H.M.S. Mars (1896)

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H.M.S. Mars
Career Details
Built By: Laird's
Laid down: 2 June, 1894
Launched: 30 March, 1896
Commissioned: 8 June, 1897
Sold: 9 May, 1921
Fate: Scrapped

Mars commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, Captain Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson in command.[1]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Radio

As of 1901, while serving in the Channel Squadron, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[7]

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, pg. 10.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1897. Issue 35211, col E, pg. 12.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, pg. 10.
  4. Navy List (October, 1908). p. 344.
  5. Navy List (December, 1914). p. 355.
  6. Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901, p. 111

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.

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