Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Iron Duke (1870)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 11: Line 11:
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
−
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1890 to replace {{UK-Devastation|f=p}} in the Coast Guard Service, Queensferry, North Britain.{{NLMar91|p. 231}}
+
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1890 eventually to replace {{UK-Devastation|f=p}} in the Coast Guard Service, Queensferry, North Britain.{{NLMar91|p. 231}}  First, however, she participated in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1890]] under the command of Captain [[Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen|Frederick S. Vander-Meulen]] as part of the Hostile Fleet tasked with threatening British trade routes.{{ToL|Naval Intelligence|Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Line 18: Line 18:
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Craven St. John|nick=Henry C. St. John|appt=28 August, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 219}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Craven St. John|nick=Henry C. St. John|appt=28 August, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 219}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Hornby Boyle|nick=Robert H. Boyle|appt=11 December, 1886{{NLFeb88|p. 215}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Hornby Boyle|nick=Robert H. Boyle|appt=11 December, 1886{{NLFeb88|p. 215}}|end=}}
−
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen|nick=Frederick S. Vander-Meulen|appt=9 May, 1890|end=31 August, 1890|note=manoeuvres}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen|nick=Frederick S. Vander-Meulen|appt=9 May, 1890|end=31 August, 1890|note=for [[Annual Manoevres of 1890]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Searle Cardale|nick=Charles S. Cardale|appt=3 February, 1891{{NLMar91|p. 231}}|end=5 April, 1892}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Searle Cardale|nick=Charles S. Cardale|appt=3 February, 1891{{NLMar91|p. 231}}|end=5 April, 1892}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Neville Rolfe|nick=Ernest N. Rolfe|appt=5 April, 1892|end=3 May, 1893}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Neville Rolfe|nick=Ernest N. Rolfe|appt=5 April, 1892|end=3 May, 1893}}

Revision as of 22:07, 10 August 2018

H.M.S. Iron Duke (1870)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: 1867 Estimates[2]
Laid down: 23 Aug, 1868[3]
Launched: 1 Mar, 1870[4]
Commissioned: 21 Jan, 1871[5]
Sold: 1906[6]

H.M.S. Iron Duke was one of four Audacious Class central battery ironclads completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1890 eventually to replace H.M.S. Devastation in the Coast Guard Service, Queensferry, North Britain.[7] First, however, she participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 under the command of Captain Frederick S. Vander-Meulen as part of the Hostile Fleet tasked with threatening British trade routes.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 15.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 231.
  8. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  9. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 10.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 219.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 215.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 231.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 270.


Audacious Class Central Battery Ironclad
  Audacious Invincible Iron Duke Vanguard  
  Battleships (UK) Swiftsure Class –>
Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Iron_Duke_(1870)&oldid=275608"