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''The Times'' reported the structure of the exercise as follows.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}} | ''The Times'' reported the structure of the exercise as follows.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}} | ||
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+ | The first-class torpedo boats listed there were to be split evenly between the two fleets. A story from 29 July 1890 permitted their Fleet assignments to be sorted out as shown below.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890; pg. 10; Issue 33076}} | ||
A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890. | A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890. | ||
− | * Fleet Number 1 – commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes. | + | * Fleet Number 1 – commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] in flagship {{UK-1Invincible}} was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes. |
** {{UK-Anson}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]] | ** {{UK-Anson}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]] | ||
** {{UK-1Rodney}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]] | ** {{UK-1Rodney}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]] | ||
− | ** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain not indicated | + | ** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain not indicated |
** {{UK-1Hero}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]] | ** {{UK-1Hero}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]] | ||
** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]] | ** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]] | ||
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** {{UK-Spider}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]] | ** {{UK-Spider}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]] | ||
** {{UK-Hearty}}, Commander [[William Wilson]] | ** {{UK-Hearty}}, Commander [[William Wilson]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB65}} Lieutenant [[John Hercules Robertson]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant [[Charles FitzGerald Sowerby]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB68}} Lieutenant [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB72}} Lieutenant [[Claude William Manners Plenderleath]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB73}} Lieutenant [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB74}} Lieutenant The Hon. [[George Arthur Hardinge]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB78}} Lieutenant [[Francis Eaton Travers]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB79}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB80}} Lieutenant [[Lewis Bayly]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB83}} Lieutenant [[Edward Arthur Salwey]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB84}} Lieutenant [[Herbert Orpen]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB85}} Lieutenant [[William Osbert Boothby]] | ||
* Fleet Number 2 – commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes. | * Fleet Number 2 – commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes. | ||
** {{UK-Forth}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]] | ** {{UK-Forth}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]] | ||
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** {{UK-Immortalite}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]] | ** {{UK-Immortalite}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]] | ||
** {{UK-Northampton}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]] | ** {{UK-Northampton}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-1TB45}} Lieutenant [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB51}} Lieutenant [[Reginald Graham Gregory]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB52}} Lieutenant [[Philip Jeston Hodges]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB54}} Lieutenant [[Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylor]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB55}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Trevor Dawson]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB57}} Lieutenant [[Robert John Prendergast]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB58}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Parkinson James]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB59}} Lieutenant [[William Firth Slayter]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB81}} Lieutenant [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB82}} Lieutenant [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB86}} Lieutenant [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John Michael de Robeck]] | ||
+ | ** {{UK-TB87}} Lieutenant [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]] | ||
* Fleet Number 3 – was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs. | * Fleet Number 3 – was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs. | ||
** {{UK-Belleisle}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]] | ** {{UK-Belleisle}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]] | ||
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** {{UK-1Ruby}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]] | ** {{UK-1Ruby}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]] | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Revision as of 21:49, 9 August 2018
The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 was a typical exercise, with one fleet taking a defensive role while a second took a threatening role.
Order of Battle
The Times reported the structure of the exercise as follows.[1]
The first-class torpedo boats listed there were to be split evenly between the two fleets. A story from 29 July 1890 permitted their Fleet assignments to be sorted out as shown below.[2]
A review of the Navy List and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that appointments in command were dated 22 July, 1890.
- Fleet Number 1 – commanded by Vice-Admiral George Tryon in flagship Invincible was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes.
