Name | Alexandra (1875) | Explanation | |
Type | Central battery ironclad | ||
Launched | 7 April 1875 | ||
Hull | Iron | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | |||
Displacement | 9490 tons | ||
Guns | 22 | ||
Fate | 1908 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | Laid down as Superb. 1903 h.s. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
12 March 1880 - 16 December 1881 | Commanded by Captain Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, flagship of Vice-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, in the Mediterranean | ||
(11 July 1882) | Commanded by Captain Charles Frederick Hotham, flagship of Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, at the bombardment of Alexandria | ||
2 September 1884 - 13 July 1885 | Commanded by Captain Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford, flagship of Admiral Lord John Hay on the Mediterranean station | ||
9 February 1885 - 7 July 1885 | Commanded by Captain John Fellowes, harbour service | ||
8 March 1891 - 8 September 1892 | Commanded by Captain John Fellowes, Coast Guard ship, Portland (and manoeuvres 8 July - 6 August 1891 and 21 July 1892 - 26 August 1892) |
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