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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|nick=Arthur K. Wilson|appt=7 July, 1887<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}}  f. 942.</ref>|end=31 August, 1887<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}}  f. 942.</ref>|note=for Jubilee REview}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|nick=Arthur K. Wilson|appt=7 July, 1887<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}}  f. 942.</ref>|end=31 August, 1887<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}}  f. 942.</ref>|note=for Jubilee Review}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry May|nick=William H. May|appt=1 March, 1888<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 862.</ref>|end=10 November, 1890<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 862.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry May|nick=William H. May|appt=1 March, 1888<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 862.</ref>|end=10 November, 1890<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 862.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=10 November, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 228}}|ass=31 December, 1890<ref>Predecessor quit that date.  May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}}  f. 497.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Edmund S. Poë|appt=10 November, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 228}}|ass=31 December, 1890<ref>Predecessor quit that date.  May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.}}  f. 497.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Mackenzie McQuhae|nick=John M. McQuhae|appt=1 March, 1892<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|end=22 February, 1894<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Fremantle}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Mackenzie McQuhae|nick=John M. McQuhae|appt=1 March, 1892<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|end=14 April, 1894<ref>McQuhae Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7601477}} f. 850.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Fremantle}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=5 March, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 232}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=5 March, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 232}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peyton Hoskyns|nick=Peyton Hoskyns|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peyton Hoskyns|nick=Peyton Hoskyns|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}

Revision as of 09:55, 26 May 2015

H.M.S. Imperieuse (1883)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard [1]
Laid down: 10 Aug, 1881[2]
Launched: 18 Dec, 1883[3]
Commissioned: Sep, 1886[4]
Sold: 2 Oct, 1907[5]

Service

Imperieuse commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 March, 1888,[6] under Captain William H. May for service on the China Station.[7]

Whilst serving as flagship of the Pacific Station from 1896 to 1899 the Imperieuse is said to have visited the Cocos Islands in search of treasure.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 228.
  7. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  8. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 942.
  9. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 942.
  10. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  11. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 228.
  13. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  14. McQuhae Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 850.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 232.
  16. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col C, p. 8.
  17. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 367.
  18. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 367.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395i.
  20. Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  21. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 817.

Bibliography



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