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H.M.S. Jupiter 1897-1900: A collection of 281 annotated…
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Melbourne
Date:
20-Jun-2016
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H.M.S. Jupiter 1897-1900: A collection of 281 annotated photographs (many dated) in a large album which belonged to Lieut.F.G.Loving, R.N. The images show scenes on board and at Plymouth, Gibraltar, Sardinia, Lisbon, Cernuschi Bay, Arosa Bay (Spain), Weymouth, Minorca & Chatham Royal Dockyard, etc. Various sizes., HMS Jupiter was commissioned on 8 June 1897 at Chatham Dockyard for service in the Channel Fleet. She was present at both the Fleet Review at Spithead for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria on 26 June 1897 and the Coronation Fleet Review for King Edward VII on 16 August 1902. On 1 January 1905, the Channel Fleet became the new Atlantic Fleet, making her an Atlantic Fleet unit. She was paid off at Chatham on 27 February 1905 to undergo a refit there, and her Atlantic Fleet service ended when she emerged from refit and was commissioned at Chatham into the Portsmouth Reserve on 15 August 1905. Jupiter was commissioned for service in the new Channel Fleet on 20 September 1905.
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