Admiral Sir Compton Edward Domvile, was a distinguished Royal Navy officer in the Edwardian and Victorian eras.
Admiral Sir Compton Domvile in Vanity Fair of London, 1906, by Sir Leslie Ward
HMS Excellent is a Royal Navy "stone frigate" sited on Whale Island near Portsmouth in Hampshire. HMS Excellent is itself part of the Maritime Warfare School, with a headquarters at HMS Collingwood, a
Compton Domvile (Royal Navy officer)
…Domville was the captain of HMS Temeraire in the Mediterranean, and from there he went to become the captain of the stone frigate (shore establishment) HMS Excellent, the gunnery school at Portsmouth. In 1888, Domvile became naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, and served on the Ordnance Committee from 1890 to 1891…
An aerial photo of HMS Excellent during 2005. The red building is Navy Command Headquarters
HMS Excellent: the Quarterdeck Block (originally containing a gymnasium, lecture theatre, warrant officers' mess, church rooms and the Church of St Barbara).
The Royal Navy's Fire Fighting Training Unit has been based at the northern tip of Whale Island since the 1990s.
HMS Bristol alongside Whale Island.