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The [[Royal Navy]]'s '''Annual Manoeuvres of 1890''' was a typical exercise, with one fleet taking a defensive role while a second took a threatening role.
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The [[Royal Navy]]'s '''Annual Manoeuvres of 1890''' was a typical exercise even if of a relatively reduced scale compared to other years',{{NMI|11 June, 1890; p. 10}} with one fleet taking a defensive role while a second took a threatening role.
  
 
A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that those who received the temporary command appointments often used in manoeuvres were dated 22 July, 1890.  The manoeuvres seemed to commence shortly after 29 July, with the two fleets departing Portland and to conclude around 20 August.
 
A review of the ''Navy List'' and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that those who received the temporary command appointments often used in manoeuvres were dated 22 July, 1890.  The manoeuvres seemed to commence shortly after 29 July, with the two fleets departing Portland and to conclude around 20 August.
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* Fleet Number 1 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] in flagship {{UK-1Invincible}} was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes.
 
* Fleet Number 1 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[George Tryon]] in flagship {{UK-1Invincible}} was to represent the English Fleet, tasked with protecting trade routes.
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** {{UK-Anson}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]]
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** {{UK-Anson|f=t}}, Captain [[Bouverie Francis Clark]]
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** {{UK-1Rodney}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]]
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** {{UK-1Rodney|f=t}}, Captain [[John Borlase Warren]]
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** {{UK-1Inflexible}}, Captain not indicated  
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** {{UK-1Inflexible|f=t}}, Captain not indicated  
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** {{UK-1Hero}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]]
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** {{UK-1Hero|f=t}}, Captain [[William Home Chisholme St. Clair]]
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** {{UK-1Invincible}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]]
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** {{UK-1Invincible|f=t}}, Captain [[Arthur Thomas Brooke]]
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** {{UK-1Triumph}}, Captain [[Francis Starkie Clayton]]
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** {{UK-1Triumph|f=t}}, Captain [[Francis Starkie Clayton]]
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** {{UK-1Hotspur}}, Captain [[Thomas Harvey Royse]]
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** {{UK-1Hotspur|f=t}}, Captain [[Thomas Harvey Royse]]
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** {{UK-Northumberland}}, Captain [[John Fellowes]]
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** {{UK-Northumberland|f=t}}, Captain [[John Fellowes]]
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** {{UK-1BlackPrince}}, Captain [[Alexander Plantagenet Hastings]]
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** {{UK-1BlackPrince|f=t}}, Captain [[Alexander Plantagenet Hastings]]
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** {{UK-2Galatea}}, Captain [[Swinton Colthurst Holland]]
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** {{UK-2Galatea|f=t}}, Captain [[Swinton Colthurst Holland]]
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** {{UK-1Narcissus}}, Captain [[Lewis Anthony Beaumont]]
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** {{UK-1Narcissus|f=t}}, Captain [[Lewis Anthony Beaumont]]
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** {{UK-1Shannon}}, Captain [[Arthur Edward Dupuis]]
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** {{UK-1Shannon|f=t}}, Captain [[Arthur Edward Dupuis]]
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** {{UK-1Iris}}, Captain [[Ernest Neville Rolfe]]
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** {{UK-1Iris|f=t}}, Captain [[Ernest Neville Rolfe]]
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** {{UK-1Thames}}, Captain [[Wollaston Comyns Karslake]]
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** {{UK-1Thames|f=t}}, Captain [[Wollaston Comyns Karslake]]
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** {{UK-1Mersey}}, Captain [[Arthur William Moore]]
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** {{UK-1Mersey|f=t}}, Captain [[Arthur William Moore]]
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** {{UK-2Inconstant}}, Captain [[Frederick Ross Boardman]]
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** {{UK-2Inconstant|f=t}}, Captain [[Frederick Ross Boardman]]
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** {{UK-1Medusa}}, Captain [[Andrew Kennedy Bickford]]
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** {{UK-1Medusa|f=t}}, Captain [[Andrew Kennedy Bickford]]
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** {{UK-2Basilisk}}, Commander [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]]
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** {{UK-2Basilisk|f=t}}, Commander [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]]
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** {{UK-2Mohawk}}, Commander [[Robert Blair Maconochie]]
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** {{UK-2Mohawk|f=t}}, Commander [[Robert Blair Maconochie]]
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** {{UK-1Racoon}}, Commander [[Edward Harpur Gamble]]
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** {{UK-1Racoon|f=t}}, Commander [[Edward Harpur Gamble]]
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** {{UK-Speedwell}}, Lieutenant [[Edmund Arthur White]]
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** {{UK-Speedwell|f=t}}, Lieutenant [[Edmund Arthur White]]
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** {{UK-Spider}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]]
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** {{UK-Spider|f=t}}, Lieutenant The Hon. [[Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson]]
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** {{UK-Hearty}}, Commander [[William Wilson]]
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** {{UK-Hearty|f=t}}, Commander [[William Wilson]]
 
