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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*Captain [[Robert Leonard Groome|Robert L. Groome]], 21 December, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 20 December, 1897.  Issue '''35391''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Robert Leonard Groome|Robert L. Groome]], 21 December, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 20 December, 1897.  Issue '''35391''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
*Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 27 February, 1905.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 200.</ref>
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*Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 27 February, 1905.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 200.</ref>
*Captain [[Charles Edmund Kingsmill]], 8 May 1908 through 25 May 1908.<ref>ADM 196/38.  f. 755.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles Edmund Kingsmill]], 8 May 1908 through 25 May 1908.<ref>{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 755.</ref>
 
*Captain [[John Philip Rolleston|John P. Rolleston]], 11 August, 1908.  (And for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport.)<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 366.</ref>
 
*Captain [[John Philip Rolleston|John P. Rolleston]], 11 August, 1908.  (And for command of a Battleship Division in Special Reserve at Devonport.)<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 366.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Randolph Frank Ollive Foote]],  
 
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Revision as of 19:15, 10 October 2012

H.M.S. Repulse (1892)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1890[3]
Launched: 27 Feb, 1892[4]
Commissioned: Apr, 1894[5]
Sold: 1911[6]
Fate: Broken up

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Equipment and Alterations

In 1899, Repulse acquired her first rangefinder, a 4.5-foot model mounted at the back of the bridge, but lacking any ready means of transmitting its cuts.[11]

Radio

As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[12]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, p. 10.
  8. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  9. {TNA|ADM 196/38}}. f. 755.
  10. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 366.
  11. Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 30.
  12. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.

Bibliography


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