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Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 28 March, 1883.{{NLSep85|p. 204}}
 
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The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Samuel Long|nick=Samuel Long|appt=2 May, 1881{{NLDec81|p. 203}}<ref>Long Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2058.|}} f. 816.</ref>|end=27 March, 1883<ref>Long Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2058.|}} f. 816.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Graham Job Hanmer|nick=John G. J. Hanmer|appt=6 November, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 204}}|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Wilbraham Stopford|nick=Robert W. Stopford|appt=15 March, 1888{{NLMar91|p. 214}}|end=15 July, 1891{{FC}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Summer Gibson|nick=Herbert W. S. Gibson|appt=5 November, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 213}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Sumner Gibson|nick=Herbert W. S. Gibson|appt=5 November, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 213}}|end=31 May, 1895}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|nick=Thomas H. M. Jerram|appt=2 June, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 242}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|nick=Thomas H. M. Jerram|appt=2 June, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 242}}|end=|note=and for the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=1 February, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 241}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=1 February, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 241}}|end=}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 1 August 2021

H.M.S. Curacoa (1878)
Builder: John Elder & Company, Glasgow[1]
Laid down: 1876[2]
Launched: 18 Apr, 1878[3]
Completed: 1878[4]
Sold: 1904[5]
H.M.S. Curacoa was one of nine Comus Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 24 February, 1880.[6]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 28 March, 1883.[7]

The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 204.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.
  8. "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 203.
  10. Long Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/2058. f. 816.
  11. Long Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/2058. f. 816.
  12. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 214.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 213.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 242.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 241.

Bibliography


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