- Anson, Captain Bouverie Francis Clark
- Rodney, Captain John Borlase Warren
- Inflexible, Captain not indicated
- Hero, Captain William Home Chisholme St. Clair
- Inflexible, Captain Arthur Thomas Brooke
- Triumph, Captain Francis Starkie Clayton
- Hotspur, Captain Thomas Harvey Royse
- Northumberland, Captain John Fellowes
- Black Prince, Captain Alexander Plantagenet Hastings
- Galatea, Captain Swinton Colthurst Holland
- Narcissus, Captain Lewis Anthony Beaumont
- Shannon, Captain Arthur Edward Dupuis
- Iris, Captain Ernest Neville Rolfe
- Thames, Captain Wollaston Comyns Karslake
- Mersey, Captain Arthur William Moore
- Inconstant, Captain Frederick Ross Boardman
- Medusa, Captain Andrew Kennedy Bickford
- Basilisk, Commander Lewis Edmund Wintz
- Mohawk, Commander Robert Blair Maconochie
- Racoon, Commander Edward Harpur Gamble
- Speedwell, Lieutenant Edmund Arthur White
- Spider, Lieutenant The Hon. Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson
- Hearty, Commander William Wilson
- T.B. 65 Lieutenant John Hercules Robertson
- T.B. 67 Lieutenant Charles FitzGerald Sowerby
- T.B. 68 Lieutenant Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier
- T.B. 72 Lieutenant Claude William Manners Plenderleath
- T.B. 73 Lieutenant Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee
- T.B. 74 Lieutenant The Hon. George Arthur Hardinge
- T.B. 78 Lieutenant Francis Eaton Travers
- T.B. 79 Lieutenant Arthur Cavenagh Leveson
- T.B. 80 Lieutenant Lewis Bayly
- T.B. 83 Lieutenant Edward Arthur Salwey
- T.B. 84 Lieutenant Herbert Orpen
- T.B. 85 Lieutenant William Osbert Boothby
- Fleet Number 2 – commanded by Vice-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes.
- Forth, Captain John Hugh Bainbridge
- Arethusa, Captain Thomas Peere Williams Nesham
- Medea, Captain George William Hill
- Barossa, Commander Henry Hart Dyke
- Serpent, Commander Harry Leith Ross
- Curlew, Commander Henry Deacon Barry
- Sandfly, Commander Paul Warner Bush
- twin screw vessel Traveller, Lieutenant Gustavus Humphry Yonge
- Ajax, Captain Robert Hornby Boyle
- Camperdown, Captain Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman-Simpson
- Howe, Captain Henry Harvey Boys
- Neptune, Captain John Frederick George Grant
- Conqueror, Captain Henry John Carr
- Audacious, Captain Arthur Cecil Henry Paget
- Iron Duke, Captain Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen
- Minotaur, Captain George Thomas Henry Boyes
- Aurora, Captain Sir William Wiseman
- Immortalité, Captain Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe
- Northampton, Captain Leicester Chantrey Keppel
- T.B. 45 Lieutenant Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot
- T.B. 51 Lieutenant Reginald Graham Gregory
- T.B. 52 Lieutenant Philip Jeston Hodges
- T.B. 54 Lieutenant Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylor
- T.B. 55 Lieutenant Arthur Trevor Dawson
- T.B. 57 Lieutenant Robert John Prendergast
- T.B. 58 Lieutenant Arthur Parkinson James
- T.B. 59 Lieutenant William Firth Slayter
- T.B. 81 Lieutenant Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee
- T.B. 82 Lieutenant Edward Francis Benedict Charlton
- T.B. 86 Lieutenant John Michael de Robeck
- T.B. 87 Lieutenant Lionel de Lautour Wells
- Fleet Number 3 – was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs.
- Belleisle, Captain The Hon. Richard Hare
- Glatton, Captain John George Jones
- Gorgon, Captain Orford Churchill
- Hecate, Commander Alfred Carpenter
- Hydra, Commander Alvin Coote Corry
- Cyclops, Captain Charles Philip Giffin Hicks
- Active, Captain Armand Temple Powlett
- Hecla, Captain Edwin John Payne Gallwey
- Tartar, Commander Charles Grey Robinson
- Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Deacon Barry
- Grasshopper, Lieutenant Frederick Tower Hamilton
- Squadron 4 – was to be unattached and employed on special service. Whether it is part of one of the above Fleets is not mentioned.
- Volage, Captain William Alison Dyke Acland
- Calypso, Captain Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa
- Ruby, Captain Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson
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