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Re-commissioned at Malta on 1 November, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 222}}
 
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Upon returning to England after nearly seven years' service on the Pacific Station in August, 1894, the ship was paid off into B Division of the Medway Fleet Reserve.{{NMI|18 Aug. 1894, p. 8}}
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Though it was considered possible to refit her for another term of foreign service, this was reconsidered in December 1894.  She had by this point had four extended periods of foreign service.{{NMI|25 Dec. 1894, p. 7}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Loftus Francis Jones|nick=Loftus F. Jones|appt=6 May, 1880|ass=25 June, 1880|end=6 September, 1882}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Victor Alexander Montagu|nick=Victor A. Montagu|appt=7 September, 1882|end=10 September, 1884}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Boys|nick=Henry H. Boys|appt=22 August, 1885|ass=23 September, 1885|end=24 August, 1886}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Boys|nick=Henry H. Boys|appt=22 August, 1885|ass=23 September, 1885|end=24 August, 1886}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Albert Baldwin Jenkings|nick=Albert B. Jenkings|appt=23 August, 1887{{NLJul90|p. 218}}|end=1 August, 1890{{NLJul90|p. 218}}{{NLMar91|p. 222}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Albert Baldwin Jenkings|nick=Albert B. Jenkings|appt=23 August, 1887{{NLJul90|p. 218}}|end=1 August, 1890{{NLJul90|p. 218}}{{NLMar91|p. 222}}}}

Latest revision as of 18:10, 14 March 2021

H.M.S. Garnet (1877)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: Mar, 1875[2]
Launched: 30 Jun, 1877[3]
Completed: Oct, 1878[4]
Sold: 1904[5]
H.M.S. Garnet was one of six Emerald Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 7 September, 1882.[6]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 1 November, 1890.[7]

Upon returning to England after nearly seven years' service on the Pacific Station in August, 1894, the ship was paid off into B Division of the Medway Fleet Reserve.[8]

Though it was considered possible to refit her for another term of foreign service, this was reconsidered in December 1894. She had by this point had four extended periods of foreign service.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 213.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 18 Aug. 1894, p. 8.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 25 Dec. 1894, p. 7.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 218.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 218.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 221.

Bibliography


Emerald Class Corvette
  Emerald Garnet Opal  
  Ruby Tourmaline Turquoise  
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