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HMS Britannia (1904) was a King Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1904 and sunk by SM UB-50 in 1918. HMS Britannia Royal Naval College was the name given to the Naval Shore Establishment formed from the earlier Britannias. It retained the name until 1953, when it became known as HMS Dartmouth.
HMS Britannia was a King Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. She was named after Britannia , the Latin name of Great Britain under Roman rule. The ship was built by Portsmouth Dockyard between 1904 and 1906.
HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard, and launched on 27 June 1682. [ 3 ] On 19 May 1692 she was the allied fleet flagship at the Battle of Barfleur .
HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. The vessel was laid down in 1751 and launched in 1762. The vessel was laid down in 1751 and launched in 1762. Nicknamed Old Ironsides , she served in the American Revolutionary War , the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars , including at the Battle of ...
HMS Britannia was a 120-gun first-rate ship-of-the-line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1813 and launched on 20 October 1820. [1] Britannia enters Portsmouth in 1835, George Chambers. Commissioned in 1823, she saw service in the Mediterranean from 1830-1 and in 1841.
Promoted to captain in 1823, he commanded HMS Doris, HMS Asia, HMS Britannia, HMS Agincourt and then HMS Albion. [1] He was appointed Superintendent of Haslar Hospital and the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard in 1852, Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station in 1854 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1860. [1]
From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS Challenger, and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile. [1] In 1841 he was given command of HMS Britannia and then of HMS Powerful. [1] In 1845 he took over HMS Vindictive. [1] From 1851 to 1854 he was Commodore Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard. [1]
HMS Wolverene hove down for repairs in Bermuda Harbour, 1855, by Corbett. Corbett joined the Royal Navy in 1835. [1] Promoted to commander in 1852, he served in the Second Opium War. [1] Following his promotion to captain in 1857, he commanded HMS Scout, HMS Hastings, HMS Black Prince and then the training ship HMS Britannia. [1]