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''Russell'' commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe|Alfred L. Winsloe]], to relieve the {{UK-Canopus}} in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 February, 1903.  Issue '''37009''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
''Russell'' commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe|Alfred L. Winsloe]], to relieve the {{UK-Canopus}} in the [[Mediterranean Station|Mediterranean]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 February, 1903.  Issue '''37009''', col D, p. 8.</ref>


She recommissioned at Sheerness on 13 August, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 369.</ref>  She served in the {{UK-BS|4}} in 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 369.</ref>
She recommissioned at Sheerness on 13 August, 1912.{{NLApr14|p. 369}} 


At the end of 1913, ''Russell'' was serving as flagship to Rear-Admiral in the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]] at the Nore.{{AWO1913|722 of 12 Dec, 1913}}
''Russell'' served in the {{UK-BS|4}} in 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 369}}  At the end of the year, she was serving as flagship to Rear-Admiral in the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]] at the Nore.{{AWO1913|722 of 12 Dec, 1913}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 16:47, 8 October 2014

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]
Completed: Feb, 1903[6]
Commissioned: 19 Feb, 1903[7]
Mined: 27 Apr, 1916[8]
Fate: off Malta[9]

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

Service

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.[10]

Russell commissioned at Chatham on 19 February, 1903, under Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, to relieve the Canopus in the Mediterranean.[11]

She recommissioned at Sheerness on 13 August, 1912.[12]

Russell served in the Fourth Battle Squadron in 1913.[13] At the end of the year, she was serving as flagship to Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at the Nore.[14]

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. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
  6. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 232.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1901. Issue 36383, col F, p. 11.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 February, 1903. Issue 37009, col D, p. 8.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 369.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
  14. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 722 of 12 Dec, 1913.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 9 February, 1903. Issue 36999, col E, p. 8.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  22. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
  23. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1913. Issue 40141, col D, p. 4.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397t.

Bibliography


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