Annual Manoeuvres of 1893
From The Dreadnought Project
The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1893 involved a number of ships called into special commission on 11 July.[1]
Contents
Ships Involved
Sheerness Command
- second class protected cruiser Andromache Captain George Fowler King-Hall
- second class protected cruiser Apollo Captain George Anson Primrose
- third class protected cruiser Barracouta Commander Philip Francis Tillard
- second class battleship Benbow Captain Burges Watson, Commander The Hon. Walter George Stopford
- first class protected cruiser Blenheim Captain William Henry Hall (lent), Commander Reginald Purves Cochran
- second class protected cruiser Brilliant Captain Edmund Samuel Poë
- torpedo gunboat Circe Commander Henry Joseph Keane
- torpedo gunboat Gleaner Commander Leslie Creery Stuart
- torpedo gunboat Gossamer Commander Rowland Edward Berkeley
- torpedo gunboat Grasshopper Lieutenant & Commander Arthur Barry (lent)
- torpedo gunboat Jaseur Commander Stanley Talbot Dean-Pitt
- torpedo gunboat Jason Commander Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon
- gunboat Raven Lieutenant & Commander Alexander Eckstein Stewart
- torpedo gunboat Salamander Commander Algernon Horatio Anson
- second class protected cruiser Sappho Captain Henry Charles Bigge
- torpedo gunboat Sheldrake Commander Alfred Fulling Welldon
- torpedo gunboat Skipjack Commander James Pipon Montgomery
- second class protected cruiser Terpsichore Captain Arthur Calvert Clarke
- second class protected cruiser Tribune Captain Robert Leonard Groome
- T.B. 63 Sub-lieutenant in Command Cecil Henry Fox (lent)
- T.B. 64 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command John Barff Hancock (lent)
- T.B. 67 Lieutenant & Commander George Barrett (lent; recorded as "George H. Barrett" in The Times)
- T.B. 68 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Hubert Henry Holland (lent)
- T.B. 72 Lieutenant & Commander (T) Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair (lent)
- T.B. 73 Sub-lieutenant in Command Arthur Edward Phillips
Portsmouth Command
- third class protected cruiser Barossa Commander John Edward Bearcroft
- second class battleship Hero Captain George Lambart Atkinson, Commander Thomas Philip Walker
- second class protected cruiser Indefatigable Captain Richard Bingham
- second class protected cruiser Intrepid Captain John Salwey Hallifax
- second class protected cruiser Iphigenia Captain Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman-Simpson
- second class protected cruiser Iris Captain John Harvey Rainier
- special service vessel Magnet Lieutenant & Commander James Webber (lent)
- second class protected cruiser Naiad, Captain Michael Pelham O'Callaghan
- torpedo gunboat Rattlesnake, Lieutenant & Commander Lewis Bayly (lent)
- torpedo gunboat Seagull Lieutenant & Commander (T) Arthur Ward Torlesse (lent)
- T.B. 59 Lieutenant & Commander Clement Greatorex (lent)
- T.B. 60 Sub-lieutenant in Command Arthur Kipling Waistell
- T.B. 66 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Henry Strickland (lent)
- T.B. 77 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Thomas Parry Bonham (lent)
- T.B. 79 Lieutenant & Commander Gordon Colquhoun Fraser (lent)
- T.B. 81 Lieutenant & Commander (T) Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (lent)
- T.B. 82 Lieutenant & Commander William Reginald Hall (lent)
- T.B. 83 Lieutenant & Commander Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot
- T.B. 84 Lieutenant & Commander George Walter Smith (lent)
Devonport Command
- second class protected cruiser Æolus Captain Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham
- gunvessel Curlew Commander John Locke Marx
- second class battleship Conqueror Captain Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Commander Frederick Henry Peere Williams Freeman
- second class protected cruiser Forth Captain Charles Philip Giffin Hicks, Commander William Francis Tunnard
- second class protected cruiser Pique Captain Orford Churchill
- second class protected cruiser Rainbow Captain Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa
- second class protected cruiser Retribution Captain Charles James Barlow
- torpedo gunboat Spider Lieutenant & Commander Henry John Oldfield (lent)
- second class protected cruiser Thames Captain Robert William Craigie, Commander Ian Mackenzie Fraser
- ex-tug and special service vessel Traveller Lieutenant & Commander Richard Archibald Cathie (lent)
- T.B. 34 Lieutenant & Commander Spencer Allen Hickley (lent)
- T.B. 45 Sub-lieutenant in Command Robert Gwynne Corbett
- T.B. 52 Sub-lieutenant in Command Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe
- T.B. 53 acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Berkeley Holme-Sumner (lent)
- T.B. 57 Sub-lieutenant in Command Henry Rawdon Veale
- T.B. 58 Lieutenant & Commander Cecil Irby Prowse
- T.B. 80 Lieutenant & Commander (T) William Lowther Grant (lent)
- T.B. 85 Lieutenant & Commander Thomas Legge Barnardiston (lent)
- T.B. 87 Lieutenant & Commander Robert Falcon Scott (lent)
Order of Battle
The objectives of the Manoeuvres and the order of battle were spelled out in The Times on 11 July.[2]
Red Side
The Red Side was under the overall command of Vice-Admiral H. Fairfax, who personally commanded the component "A" Fleet, with a second "B" Fleet was under a subordinate.
- "A" Fleet – under command of Fairfax, assembled at Portland and Torbay
- "B" Fleet – under command of Rear-Admiral E. H. Seymour, assembled at Milford Haven and Lamlash
- Group "a"
- Group "b"
- Group "c"
Blue Side
The Blue Side was under the overall command of Rear-Admiral R. O'B. Fitzroy, who personally commanded the first component Fleet, with a subordinate Fleet.
- "C" Fleet – under command of Fitzroy, assembled at Torbay and Berehaven
- Group "a"
- Group "b"
- "D" Fleet – under command of Rear-Admiral A. T. Dale, assembled at Berehaven and Black Sod Bay
- Group "a"
- Group "b"
- Coast of Ireland Squadron – under command of Rear-Admiral H. C. St. John. Assembled at Falmouth and other stations.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres of 1893." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 11, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 34000.
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