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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Kingfisher''''' was one of nine [[Doterel Class Sloop (1878)|''Doterel'' Class composite screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Kingfisher''''' was one of nine [[Doterel Class Sloop (1878)|''Doterel'' Class composite screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Lark''''' in 1892, and '''H.M.S. ''Cruizer''''' in 1893.
  
 
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==Service==
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Commissioned at Sheerness on 17 August, 1880.{{NLJul84|p. 221}}
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Commissioned at Sheerness on 11 November, 1884.{{NLSep85|p. 220}}
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Re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 April, 1888.{{NLJul90|p. 227}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Heber Thornton|nick=Reginald H. Thornton|appt=17 August, 1880{{NLMar83|p. 221}}|end=19 October, 1883|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Algernon Evan-Thomas|nick=Algernon Evan-Thomas|appt=9 April, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 221}}|end=17 September, 1884}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Harvey Rainier|nick=John H. Rainier|appt=11 November, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 220}}|end=1 January, 1887<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/306.|}} f. 1080.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Raymond Barron Needham|nick=Raymond B. Needham|appt=6 January, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 215}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Milne Gardiner|nick=Alexander M. Gardiner|appt=20 July, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 232}}|end=5 August, 1891}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Whitmore Savory|nick=Herbert W. Savory|appt=12 July, 1898<ref>Savory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 33.</ref>|end=23 February, 1899<ref>Savory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 33.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cruiser''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel Grant Tufnell|nick=Lionel G. Tufnell|appt=15 April, 1899<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|ass=1 May, 1899<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|end=9 November, 1900<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|note=ended by one month loan as Acting Captain of {{UK-Canopus}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cruiser''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel Grant Tufnell|nick=Lionel G. Tufnell|appt=9 December, 1900<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|end=15 November, 1901<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cruiser''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=8 November, 1901<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>|end=31 March, 1903<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cruizer''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:50, 22 April 2021

H.M.S. Kingfisher (1879)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1879[2]
Sold: 1919[3]
H.M.S. Kingfisher was one of nine Doterel Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

She was renamed H.M.S. Lark in 1892, and H.M.S. Cruizer in 1893.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 17 August, 1880.[4]

Commissioned at Sheerness on 11 November, 1884.[5]

Re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 April, 1888.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 221.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 220.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 227.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 221.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 221.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 220.
  10. ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/306. f. 1080.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 215.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 232.
  13. ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 33.
  14. ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 33.
  15. ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
  16. ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
  17. ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
  18. ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
  19. ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
  20. ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.

Bibliography


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