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− | ''Goshawk'' returned to Queenstown on 2 November 1878 after an unsuccessful search for survivors of the wreck of the ''Fanny''.{{NMI|Wednesday, Nov 06, 1878; pg. 5; Issue 29405}} This ship | + | ''Goshawk'' returned to Queenstown on 2 November 1878 after an unsuccessful search for survivors of the wreck of the ''Fanny''.{{NMI|Wednesday, Nov 06, 1878; pg. 5; Issue 29405}} This ship, or the fact that she had gone missing on a trip to Greenock, was a fiction created as a ruse by Navigating {{SubRN}} [[James Calrow Coyte]], who was arrested in April, 1879 for twice causing his ship to sortie – once in pursuit of the reportedly overdue ship, and later setting out for Vigo, though she stopped at France and came back – on supposed Admiralty instruction on the basis of fake telegram orders Coyte had mailed to Cork from Queenstown.{{NMI|Thursday, Apr 10, 1879; pg. 5; Issue 29538}} Coyte was dismissed the service by Court Martial on 5 May, 1879.<ref>Coyte Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/77/957.|D7576989}} f. ?.</ref> |
She was relieved on the Irish coast by {{UK-1Wasp}} in July, 1881. Her crew went over to ''Wasp'', and she returned to Devonport.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 19, 1881; pg. 7; Issue 30250}} | She was relieved on the Irish coast by {{UK-1Wasp}} in July, 1881. Her crew went over to ''Wasp'', and she returned to Devonport.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 19, 1881; pg. 7; Issue 30250}} |
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H.M.S. Goshawk (1872) | |
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Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 23 Jan, 1872[Citation needed] |
Sold: | 1906[2] |
Service
Goshawk returned to Queenstown on 2 November 1878 after an unsuccessful search for survivors of the wreck of the Fanny.[3] This ship, or the fact that she had gone missing on a trip to Greenock, was a fiction created as a ruse by Navigating Sub-Lieutenant James Calrow Coyte, who was arrested in April, 1879 for twice causing his ship to sortie – once in pursuit of the reportedly overdue ship, and later setting out for Vigo, though she stopped at France and came back – on supposed Admiralty instruction on the basis of fake telegram orders Coyte had mailed to Cork from Queenstown.[4] Coyte was dismissed the service by Court Martial on 5 May, 1879.[5]
She was relieved on the Irish coast by Wasp in July, 1881. Her crew went over to Wasp, and she returned to Devonport.[6]
Commissioned at Sheerness on 22 November, 1883.[7]
Re-commissioned at Gibraltar on 21 April, 1890.[8]
Captains
- Commander Alfred T. Bagge, 5 January, 1876 – 1 October, 1878
- Commander Thomas Suckling, 15 January, 1881[9] – 30 November, 1882
- Lieutenant & Commander William J. Moore, 22 November, 1883[10] – 18 March, 1887
- Lieutenant & Commander John H. Pelly, 18 January, 1887[11] – 31 December, 1888
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward P. Chapman, 7 January, 1889[12] – 8 January, 1892 (left for some time to attend to a pressing domestic issue)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward H. Currey, 8 January, 1892[13] – 15 July, 1892
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 06, 1878; pg. 5; Issue 29405.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 10, 1879; pg. 5; Issue 29538.
- ↑ Coyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/77/957. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 19, 1881; pg. 7; Issue 30250.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 213.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 223.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 17, 1881; pg. 8; Issue 30093. Name given here as "Lucking", but subsequent stories get it right.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 213.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 223.
Bibliography
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