H.M.S. Mallard (1875)
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Builder: | Earle's Shipbuilding[1] |
Launched: | 4 Aug, 1875[Citation needed] |
Sold: | 1889[2] |
H.M.S. Mallard was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Mallard was commissioned at Devonport on 7 March, 1876 under Lieutenant and Commander Alfred W. Warry.[3]
Lieutenant and Commander Henry Briggs Lang was blamed for grounding her on 18 September 1879.
Commissioned at Devonport on 31 March, 1881 and served on the North America and West Indies Station.[4]
She was re-commissioned at Bermuda on 15 November, 1884.[5]
Captains
- Lieutenant & Commander Alfred W. Warry, 7 March, 1876[6] – 4 November, 1877
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry B. Lang, 17 August, 1878[7] – 18 February, 1880
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur J. Hamilton, 31 March, 1881[8] – 11 November, 1881[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald P. Cochran, 10 September, 1881[9] (temporary)
- Commander Henry W. A. Littledale, 11 November, 1881[10] – 30 June, 1884
- Lieutenant & Commander William L. H. Browne, 3 July, 1884[11] – 30 June, 1886
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward J. Sanderson, 3 July, 1886[12] – 13 March, 1888
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 190.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 223.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 217.
Bibliography
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