Queen Victoria Fleet review (Commonwealth realms)

the shah of persia s visit in 1876 - hms duke of wellington, flagship @ portsmouth, may seen in left foreground.



march 1842, first, held herself , prince albert grand naval review.
1844, may - visit of king of saxony; , october, on visit of tsar nicholas i, king louis-philippe of france , friedrich wilhelm iv of prussia, both show of strength
19 june 1845, inspecting experimental squadron, new hmy victoria , albert. board of admiralty attended in steam yacht, black eagle. place not 1814 last time royal review consisted of sailing ships, , last time queen watch hms trafalgar s men run aloft , set sails feline agility , astonishing celerity.
11 august 1853, fleet mobilisation crimean war, including first time steam screw ships of line.
10 march 1854. wary of russian break out north sea, due numbers of ships in baltic sea, british admiralty brought force contain them. first division of baltic fleet commanded vice-admiral sir charles napier. napier s task find naval recruits , train them possible. screw yacht-tender, hms fairy, , 2 months before 35th birthday (which perhaps intended commemorate), queen victoria reviewed napier s fleet @ spithead, shortly before set sail, including (on 10 march 1854) review of first part of fleet set sail eighteen days before britain declared war on russia. according reports in london illustrated news (which printed special edition occasion, drawings of various scenes day of review), fairy reviewed fleet steamed path created ships anchored on each side, day later led fleet out of spithead began journey baltic.
23 april 1856, of baltic fleet on return. first recorded example of evening illumination of fleet. showed lessons learnt crimean war, first of ironclad ships present in form of 4 1,500-ton floating batteries. on 100 gunboats present, puffing locomotive engines wisps of white steam trailing funnels.
august 1865, on visit of french fleet
17 july 1867, held abd-ul-aziz, sultan of ottoman empire, , khedive of egypt, ismail of egypt. first time every ship flew white ensign, after dissolution of old red, white , blue squadrons. new designs five-masted hms minotaur powerful broadside, , graceful 14-knot ironclad sister-ships hms warrior , hms black prince.


diamond jubilee review 26 june 1897



may/june 1873, visit of nasser-al-din shah (1848–1896), shah of persia
august 1878, of reserve squadron
25 july 1887, golden jubilee. notable appearance of nordenfelt submarine (though first rn submarine holland 1 20 years later)
5–6 august 1889, on visit of kaiser wilhelm ii , admiral von tirpitz, show of strength
august 1891, on visit of french fleet
august 1896, on visit of mps , li hung chang
26 june 1897, diamond jubilee, notable being presided on prince of wales (later edward vii) since frail attend in person. ships formed 2 lines 7 miles long lines; 170 british ships included 50 battleships. parsons made unscheduled , dramatic appearance turbinia showing power of steam turbine.
august 1899, last, notable being presided on prince of wales (later edward vii) since frail attend in person, , visit of squadron german navy.




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