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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 September, 1880 for service in the [[Channel Squadron]].{{NLJul84|p. 191}}
 
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 September, 1880 for service in the [[Channel Squadron]].{{NLJul84|p. 191}}
  
Sent to Malta as a depot ship in 1901, she was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Hibernia''''' in 1902 and then '''H.M.S. ''Egmont''''' in March 1904. She remained in Malta until 1914.
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The ship visited the port of [[Mahon]] in Minorca, Spain from 10-18 March, 1882 under the command of [[George Stanley Bosanquet]] in company with H.M.S. ''Salamis''.<ref>Naval historian Antonio Moreno García, document mailed to us 20240426.</ref>
  
Sent back to Chatham.
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''Achilles'' was sent to Malta as a depot ship in 1901, was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Hibernia''''' around 1900 and then '''H.M.S. ''Egmont''''' in March 1904.  She remained in Malta until 1914.
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She was ultimately sent back to Chatham.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Achilles''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Achilles''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Vesey Hamilton|nick=Richard V. Hamilton|appt=12 April, 1870{{NLDec71|p. 135}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Westby Vansittart|nick=Edward W. Vansittart|appt=8 July, 1864<ref>Vansittart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1262.|}} f. 1380.</ref>|end=30 October, 1868<ref>Vansittart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1262.|}} f. 1380.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=1877|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Vesey Hamilton|nick=Richard V. Hamilton|appt=12 April, 1870{{NLDec71|p. 135}}|end=25 April, 1873}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Radulphus Bryce Oldfield|nick=Radulphus B. Oldfield|appt=21 April, 1873{{NLJul73|p. 131}}|end=14 March, 1875}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Whyte|nick=William H. Whyte|appt=15 March, 1875<ref>Whyte Service Recvord.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1506.|}} f. ?.</ref>|1 April, 1875<ref>Whyte Service Recvord.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1506.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sholto Douglas|nick=Sholto Douglas|appt=1 April, 1875{{NLJul76|p. 127}}|end=16 May, 1877}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=17 May, 1877|end=21 March, 1878}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage|nick=Algernon C. F. Heneage|appt=26 March, 1878{{NLJul78|p. 191}}|end=31 August, 1880}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage|nick=Algernon C. F. Heneage|appt=26 March, 1878{{NLJul78|p. 191}}|end=31 August, 1880}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Kelly|nick=Edward Kelly|appt=8 September, 1880{{NLOct81|p. 191}}|end=8 October, 1882}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Kelly|nick=Edward Kelly|appt=8 September, 1880{{NLOct81|p. 191}}|end=8 October, 1882}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Buller|nick=Alexander Buller|appt=22 January, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 191}}|end=10 March, 1885}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Buller|nick=Alexander Buller|appt=22 January, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 191}}|end=10 March, 1885}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Frederick Stephenson|nick=Henry F. Stephenson|appt=10 March, 1885|end=7 May, 1885}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Frederick Stephenson|nick=Henry F. Stephenson|appt=10 March, 1885|end=7 May, 1885}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David Louson Dickson|nick=David L. Dickson|appt=25 September, 1894<ref>Dickson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/424.|}} ff. 322, 325.</ref>|end=17 January, 1895<ref>Dickson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/424.|}} ff. 322, 325.</ref>|note=superseded for a "discreditable wine bill"}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=24 October, 1898<ref>Ricketts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/408.}} f. 1101.</ref>|end=12 October, 1900<ref>Ricketts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/408.}} f. 1101.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Hibernia''|note=as Captain of H.M.S. ''Hibernia''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Keppel Wade|nick=Keppel Wade|appt=12 October, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 264}}|end=October, 1902<ref>Wade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/601.|}} ff. 1376, 1379.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Hibernia''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Harrington Martin|nick=Edward H. Martin|appt=1 October, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 268}}|end=8 October, 1904<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20/187.|}} f. 593.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''|note=ship renamed ''Egmont'' during this period}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gordon Colquhoun Fraser|nick=Gordon C. Fraser|appt=15 September, 1904<ref>Fraser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|}} f. 414.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 306}}|end=2 August, 1905<ref>Fraser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|}} f. 414.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''|note=invalided}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Graham Gregory|nick=Reginald G. Gregory|appt=1 July, 1906<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/257.|}} f. 301.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 307}}|end=31 October, 1908<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/257.|}} f. 301.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''|note=invalided}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Leslie Thorpe-Doubble|nick=Thomas L. Thorpe-Doubble|appt=24 February, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 307}}|end=August 1912<ref>Thorpe-Doubble Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/198.|}} f. 198.  Day of month illegible.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Garnet Armstrong|nick=John G. Armstrong|appt=24 July, 1912<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602489}} f. 160.</ref>{{NLMar13|p. 307}}|end=13 March, 1913<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602489}} f. 160.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Bingham Powell|nick=George B. Powell|appt=13 March, 1913{{NLMay13|p. 306}}|end=c. April 1914|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''|succBy={{UK-Firefly}} becomes ''Egmont''|note=''Egmont'' name taken by old {{UK-1Firefly}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Latest revision as of 14:44, 27 April 2024

H.M.S. Achilles (1863)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 1 Aug, 1861
Launched: 23 Dec, 1863
Completed: 26 Nov, 1864
Sold: 26 Jan, 1923

H.M.S. Achilles was an armour-plated steam frigate launched in 1863.

Service

Achilles served served in the Channel Fleet until 1868.

She commissioned at Devonport on 17 May 1877 for service in the Mediterranean.[1]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 September, 1880 for service in the Channel Squadron.[2]

The ship visited the port of Mahon in Minorca, Spain from 10-18 March, 1882 under the command of George Stanley Bosanquet in company with H.M.S. Salamis.[3]

Achilles was sent to Malta as a depot ship in 1901, was renamed H.M.S. Hibernia around 1900 and then H.M.S. Egmont in March 1904. She remained in Malta until 1914.

She was ultimately sent back to Chatham.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1878). p. 191.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 191.
  3. Naval historian Antonio Moreno García, document mailed to us 20240426.
  4. Vansittart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1262. f. 1380.
  5. Vansittart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1262. f. 1380.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1871). p. 135.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 131.
  8. Whyte Service Recvord. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. ?.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 127.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1878). p. 191.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 191.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 191.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 191.
  14. Dickson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/424. ff. 322, 325.
  15. Dickson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/424. ff. 322, 325.
  16. Ricketts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/408. f. 1101.
  17. Ricketts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/408. f. 1101.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 264.
  19. Wade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/601. ff. 1376, 1379.
  20. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 268.
  21. Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/187. f. 593.
  22. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. f. 414.
  23. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 306.
  24. Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. f. 414.
  25. Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/257. f. 301.
  26. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 307.
  27. Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/257. f. 301.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 307.
  29. Thorpe-Doubble Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/198. f. 198. Day of month illegible.
  30. Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
  31. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 307.
  32. Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
  33. The Navy List. (May, 1913). p. 306.