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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=30 June, 1891<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 64.</ref>|end=7 October, 1891<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 64.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=30 June, 1891<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 64.</ref>|end=7 October, 1891<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 64.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1891]]|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon|nick=Frederick G. C. Langdon|appt=21 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manoeuvres."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.</ref>|end=11 July, 1893|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon|nick=Frederick G. C. Langdon|appt=21 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manoeuvres."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.</ref>|end=11 July, 1893|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1892]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rowland Edward Berkeley|nick=Rowland E. Berkeley|appt=11 July, 1893<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 July, 1893.  Issue '''33999''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=25 August, 1893|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rowland Edward Berkeley|nick=Rowland E. Berkeley|appt=11 July, 1893<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 July, 1893.  Issue '''33999''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=25 August, 1893|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Fulling Welldon|nick=Alfred F. Welldon|appt=18 July, 1894|end=20 August, 1894|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Fulling Welldon|nick=Alfred F. Welldon|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=20 August, 1894|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis George Theodore Cole|nick=Francis G. T. Cole|appt=15 January, 1897{{NLMar00|p. 255}}|end=1 September, 1900}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis George Theodore Cole|nick=Francis G. T. Cole|appt=15 January, 1897{{NLMar00|p. 255}}|end=1 September, 1900|note=including the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>|end=25 August, 1903<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>|end=25 August, 1903<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Irvine Graham|nick=John I. Graham|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=1 October, 1904|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Irvine Graham|nick=John I. Graham|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=1 October, 1904|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Benjamin Brennan|nick=George B. Brennan|appt=16 November, 1904{{NLMar07|p. 322}}|end=1 May, 1907}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Benjamin Brennan|nick=George B. Brennan|appt=16 November, 1904{{NLMar07|p. 322}}|end=1 May, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=June, 1906<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|end=c. August, 1906<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=June, 1906<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|end=c. August, 1906<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1906]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Escombe|nick=Harold Escombe|appt=30 June, 1908|end=|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Escombe|nick=Harold Escombe|appt=30 June, 1908|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1908]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Montagu Roberts West|nick=Reginald M. R. West|appt=7 November, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 322}}|end=1 January, 1910{{NLJan10|p. 322}}{{NLJan12|p. 321}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Montagu Roberts West|nick=Reginald M. R. West|appt=7 November, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 322}}|end=1 January, 1910{{NLJan10|p. 322}}{{NLJan12|p. 321}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''I''')|name=Sydney Harold Tennyson|nick=Sydney H. Tennyson|appt=1 January, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 321}}|end=15 January, 1912}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''I''')|name=Sydney Harold Tennyson|nick=Sydney H. Tennyson|appt=1 January, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 321}}|end=15 January, 1912}}

Revision as of 08:44, 6 September 2019

H.M.S. Gossamer (1890)
Builder: Sheerness DYd[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act
Laid down: 21 Jan, 1889[2]
Launched: 9 Jan, 1890[3]
Completed: 16 Jun, 1891[4]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1920[5]
H.M.S. Gossamer was one of thirteen Sharpshooter class torpedo gunboats.

Service

In 1908, she and the four other survivors were taken in hand for conversion to minesweepers.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  7. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 64.
  8. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 64.
  9. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
  10. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.
  11. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1900). p. 255.
  13. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  14. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  15. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  16. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.
  17. Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
  18. Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 322.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 322.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.
  23. Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  24. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 321.
  25. Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  26. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394k.
  27. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  28. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394j.
  29. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  30. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394b.
  31. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 804.

Bibliography


Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat
Royal Navy Ships
Boomerang Gleaner Gossamer Karakatta Salamander
  Seagull Sharpshooter Sheldrake  
  Skipjack Spanker Speedwell  
Royal Indian Marine Ships
  Assaye Plassey  
<– Grasshopper Class Torpedo Gunboats (UK) Alarm Class –>