HMS Raleigh 1873 - 1905

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Here are a couple of nice photos we recently added to the site of HMS Raleigh and crew from around 1873. The full size photo (which we keep to sell to fund the site) really shows up the detailed work that went into the decorative parts of the stern. But the size presented here gives a good idea of it too :).

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HMS Raleigh

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Officers of HMS Raleigh, 1873.

More on the main site page at http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_raleigh.htm where these are also available to order if you happen to have a particular interest in these photos.

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Name: HMS Raleigh
Builder: Chatham Dockyard, Kent
Laid down: 8 February 1871
Launched: 1 March 1873
Completed: June 1874
Commissioned: 11 July 1874
Struck: 1901
Fate: Sold for scrap, 11 July 1905

HMS Raleigh was an unarmoured iron or "sheathed" masted frigate completed in 1874. She was one of a series of three designed by Sir Edward Reed. The other two iron-hulled frigates (the three were not sisters) were HMS Inconstant and HMS Shah. The Controller originally intended to build six of these big frigates, but only three were ordered in view of their high cost. They retained the traditional broadside layout of armament, with a full rig of masts and sails. Although widely believed to be named after Sir Walter Raleigh, the ship was in fact named for George of Raleigh.

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HMS Raleigh - Building

Published in The Times on dates below

1871 15th April - Building

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HMS Raleigh - Movements

Published in The Times as below

1871 26th October Inspection at Chatham by The Lords of the Admiralty

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HMS Raleigh - Launching

Published in The Times on the 3rd March 1873