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Philip Walker|nick=Thomas P. Walker|appt=28 March, 1899<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 295/1378.</ref>|end=1 November, 1900<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 295/1378.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Colin Richard Keppel|nick=Colin R. Keppel|appt=1 November, 1900<ref>Keppel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 168.</ref>|end=1901<ref>Keppel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 168.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Locke Marx|nick=John L. Marx|appt=24 March, 1902{{NLMay02|p. 312}}|end=19 November, 1902<ref>Marx Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 856. Fact check this date.</ref>|note=in command on transfer of flag}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{Conways1860}} *{{Parkes}} {{refend}} {{Footer Imperieuse Class Cruiser (1883)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Warspite}} {{CatShipArmouredCruiser|UK}}

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