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Revision as of 13:00, 4 August 2017

H.M.S. Marathon (1888)
Builder: Fairfield, Govan[1]
Laid down: 10 Aug, 1887[2]
Launched: 23 Aug, 1888[3]
Commissioned: 16 Sep, 1890[4]
Sold: 1905[5]

H.M.S. Marathon was one of five second class protected cruisers of the Medea class completed for the Royal Navy in 1889 and 1890.

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 16 September, 1890.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 234.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 234.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 234.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 238a.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 278.

Bibliography


Medea Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Marathon Magicienne Medea Medusa Melpomene
<– Archer Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Barracouta Class –>