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'''H.M.S. ''Shannon''''' was completed in 1877 as the [[Royal Navy]]'s first armoured cruiser.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Shannon''''' was completed in 1877 as the [[Royal Navy]]'s first armoured cruiser.
  
 
==Design & Construction==
 
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1885 with a crew turned over from the {{UK-1Valiant}} for work with the Coast Guard Service in Bantry.{{NLSep85|p. 236}}
  
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Burley Grant|nick=William B. Grant|appt=17 July, 1877{{NLOct78|p. 240}}|end=19 July, 1879|note=invalided}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles George Frederick Knowles|nick=Charles G. F. Knowles|appt=5 August, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 236}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Richard Blackburne|nick=Francis R. Blackburne|appt=1 November, 1886{{NLJan87|p. 229}}|end=30 June, 1887}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Weightman Hand|nick=George W. Hand|appt=1 April, 1893|end=3 May, 1893}}
 
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Latest revision as of 13:37, 4 September 2019

H.M.S. Shannon (1875)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 29 Aug, 1873[2]
Launched: 11 Nov, 1875[3]
Commissioned: 17 Sep, 1877[4]
Sold: Dec, 1899[5]

H.M.S. Shannon was completed in 1877 as the Royal Navy's first armoured cruiser.

Design & Construction

Service

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1885 with a crew turned over from the Template:UK-1Valiant for work with the Coast Guard Service in Bantry.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 236.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 240.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 236.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1885) Corrected to 20 December, 1886. p. 229.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 249.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 253.



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