H.M.S. Kite (1871)
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H.M.S. Kite was one of six Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
From the early 1880s through to at least 1914, Kite was at Portsmouth as a tender to the gunnery training school Excellent.[4][5]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant in Command Joseph Honner, 9 June, 1891[6] – 1 January, 1892
- Lieutenant & Commander (G) Montague E. Browning, 5 January, 1894[7]
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur W. Waymouth, 4 January, 1895[8] – 13 March, 1895[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander (G) John F. Murray-Aynsley, 2 September, 1895[10]
- Lieutenant Douglas L. Dent, 30 April, 1898[11] – 8 June, 1898[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander (G) George P. W. Hope, 8 June, 1898[13] – 19 April, 1900[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander (G) Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 19 April, 1900[15] – c. 4 July, 1902[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander (G) Hubert Lynes, 4 July, 1902[16] – 2 July, 1903[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander (G) Henry R. Crooke, 2 July, 1903[18][19] – 1 March, 1905[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander (G) Herbert W. W. Hope, 1 March, 1905[21]
- Commander (G) Edward A. Rushton, 15 July, 1909[22][23] – 1 March, 1911[24] (also for Experimental Work)
- Lieutenant (G) Geoffrey Blake, 1 March, 1911[25] (also for Experimental Work)
- Lieutenant-Commander (G) Francis T. B. Tower, 25 April, 1913[26] – 12 April, 1915[27] (also for Experimental Work)
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald F. P. Maton, 26 March, 1915[28] (also for Experimental Work)
- Lieutenant-Commander Lancelot E. Holland, 17 May, 1916[29][30] – 29 May, 1918[31] (also for Experimental Work)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1883). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
- ↑ Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 231.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 455.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 455.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 236.
- ↑ Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
- ↑ Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 266.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 274.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 276a.
- ↑ Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 337.
- ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
- ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 312.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393r.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
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