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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 [[Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|Randolph F. O. Foote]], 28 June, 1899.<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 468.</ref>
* Captain [[Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|Randolph F. O. Foote]], 28 June, 1899.<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 468.</ref>
* Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 27 February, 1905.<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>
* Captain [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], 27 February, 1905.<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>
* Captain [[Charles Edmund Kingsmill]], 8 May, 1907.<ref>Kingsmill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 755.</ref>
* Captain [[Charles Edmund Kingsmill]], 8 May, 1907.<ref>Kingsmill Service Record.  {{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 [[George Bowes Hutton|George B. Hutton]], 16 January, 1909.<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>
* Captain [[George Bowes Hutton|George B. Hutton]], 16 January, 1909.<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>
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Revision as of 21:32, 28 April 2014

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

Service

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.[7]

Radio

As of 1901, while serving as in the Channel Squadron, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. ↑ Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 30.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, p. 10.
  10. ↑ Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 468.
  11. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  12. ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 366.
  14. ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.

Bibliography


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