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Revision as of 17:39, 19 February 2015

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 The Navy & Army Illustrated.

Bibliography


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