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| Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy | Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ?? |
| Name | Hector | Explanation | |
| Type | Broadside ironclad frigate | ||
| Launched | 26 September 1862 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 6710 tons | ||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1905 | ||
| Class | Hector | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/226 | ||
| Note | 1900 part of Vernon torpedo school | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 12 January 1864 - 20 April 1866 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain George William Preedy, Channel squadron | ||
| 20 April 1866 - 19 March 1867 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain William Garnham Luard, Channel squardon | ||
| 1 May 1868 - 25 May 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain George Le Geyt Bowyear, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Wate | ||
| 25 May 1868 - 11 May 1871 | Commanded by Captain Algernon Frederick Rous De Horsey, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Wate | ||
| 12 May 1871 - 21 May 1874 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Cochran, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water | ||
| 21 May 1874 - 26 April 1875 | Commanded by Captain John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (until superseded at his own request. owing to ill-health) | ||
| 26 April 1875 - 7 September 1875 | Commanded by Captain Anthony Hiley Hoskins, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water | ||
| 7 September 1875 - 11 December 1876 | Commanded by Captain Edward Madden, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (until Madden died) | ||
| 1 April 1877 - 1 April 1780 | Commanded by Captain Cortland Herbert Simpson, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (except summer cruise) | ||
| 1 April 1880 - 29 November 1882 | Commanded by Captain Richard Carter, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (except summer cruise from 11 June to 18 July 1982) | ||
| 29 November 1882 | Commanded by Captain William Arthur, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water | ||
| 30 March 1885 - 5 July 1885 | Commanded by Captain William Elrington Gordon, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water | ||
| 11 July 1885 - 22 April 1886 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Charles George Fane, guard ship, Southampton | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 21 September 1866 | Her Majesty's fleet of ironclad screw steam vessels which have assembled in Portland harbour during the past week from Portsmouth and Plymouth is composed of the following ships: - The Caledonia, 30 guns, Captain the Hon. Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, flagship of Rear-Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, chief in command of the fleet; the Lord Clyde, 24 guns, Capt. Roderick Dew, C.B., flagship of Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden, C.B., second in command of the fleet; the Achilles, 26 guns, Capt. Edward Vansittart; Bellerophon, 14 guns, Capt. Edward Tatham; Ocean, 23 guns, Capt. C.S. Stanhope; Hector, 20 guns, Capt. William G. Luard; Pallas, 6 guns, Capt. Matthew Connolly; Research, 4 guns, Capt. Robert E. A. Scott; Wivern (turret-ship), 4 guns, Capt. H.T. Burgoyne, V.C.,; Pigeon gunboat, tender to the Caledonia; and Helicon, paddle, despatch boat for the fleet. The squadron got up steam early on Thursday morning, and at 10 30 a.m. the Lord Clyde was the first to weigh anchor, followed in Indian file by the Achilles, the Pallas, and the Research, which formed the first division. The Caledonia then followed, leading the second division, and in succession the Bellerophon, the Hector, the Ocean, and the Wivern weighed anchor. After rounding the breakwater and getting to the southward of the Shambles lightship, the fleet formed in two divisions, and, under easy steam, bore away for the westward with a fresh westerly wind and overcast sky. If the fleet is, as is already stated in the public journals, gone to seek bad weather, there seems every probability of their meeting with it in the Chops of the Channel, whither they are about to proceed. After a fortnight's cruise it is anticipated the fleet will again return to Portland harbour to await instructions from the Admiralty as to their future movements. | ||
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