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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander The Hon. [[Hubert George Brand|Hubert G. Brand]], 17 November, 1897.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 9 November 1897.  Issue '''35355''', col D, p. 7.</ref>
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Revision as of 19:17, 6 May 2014

H.M.S. Contest (1894)
Builder: Laird[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 1 Dec, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1895[5]
Broken up: 1911[6]

H.M.S. Contest was one of 42 destroyers of the "A" class — a "27 knotter".

She was broken up before the war.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 9 November 1897. Issue 35355, col D, p. 7.

Bibliography


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