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==Service==
 
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She was loaded aboard the transport ship ''Glen Turret'' on 15 September 1898, to be conveyed, along with {{UK-Sandpiper|f=p}} to [[Hong Kong]].  The crews of the two vessels were to embark on a P & O vessel on 1 October.{{NMI|16 Sept. 1898, p. 5}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville|nick=Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville|appt=27 March, 1901<ref>Somerville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/361.|D7576559}} f. 361.</ref>|end=1903{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson|nick=Charles A. W. Wrightson|appt=16 March, 1903<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref>|ass=25 June, 1903<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref>|end=4 April, 1905<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson|nick=Charles A. W. Wrightson|appt=16 March, 1903<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref>|ass=25 June, 1903<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref>|end=4 April, 1905<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Humphrey Randle Upton Cottrell-Dormer|nick=Humphrey R. U. Cottrell-Dormer|appt=20 June, 1907<ref>Cottrell-Dormer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/53.|}} f. 53.</ref>|end=8 July, 1909<ref>Cottrell-Dormer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/53.|}} f. 53.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Michael Henley Wilding|nick=Michael H. Wilding|appt=8 July, 1909|ass=|end=5 August, 1911}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Michael Henley Wilding|nick=Michael H. Wilding|appt=8 July, 1909|ass=|end=5 August, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Orlando Beaconsfield Bridgeman|nick=Richard O. B. Bridgeman|appt=5 August, 1911{{NavAppts|Friday, Jul 21, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39643}}|end=21 August, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Maurice Baldwin Raymond Blackwood|nick=Maurice B. R. Blackwood|appt=21 August, 1911|end=14 August, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNR}}|name=Arthur Rodney Pittis Martin|nick=Arthur R. P. Martin|appt=13 December, 1917<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/45.|}}  f. 45.</ref>|end=22 February, 1919<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/45.|}}  f. 45.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Robert Halfhide|nick=Arthur R. Halfhide|appt=22 February, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 901}}|end=mid January, 1921{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Edward Boultbee|nick=Gerald E. Boultbee|appt=mid January, 1921{{NMI|Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621}}|end=January, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Eric William Malcolm King|nick=Eric W. M. King|appt=27 January, 1923<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/190.|}} f. 548.</ref>{{NavAppts|Wednesday, Jan 10, 1923; pg. 4; Issue 43235}}|end=c. October, 1923<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/190.|}} f. 548.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gray Pitcairn Jones|nick=Charles G. P. Jones|appt=18 October, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 290}}|end=December, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Douglas Garvey|nick=Douglas Garvey|appt=20 November, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|ass=14 January, 1926|end=January, 1927}}
 
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{{LCommRN}} [[David Graham Horndon Bush]] was to command her from 21 November, 1927 vice Garvey and then transfer on to ''Tern'',{{NavAppts|Monday, Oct 24, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44720}} but this was cancelled.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 00:40, 16 November 2023

H.M.S. Woodcock (1898)
Pendant Number: N/A (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 8 Apr, 1898[3]
Sold: Mar, 1928[4]

H.M.S. Woodcock was one of two Woodcock Class river gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She was loaded aboard the transport ship Glen Turret on 15 September 1898, to be conveyed, along with H.M.S. Sandpiper to Hong Kong. The crews of the two vessels were to embark on a P & O vessel on 1 October.[5]

Captains

Lieutenant-Commander David Graham Horndon Bush was to command her from 21 November, 1927 vice Garvey and then transfer on to Tern,[21] but this was cancelled.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Sept. 1898, p. 5.
  6. ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  7. ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
  8. ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
  9. ↑ Cottrell-Dormer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/53. f. 53.
  10. ↑ Cottrell-Dormer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/53. f. 53.
  11. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 21, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39643.
  12. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/45. f. 45.
  13. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/45. f. 45.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 901.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621.
  16. ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/190. f. 548.
  17. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 10, 1923; pg. 4; Issue 43235.
  18. ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/190. f. 548.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  21. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 24, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44720.


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