H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)

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H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)
Builder: J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 11 Aug, 1890[3]
Launched: 1 Mar, 1892[4]
Completed: Oct, 1893[5]
Commissioned: Oct, 1893[6]
Sold: 1913[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Ramillies was one of eight Royal Sovereign class battleships completed for the Royal Navy in 1893-94. She was sold shortly before the Great War.

Service

Radio

As of 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she was noted as carrying a Jackson W/T set.[8]

Torpedoes

In May 1898, the ship received the first gyro-equipped torpedoes ever issued in the Royal Navy: two 18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedoes from the Malta Sub-Depot.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  5. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 42.
  10. Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
  11. Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
  12. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 497.
  13. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 497.
  14. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 585.
  15. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 585.
  16. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  17. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  18. Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1232.
  19. Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1232.
  20. Kirby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 86/170.
  21. Kirby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 86/170.
  22. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  23. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1409.
  24. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1409.
  25. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 5.
  26. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 5.
  27. Dare Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 231.
  28. Dare Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 231.
  29. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  30. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
  31. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  32. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
  33. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  34. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 365.
  36. Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  37. Grant-Dalton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 367.
  38. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  39. Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 365.
  41. Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 49.
  42. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
  43. Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.

Bibliography


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