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==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Hastings Jauncey|nick=Henry H. Jauncey|appt=7 August, 1882<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|end=27 May, 1884<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|note=invalided}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Hastings Jauncey|nick=Henry H. Jauncey|appt=7 August, 1882<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|end=27 May, 1884<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|note=invalided}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Milne Gardiner|nick=Alexander M. Gardiner|appt=30 May, 1884|end=17 August, 1885}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Milne Gardiner|nick=Alexander M. Gardiner|appt=30 May, 1884|end=17 August, 1885}}

Revision as of 11:30, 16 November 2018

H.M.S. Cygnet (1874)
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[1]
Launched: 30 May, 1874[Citation needed]
Broken up: 1889[2]
H.M.S. Cygnet was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 9 July, 1875.[3]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 1 February, 1883.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 203.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 203.
  6. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
  7. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
  8. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.

Bibliography


Forester Class Gunboat
Cygnet Express Contest Sheldrake Mallard
Moorhen Foxhound Forward Firm Forester
  Firebrand Firefly  
<– Ariel Class Small Fry (UK) Medina Class –>
<– Ariel Class Gunboats (UK) Medina Class –>