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...and, as I told you last mail, I had the satisfaction of getting a <u>first-class</u> certificate. Well, I came on board the ''Chesapeake'' and handed in my ...iki/HMS_Furious_(1850) H.M.S. 'Furious']; this officer obtained high first class certificates in seamanship and gunnery, and has now passed in navigation un

...sel in 1861. From March 1862 to January 1866 he commanded the ''Dart'', a gunboat, on the west coast of Africa, and on his return he was promoted to the rank ...was appointed commodore and senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, {{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}.

...Wemyss. p. 35.</ref> On 18 February, 1890, Wemyss was appointed to the {{UK-1Undaunted|f=t}} in the Mediterranean, captained by Captain [[Charles Willi ...was paid off on 29 August, and on 11 September he joined the battleship {{UK-EmpressOfIndia}} in the Channel Squadron,<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 223.<

Twelve '''''Forester'' class gunboats''' were launched for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1874-1877. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl

...he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 2 June.{{ ...mber, 1882, he was knighted and appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.

...ry 1856 in the steam sloop Desperate. He was then appointed to command the gunboat Haughty, and reached the Far East in time to participate in the second Chin ...he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 29 May, 1

...dbot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...e="Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK">

...On 17 October, 1883, he was appointed Acting {{LieutRN}} to the gunboat {{UK-1Flirt}} on the Cape station. He was formally promoted to the rank of Lieut ...S.S. ''Cuzco'', arriving back on 9 June. He was appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Mersey}} for the annual man&oelig;uvres from 4 July to 22 August, then com

...First World War]]. An officer of undoubted ability, he died leading the {{UK-BCS|3}} in action at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. ..., 1886, then in the ''Minotaur'' until January, 1887, when he joined the {{UK-2Calliope}}, and in her was present at Samoa in the hurricane of 16 March,

He was appointed Lieutenant and Commander of the gunboat [[H.M.S. Bustard (1855)|''Bustard'']] from 14 December, 1855 to 4 September In June, 1868, he was chosen to be the first commanding officer of the new {{UK-1Hercules|f=t}}, which would operate as part of the Channel Fleet. His thr

...] on 28 November, 1890. Subsequently he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-1Dreadnought}} on 24 November. ...UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer {{UK-1Decoy}} in the [[Devonport Flotilla]].

|{{UK-1Swiftsure|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||15 Jun, 1870||Sold 1908 |{{UK-1Triumph|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||27 Sep, 1870||Sold 1921

...s, eight destroyers and three submarines. The pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-Triumph}} had been in reserve at the start of the war, but was quickly reco ...n and a gunboat that had landed part of her armament. The Germans sank the gunboat and bombarded the town but did not enter the harbour in case it was mined,

.../ref> He left the training ship in July, 1883, passing out seventh in his class.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 6/469.}}</ref> On 24 July he was appointed to the corvette Having obtained a First Class certificate in Seamanship with 980 marks (out of a thousand) he was promote

...ittee from February to July of 1878, and then received an appointment to {{UK-Cormorant}}. He was invalided from her on 15 December 1881 and permitted t ...0}} On 29 December 1900, he was thanked for services rendered to a French gunboat.

...January, 1896}} On 5 March, 1896, he was appointed as Commander of the {{UK-Imperieuse}}, flagship of the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Statio ...''Halcyon'' paid off on 7 May, 1901. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-2Pandora|f=t}} for the man&oelig;uvres on 16 July, and on 30 September was

...ot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...edbot:officeDSuper otitle="Deputy Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK">

|{{UK-Briton|f=p}}||corvette||6 Nov, 1869||Sold 1887 |{{UK-2Encounter|f=p}}||corvette||1 Jan, 1873||Sold 1888

|{{UK-DukeOfWellington|f=p}}||receiving ship||14 Sep, 1852||Broken up 1904 |{{UK-2Amazon|f=p}}||wooden screw sloop||23 May, 1865||Sunk 1866

...e'' for manœuvres. He left ''Rodney'' on 17 April 1891 for the cruiser {{UK-Orlando}}.<ref name=Record507>ADM 196/43. f. 507.</ref> ...ommand of {{UK-1Plucky}} on 22 February, 1906. He stayed in the old screw gunboat until 15 November, 1906.<ref>Harper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f