** {{UK-TB65}} Lieutenant [[John Hercules Robertson]]
 
** {{UK-TB65}} Lieutenant [[John Hercules Robertson]]
 
** {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant [[Charles FitzGerald Sowerby]]
 
** {{UK-TB67}} Lieutenant [[Charles FitzGerald Sowerby]]
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** {{UK-TB85}} Lieutenant [[William Osbert Boothby]]
 
** {{UK-TB85}} Lieutenant [[William Osbert Boothby]]
 
* Fleet Number 2 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes.
 
* Fleet Number 2 –  commanded by Vice-Admiral [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] was to represent the Hostile Fleet, tasked with attacking and holding those trade routes.
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** {{UK-Forth}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]]
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** {{UK-Forth|f=t}}, Captain [[John Hugh Bainbridge]]
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** {{UK-1Arethusa}}, Captain [[Thomas Peere Williams Nesham]]
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** {{UK-2Arethusa|f=t}}, Captain [[Thomas Peere Williams Nesham]]
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** {{UK-1Medea}}, Captain [[George William Hill]]
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** {{UK-1Medea|f=t}}, Captain [[George William Hill]]
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** {{UK-Barossa}}, Commander [[Henry Hart Dyke]]
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** {{UK-Barossa|f=t}}, Commander [[Henry Hart Dyke]]
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** {{UK-Serpent}}, Commander [[Harry Leith Ross]]
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** {{UK-Serpent|f=t}}, Commander [[Harry Leith Ross]]
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** {{UK-1Curlew}}, Commander [[Henry Deacon Barry]]
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** {{UK-1Curlew|f=t}}, Commander [[Henry Deacon Barry]]
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** {{UK-1Sandfly}}, Commander [[Paul Warner Bush]]
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** {{UK-1Sandfly|f=t}}, Commander [[Paul Warner Bush]]
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** twin screw vessel ''Traveller'', Lieutenant [[Gustavus Humphry Yonge]]
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** {{UK-Traveller|f=t}}, Lieutenant [[Gustavus Humphry Yonge]]
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** {{UK-2Ajax}}, Captain [[Robert Hornby Boyle]]
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** {{UK-2Ajax|f=t}}, Captain [[Robert Hornby Boyle]]
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** {{UK-Camperdown}}, Captain [[Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman-Simpson]]
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** {{UK-Camperdown|f=t}}, Captain [[Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman-Simpson]]
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** {{UK-Howe}}, Captain [[Henry Harvey Boys]]
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** {{UK-Howe|f=t}}, Captain [[Henry Harvey Boys]]
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** {{UK-2Neptune}}, Captain [[John Frederick George Grant]]
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** {{UK-2Neptune|f=t}}, Captain [[John Frederick George Grant]]
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** {{UK-1Conqueror}}, Captain [[Henry John Carr]]
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** {{UK-1Conqueror|f=t}}, Captain [[Henry John Carr]]
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** {{UK-1Audacious}}, Captain [[Arthur Cecil Henry Paget]]
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** {{UK-1Audacious|f=t}}, Captain [[Arthur Cecil Henry Paget]]
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** {{UK-1IronDuke}}, Captain [[Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen]]
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** {{UK-1IronDuke|f=t}}, Captain [[Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen]]
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** {{UK-1Minotaur}}, Captain [[George Thomas Henry Boyes]]
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** {{UK-1Minotaur|f=t}}, Captain [[George Thomas Henry Boyes]]
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** {{UK-2Aurora}}, Captain Sir [[William Wiseman, Ninth Baronet|William Wiseman]]
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** {{UK-2Aurora|f=t}}, Captain Sir [[William Wiseman, Ninth Baronet|William Wiseman]]  
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** {{UK-Immortalite}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]]
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** {{UK-Immortalite|f=t}}, Captain [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe]] (captains of this ship and ''Aurora'' may have been swapped)
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** {{UK-Northampton}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]]
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** {{UK-Northampton|f=t}}, Captain [[Leicester Chantrey Keppel]]
 
