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The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour|E. H. Seymour]] with Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|A. K. Wilson]] as second-in-command. | The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour|E. H. Seymour]] with Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|A. K. Wilson]] as second-in-command. | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 14 August 2018
The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 were conducted in the summer of 1896.
Order of Battle
The following ships participated in the exercise.[1][2][3]
The Reserve Fleet would assemble at Plymouth Sound under the command of Vice-Admiral E. H. Seymour with Rear-Admiral A. K. Wilson as second-in-command.
Devonport
Battleships to be brought to full complement:
- Benbow Captain Eustace Rooke
- Colossus Captain Edward Henry Meggs Davis
- Devastation Captain William Metcalfe Lang
- Dreadnought Captain Anson Schomberg
- Thunderer Captain Herbert William Summer Gibson
Cruisers:
- Forth Captain Edward Henry Bayly (commissioned 8 July)
- Pearl Captain George Morris Henderson (ditto)
- Phaeton Charles James Norcock (ditto)
- Sirius Captain Robert Archibald James Montgomerie (ditto)
- Melampus Captain Charles Philip Giffin Hicks (to be brought up to full complement)
Gunboats:
- Harrier Commander Henry Loftus Tottenham (commissioned 8 July)
- Hazard Lieutenant & Commander Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge (ditto)
- Hussar Commander Charles Goodhart May (ditto)
- Antelope Lieutenant & Commander Joseph Ridgway Bridson (ditto)
- Spider Lieutenant & Commander Alfred Whitehouse (in commission; to be re-commissioned)
- Curlew Commander James Pipon Montgomery (ditto)
- Renard Lieutenant & Commander George Alexander Ballard (to be brought up to full complement)
- Jason Lieutenant & Commander Arthur Gwyn Moreton Meredyth (ditto)
- Sharpshooter Commander Arthur Dodgson (ditto)
Torpedo Boat Destroyers:
- Banshee Lionel de Lautour Wells (brought to full complement)
- Ferret Lieutenant & Commander Charles William Stares Leggatt (brought to full complement)
- Lynx Lieutenant & Commander Robert Henry Travers (brought to full complement)
- Opossum Lieutenant & Commander Cecil Foley Lambert (brought to full complement)
Torpedo-boats:
- T.B. 52 Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command "D. T. Morris" (commissioned on 8 July; I cannot identify this man)
- T.B. 55 Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Walter Hose (commissioned on 8 July)
- T.B. 57 Acting Sub-lieutenant in Command Henry George Robinson Bevan (commissioned on 8 July)
- T.B. 58 Sub-lieutenant in Command Gerald Ducat (commissioned on 8 July)
- T.B. 85 Lieutenant & Commander Sydney Stewart Hall (commissioned on 8 July)
- T.B. 87 Lieutenant & Commander Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee (commissioned on 8 July)
Portsmouth
Battleships:
- Sultan Captain Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa (commissioned on 8 July)
- Alexandra Captain William Harvey Pigott (brought up to full strength)
- Edinburgh Captain John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson (brought up to full strength)
Cruisers:
- Iphigenia Captain William Wilson (commissioned 8 July)
- Indefatigable Captain Horatio Nelson Dudding (commissioned 8 July)
- Latona Captain Charles Henry Cross (commissioned 8 July)
- Naiad Captain Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce (commissioned 8 July)
- Iris Captain Frank Hannam Henderson (commissioned 8 July)
- Melpomene Captain Henry Leah (commissioned 8 July)
- Australia Captain William Alison Dyke Acland (brought up to full strength)
Gunboats:
- Niger Lieutenant & Commander Edmund Moore Cooper Cooper-Key (brought up to full strength)
- Leda Lieutenant & Commander Hubert Grant-Dalton (brought up to full strength)
- Spanker Lieutenant & Commander Frederick Harston Eagles (brought up to full strength)
- Seagull Lieutenant & Commander Arthur Barry (brought up to full strength)
Torpedo Boat Destroyers:
- Havock Lieutenant & Commander William Frederick Blunt (commissioned 8 July)
- Hasty (cannot identify her captain) (commissioned 8 July)
- Boxer Commander Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper (brought up to full strength)
- Bruizer Lieutenant & Commander Anthony Francis Gurney (brought up to full strength)
- Daring Henry Thompson (brought up to full strength, would be delayed one week by engine trouble)
- Hart Lieutenant & Commander Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt (brought up to full strength)
Torpedo-boats:
- T.B. 50 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 59 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 60 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 66 Sub-lieutenant in Command Henry Wise Parker (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 71 Sub-lieutenant in Command Albert Percy Addison (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 76 Lieutenant & Commander Richard Markham Tyringham Stephens (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 77 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 79 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 83 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 84 Lieutenant & Commander Frank Brandt (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 94 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 95 (commissioned 8 July)
Chatham
Battleships:
- Sans Pareil Captain James Lacon Hammet (brought up to full strength)
Cruisers:
- Apollo Captain Alvin Coote Corry (commissioned 8 July)
- Severn Captain John Leslie Burr (commissioned 8 July)
- Andromache Captain Archibald James Pocklington (commissioned 8 July)
- Thetis Captain Daniel McNab Riddel (commissioned 8 July)
- Brilliant Captain Francis George Kirby (commissioned 8 July)
- Tribune Captain George Northmore Arthur Pollard (commissioned 8 July)
- Terpsichore Captain Herbert Arthur Walton Onslow (commissioned 8 July)
- Mersey Captain George William Hill (brought up to full strength)
- Galatea Captain Basil Edward Cochrane (brought up to full strength)
Gunboats:
- Alarm Lieutenant & Commander Murray Thomas Parks (commissioned 8 July)
- Jaseur Captain George William Gubbins (commissioned 8 July)
- Landrail Commander Rowland Edward Berkeley (brought up to full strength)
- Onyx Lieutenant & Commander William Barrington May (brought up to full strength)
- Circe Lieutenant & Commander Francis Charles Bathurst Addington (brought up to full strength)
Torpedo Boat Destroyers:
- Porcupine Lieutenant & Commander George Ellis Cave (commissioned 8 July)
- Janus Lieutenant & Commander Rowland Nugent (brought up to full strength)
- Contest Lieutenant & Commander George Shadwell Quartano Carr (brought up to full strength)
- Dragon Commander William Fane De Salis (brought up to full strength)
- Snapper Lieutenant & Commander Algernon Eden Brooke Greville (brought up to full strength)
Torpedo-boats:
- T.B. 64 (was to be commissioned 8 July, but may have scratched)
- T.B. 65 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 67 Lieutenant & Commander Francis Herbert Mitchell (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 68 (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 73 Sub-lieutenant in Command Percy Withers (commissioned 8 July)
- T.B. 74 (commissioned 8 July)
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
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