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==Captains==
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Revision as of 13:31, 19 March 2016

H.M.S. Beagle (1889)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 14 May, 1888[2]
Launched: 28 Feb, 1889[3]
Completed: Sep, 1889[4]
Commissioned: 24 Sep, 1889[5]
Sold: 1905[6]

H.M.S. Beagle was one of two Beagle Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

On 3 September, 1902, Beagle ran aground. A Court of Enquiry was convened and found her navigator, Lieutenant (N) Richard Horne was at fault. He was cautioned to be more careful in future. Beagle paid off on 29 July, 1904. [7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 197.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  7. ↑ Horne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 391.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 202.

Bibliography


Beagle Class Screw Sloop
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