** {{UK-1TB45}} Lieutenant [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]]
 
** {{UK-1TB45}} Lieutenant [[Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot]]
 
** {{UK-TB51}} Lieutenant [[Reginald Graham Gregory]]
 
** {{UK-TB51}} Lieutenant [[Reginald Graham Gregory]]
 
** {{UK-TB52}} Lieutenant [[Philip Jeston Hodges]]
 
** {{UK-TB52}} Lieutenant [[Philip Jeston Hodges]]
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** {{UK-TB54}} Lieutenant [[Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylor]]
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** {{UK-TB54}} Lieutenant [[Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylour]]
 
** {{UK-TB55}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Trevor Dawson]]
 
** {{UK-TB55}} Lieutenant [[Arthur Trevor Dawson]]
 
** {{UK-TB57}} Lieutenant [[Robert John Prendergast]]
 
** {{UK-TB57}} Lieutenant [[Robert John Prendergast]]
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** {{UK-TB87}} Lieutenant [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]]
 
** {{UK-TB87}} Lieutenant [[Lionel de Lautour Wells]]
 
* Fleet Number 3 –  was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs.
 
* Fleet Number 3 –  was be the Reserve Fleet of Fleet Number 1, and would have its headquarters in the Downs.
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** {{UK-Belleisle}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]]
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** {{UK-Belleisle|f=t}}, Captain The Hon. [[Richard Hare]]
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** {{UK-1Glatton}}, Captain [[John George Jones]]
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** {{UK-1Glatton|f=t}}, Captain [[John George Jones]]
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** {{UK-1Gorgon}}, Captain [[Orford Churchill]]
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** {{UK-1Gorgon|f=t}}, Captain [[Orford Churchill]]
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** {{UK-Hecate}}, Commander [[Alfred Carpenter]]
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** {{UK-Hecate|f=t}}, Commander [[Alfred Carpenter]]
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** {{UK-1Hydra}}, Commander [[Alvin Coote Corry]]
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** {{UK-1Hydra|f=t}}, Commander [[Alvin Coote Corry]]
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** {{UK-Cyclops}}, Captain [[Charles Philip Giffin Hicks]]
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** {{UK-1Cyclops|f=t}}, Captain [[Charles Philip Giffin Hicks]]
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** {{UK-2Active}}, Captain [[Armand Temple Powlett]]
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** {{UK-2Active|f=t}}, Captain [[Armand Temple Powlett]]
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** {{UK-Hecla}}, Captain [[Edwin John Payne Gallwey]]
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** {{UK-Hecla|f=t}}, Captain [[Edwin John Payne Gallwey]]
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** {{UK-1Tartar}}, Commander [[Charles Grey Robinson]]
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** {{UK-2Tartar|f=t}}, Commander [[Charles Grey Robinson]]
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** {{UK-1Rattlesnake}}, Commander [[Henry Deacon Barry]]
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** {{UK-1Rattlesnake|f=t}}, Commander [[Henry Deacon Barry]]
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** {{UK-1Grasshopper}}, Lieutenant [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]]
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** {{UK-1Grasshopper|f=t}}, Lieutenant [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]]
 
* Squadron 4 – was to be unattached and employed on special service.  Whether it is part of one of the above Fleets is not mentioned.
 
* Squadron 4 – was to be unattached and employed on special service.  Whether it is part of one of the above Fleets is not mentioned.
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** {{UK-Volage}}, Captain [[William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|William Alison Dyke Acland]]
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** {{UK-Volage|f=t}}, Captain [[William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|William Alison Dyke Acland]]
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** {{UK-1Calypso}}, Captain [[Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa]]
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** {{UK-1Calypso|f=t}}, Captain [[Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa]]
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** {{UK-1Ruby}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]]
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** {{UK-1Ruby|f=t}}, Captain [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson]]
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 14:25, 31 July 2021

The Royal Navy's Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 was a typical exercise even if of a relatively reduced scale compared to other years',[1] with one fleet taking a defensive role while a second took a threatening role.

A review of the Navy List and Service Records of the men involved seems to indicate that those who received the temporary command appointments often used in manoeuvres were dated 22 July, 1890. The manoeuvres seemed to commence shortly after 29 July, with the two fleets departing Portland and to conclude around 20 August.

Order of Battle

The Times reported the structure of the exercise as follows.[2]

The first-class torpedo boats listed there were to be split evenly between the two fleets. A story from 29 July 1890 permitted their Fleet assignments to be sorted out as shown below.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 11 June, 1890; p. 10.
  2. ↑ "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 19, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33068.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890; pg. 10; Issue 33076.


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