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==Service==
A second-class torpedo boat attached to ''Rodney'' foundered near Gibraltar or in the Mediterranean on 15 November 1893 after capsizing while turning at high speed.  She was raised the following day and made fast to the battleship's davits.  A stoker who had died in the accident was found within the stokehold, with both arms dislocated.{{NMI|Thursday, Nov 16, 1893; pg. 3; Issue 34110}}
==Radio==
In 1901, though three sisters were listed as having or slated to receive W/T kits, she is not mentioned.{{ARTS1901|pp. 111-112}}
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Borlase Warren|nick=John B. Warren|appt=13 May, 1890|end=31 October, 1891|note=may have been in {{UK-1Monarch}} until 13 May, 1890 or 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Rose|nick=Henry Rose|appt=28 October, 1891<ref>Rose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/763.}} f. 1152.</ref>{{NLMar92|p. 249}}|end=10 October, 1893<ref>Rose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/763.}} f. 1152.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Burges Watson|nick=Burges Watson|appt=10 October, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 250}}|end=24 April, 1894}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Harvey Rainier|nick=John H. Rainier|appt=30 May, 1894<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/306.|}} f. 1080.</ref>{{NLMar96|p. 256}}|end=21 September, 1897<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/306.|}} f. 1080.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson|nick=John R. E. Pattisson|appt=22 September, 1897<ref>Patisson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>|end=14 May, 1898<ref>Patisson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.|D7578684}} f. 999.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald Walter Russell|nick=Gerald W. Russell|appt=11 May, 1898{{NLFeb00|p. 292}}|end=27 April, 1900{{NLJan01|pp. 261, 299''a''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard William White|nick=Richard W. White|appt=27 April, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 299''a''}}|end=29 August, 1901}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 14:31, 29 November 2021

H.M.S. Rodney (1884)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 6 Feb, 1882[2]
Launched: 24 Nov, 1885[3]
Completed: 14 Mar, 1887[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1888[5]
Sold: 11 May, 1909
Fate: Scrapped

Service

A second-class torpedo boat attached to Rodney foundered near Gibraltar or in the Mediterranean on 15 November 1893 after capsizing while turning at high speed. She was raised the following day and made fast to the battleship's davits. A stoker who had died in the accident was found within the stokehold, with both arms dislocated.[6]

Radio

In 1901, though three sisters were listed as having or slated to receive W/T kits, she is not mentioned.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 29.
  3. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 32.
  4. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 29.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Nov 16, 1893; pg. 3; Issue 34110.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. pp. 111-112.
  8. ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/763. f. 1152.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 249.
  10. ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/763. f. 1152.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 250.
  12. ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/306. f. 1080.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
  14. ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/306. f. 1080.
  15. ↑ Patisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
  16. ↑ Patisson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 999.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 292.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). pp. 261, 299a.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 299a.

Bibliography


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