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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Everard Ellison Maxwell|nick=Everard E. Maxwell|appt=20 May, 1885|end=9 June, 1885}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{BosunRN}}|name=Richard Carr|nick=Richard Carr|appt=29 March, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 198}}|end=31 July, 1891}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{BosunRN}}|name=Abraham Collins|nick=Abraham Collins|appt=14 November, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 199}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{BosunRN}} in Command|name=George Griffin (b)|nick=George Griffin|appt=1907{{NLOct08|p. 276-7}}|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{BosunRN}} in Command|name=William Henry Woods|nick=William H. Woods|appt=10 January, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 278}}|end=14 February, 1911}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{BosunRN}} in Command|name=William Henry Woods|nick=William H. Woods|appt=10 January, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 278}}|end=14 February, 1911}}

Revision as of 11:11, 16 June 2020

H.M.S. Ant (1873)
Pendant Number: Answer[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Launched: 14 Aug, 1873[3]
Sold: 2 Jun, 1926[4]
H.M.S. Ant was one of six Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

By May 1919, Ant was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[5] Curiously, she does not appear to have sold until 1926.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 198.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 199.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 276-7.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 278.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 278.

Bibliography


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