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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Kite''''' was one of six [[Ant Class Gunboat (1870)|''Ant'' class]] gunboats completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Kite''''' was one of six [[Ant Class Gunboat (1870)|''Ant'' class]] gunboats completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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==Service==
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From the early 1880s through to at least 1914, ''Kite'' was at Portsmouth as a tender to the {{UK-Excellent|f=t}}.{{NLOct83|p. 221}}{{NLJan15|p. 315}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Joseph Honner|nick=Joseph Honner|appt=9 June, 1891<ref>Honner Service Record.  {{TNA|196/38.}} f. 649.</ref>|end=1 January, 1892}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''G''')|name=Montague Edward Browning|nick=Montague E. Browning|appt=5 January, 1894{{NLApr94|p. 231}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=4 January, 1895<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 455.</ref>|end=13 March, 1895<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 455.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander ('''G''')|name=John Francis Murray-Aynsley|nick=John F. Murray-Aynsley|appt=2 September, 1895{{NLApr97|p. 236}}|end=1 January, 1898<ref>Murray-Aynsley Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42/362.|D7602253}} f. 374.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Douglas Lionel Dent|nick=Douglas L. Dent|appt=30 April, 1898<ref>Dent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 50.</ref>|end=8 June, 1898<ref>Dent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 50.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander ('''G''')|name=George Price Webley Hope|nick=George P. W. Hope|appt=8 June, 1898{{NLApr00|p. 266}}|end=19 April, 1900<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 23/44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander ('''G''')|name=Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe|nick=Sidney R. Drury-Lowe|appt=19 April, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 274}}|end=c. 4 July, 1902{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander ('''G''')|name=Hubert Lynes|nick=Hubert Lynes|appt=4 July, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 276''a''}}|end=2 July, 1903<ref>Lynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 450.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander ('''G''')|name=Henry Ralph Crooke|nick=Henry R. Crooke|appt=2 July, 1903{{NLJan04|p. 337}}<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 36.</ref>|end=1 March, 1905<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 36.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander ('''G''')|name=Herbert Willes Webley Hope|nick=Herbert W. W. Hope|appt=1 March, 1905<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/369.}}  f. 417.</ref>{{NLJan07|p. 311}}|end=15 July, 1909<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/369.}}  f. 417.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|nick=Edward A. Rushton|appt=15 July, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 312}}<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|end=1 March, 1911<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|note=also for Experimental Work}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''G''')|name=Geoffrey Blake|nick=Geoffrey Blake|appt=1 March, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 311}}|note=also for Experimental Work}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=25 April, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 315}}|note=also for Experimental Work|end=12 April, 1915<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Foster Pitt Maton|nick=Reginald F. P. Maton|appt=26 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}|end=January, 1916|note=also for Experimental Work}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lancelot Ernest Holland|nick=Lancelot E. Holland|appt=17 May, 1916<ref>Holland Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/23.|D7576694}} f. 23.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 393''r''}}|end=29 May, 1918<ref>Holland Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/23.|D7576694}} f. 23.</ref>|note=also for Experimental Work}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey David Taylor|nick=Geoffrey D. Taylor|appt=May, 1918<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/160.|}} f. 517.</ref>|end=7 July, 1920<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/160.|}} f. 517.</ref>|note=also for Experimental Work}}
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 19 May 2022

H.M.S. Kite (1871)
Builder: Robert Napier & Sons[1]
Launched: 8 Feb, 1871[2]
Sold: 18 May, 1920[3]
H.M.S. Kite was one of six Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

From the early 1880s through to at least 1914, Kite was at Portsmouth as a tender to the gunnery training school Excellent.[4][5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1883). p. 221.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  6. ↑ Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 231.
  8. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 455.
  9. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 455.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 236.
  11. ↑ Murray-Aynsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42/362. f. 374.
  12. ↑ Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  13. ↑ Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 266.
  15. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 274.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 276a.
  18. ↑ Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 337.
  20. ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
  21. ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
  22. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/369. f. 417.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 311.
  24. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/369. f. 417.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 312.
  26. ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  27. ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  30. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
  32. ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393r.
  34. ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
  35. ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/160. f. 517.
  36. ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/160. f. 517.

Bibliography


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