Part of the
Acorn Archive
Hearts of Oak
Charles Lewis
Royal Navy [1891-1905]
Royal Naval Service
Taken
from A True Copy from Admiralty Records
No
9A N P II / 8C 26794
S
459 Revised January 1921
Certificate of the Service
of Charles Lewis in the Royal Navy
Born 3rd December
1875
Volunteered for 12 years 6th
August 1891.
Commencement of time 3rd
December 1893
[when he became an Ordinary
Seaman]
From his own notes Charles
Lewis
was also on the following
training ships up until 1894.
HMS CIRCE
Brig NAUTILUS
HMS CALCUTTA
Cutter HMS HIND
Ship, List / Number, Date
Boarded
HMS IMPREGNABLE, 15a
5034, 6th Aug 1891 Boys Training, Harwich
HMS GANGES, 15a
1471, 13th Aug 1891 Training Ship, Falmouth
HMS IMPREGNABLE, 15 4963, 4th
Sep 1892 Boys Training, Harwich
HMS VIVID I, 15c
1266, 5th Apr 1893 Signals Shore Establishment
HMS BELLISLE, 16 108,
14th Apr 1893
HMS MELAMPUS,12c 32, 1 May 1893
HMS VIVID I, 16 112, 4 Apr
1894 Signals Shore Establishment
HMS
Melampus
HMS UNDAUNTED, 5 95, 17
Apr 1894 : China Station Service
[he returned on HMS EDGAR]
HMS VIVID I, 15b
10575, 12 May 1897 Signals Shore Establishment
HMS CAMBRIDGE, 15 4727, 8 Sep
1897 Training Ship Hamoaze, Plymouth
HMS DEFIANCE, 14 2106, 23 Oct
1898 Torpedo Training Establishment
HMS VIVID I, 15II
5421, 26 Feb 99 Signals Shore Establishment
HMS BRITANNIA, 5 92, 2 May
1899 RN College Dartmouth
HMS VIVID I, 152
11033, 10 Nov 1900 Signals Shore Establishment
HMS BLANCHE, 5 39, 20
Nov 1900 : West Africa Station Service
HMS VIVID I, 15II
11071, 19 May 1904 Signals Shore Establishment
[HMS BARFLEUR Appears
on an earlier Certificate of Service]
HMS DEFIANCE, 14 5839, 25 Sep
1904 Torpedo Training Establishment
HMS VIVID I, 152 14303,
4 Dec 1904 Signals Shore Establishment
HMS VICTORY I, 154
1203, 6 Oct 1905 Training Establishment Portsmouth
Ended RN Service 31st
December 1905
Commenced Coastguard Service 1st
January 1906
HMS
Barfleur
Raymond Forward