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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Audacious'' (1869)|comm=10 Sep, 1870{{Conways1860|p. 15}} |fatedate=1922{{Conways1860|p. 15}} |order=1867 Estimates{{Conways1860|p. 15}} |name=Audacious |launch=27 Feb, 1869{{Conways1860|p. 15}} |builder=[[Robert Napier & Sons]], Glasgow{{Conways1860|p. 15}} |laid=26 Jun, 1867{{Conways1860|p. 15}} |fate=Sold |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Audacious''''' was one of four [[Audacious Class Ironclad (1869)|''Audacious'' Class central battery ironclads]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== In February, 1888, she was flagship on the [[China Station]], bearing the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir [[Nowell Salmon]].{{NLFeb88|p. 187}} ''Audacious'' participated in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]] under the command of Captain [[Arthur Cecil Henry Paget|Arthur C. H. Paget]] as part of the Hostile Fleet tasked with threatening British trade routes.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}} She was renamed ''Imperieuse'' in 1914, at which time she was serving as a repair ship. ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Audacious''" nat=UK> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Dennis Hickley|nick=Henry D. Hickley|appt=18 September, 1873|end=17 March, 1874}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Howard Colomb (1831 – 1899)|nick=Philip H. Colomb|appt=1 September, 1874{{NLJul76|p. 131}}|end=August, 1877}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Durrant|nick=Francis Durrant|appt=31 August, 1877<ref>Durrant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1004.|D7578561}} f. 358.</ref>|ass=9 November, 1877<ref>Durrant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1004.|D7578561}} f. 358.</ref>|end=23 February, 1879<ref>Durrant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1004.|D7578561}} f. 358.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George John Anstruther|nick=George J. Anstruther|appt=28 December, 1882<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/14/503.|D7587675}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 March, 1883<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/14/503.|D7587675}} f. ?.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugo Lewis Pearson|nick=Hugo L. Pearson|appt=5 January, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 196}}|end=6 January, 1886}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Robert H. Harris|appt=31 October, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 195}}|ass=7 January, 1886|end=25 January, 1888|note=relieved at own request &ndash; personal affairs}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Borlase Warren|nick=John B. Warren|appt=25 January, 1888|end=29 February, 1888}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Cecil Henry Paget|nick=Arthur C. H. Paget|appt=1 April, 1890{{NLJul90|p. 196}}|end=1 April, 1893}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Stanley Mann|nick=William F. S. Mann|appt=1 April, 1893<ref>Mann Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/151.}} ff. 886, 855.</ref>|end=6 February, 1894<ref>Mann Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/151.}} ff. 886, 855.</ref>|note=transferred to {{UK-1Edinburgh}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Loftus Tottenham|nick=Henry L. Tottenham|appt=16 July, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 230}}|end=November, 1903}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Arthur Gwyn Moreton Meredyth|nick=Arthur G. M. Meredyth|appt=28 October, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 394''q''}}|end=27 July, 1915|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Imperieuse''|note=and as K.H.M., Scapa}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=27 July, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 395''i''}}|note=and as Admiralty Port Officer|end=28 June, 1917<ref>Chambers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Imperieuse''}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Basil Hew Fanshawe|nick=Basil H. Fanshawe|appt=28 June, 1917<ref>Fanshawe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/1.|D7602351}} f. 1.</ref>|end=15 March, 1919<ref>Fanshawe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/1.|D7602351}} f. 1.</ref>|note=and as Admiralty Port Officer|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Imperieuse''}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Dion Irvin|nick=William D. Irvin|appt=5 March, 1919<ref>Irvin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/243.|D8116875}} f. 315.</ref>|ass=15 March, 1919<ref>Fanshawe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/1.|D7602351}} f. 1.</ref>|end=31 July, 1919<ref>Irvin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/243.|D8116875}} f. 315.</ref>|note=and as Admiralty Port Officer|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Imperieuse''}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Audacious_(1869)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{Footer Audacious Class Ironclad (1869)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Audacious}} {{CatShipIronclad|UK}}

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