page_title: HMS Alexandra (1875)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Alexandra (1875)
caption_attribution_description: English: HMS Alexandra (1875) at Malta after 1886 when she had been painted white at the request of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh whose flag she wears.
context_page_description: HMS Alexandra was a central battery ironclad of the Victorian Royal Navy, whose seagoing career was from 1877 to 1900. She spent much of her career as a flagship, and took part in operations to deter Russian aggression against Turkey in 1878 and the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. She was affectionately known by her crew as Old Alex.
  She was named after Princess Alexandra wife of Edward, Prince of Wales.
context_section_description: HMS Alexandra was a central battery ironclad of the Victorian Royal Navy, whose seagoing career was from 1877 to 1900.  She spent much of her career as a flagship, and took part in operations to deter Russian aggression against Turkey in 1878 and the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. She was affectionately known by her crew as Old Alex.
  She was named after Princess Alexandra (later Queen Alexandra) wife of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII).
caption: HMS Alexandra in 1886
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