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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Fitzgerald Day|nick=Edward F. Day|appt=12 December, 1872{{NLJul73|p. 194}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Wollaston Comyns Karslake|nick=Wollaston C. Karslake|appt=6 May, 1874{{NLOct75|p. 190}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Martin Annesley|nick=William M. Annesley|appt=24 May, 1874<ref>Annesley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/23.|}} f. 30.</ref>|end=August, 1874<ref>Annesley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/23.|}} f. 30.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Evelyn William Shirley|nick=Evelyn W. Shirley|appt=16 November, 1875{{NLJan76|p. 190}}|end=12 May, 1876}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=Orford Churchill|nick=Orford Churchill|appt=27 July, 1877|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alaric Frederick Grant|nick=Alaric F. Grant|appt=8 January, 1881{{NLOct81|p. 224}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Orme Brenton Carey Brenton|nick=Reginald O. B. C. Brenton|appt=3 May, 1883{{NLJul84|p. 224}}|end=19 September, 1885}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William McCarthy Maturin|nick=William McC. Maturin|appt=4 July, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 217}}|end=1 September, 1888}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William McCarthy Maturin|nick=William McC. Maturin|appt=4 July, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 217}}|end=1 September, 1888}}
 
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Latest revision as of 09:56, 15 June 2020

H.M.S. Merlin (1871)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 24 Nov, 1871[Citation needed]
Sold: 1891[2]
H.M.S. Merlin was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 3 May, 1883.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 222.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 194.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1875). p. 190.
  6. Annesley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/23. f. 30.
  7. Annesley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/23. f. 30.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1876). p. 190.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 224.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 224.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 217.

Bibliography


Ariel Class Composite Gunboat
Ariel Coquette Decoy Foam Goshawk
  Merlin Mosquito Swinger Zephyr  
<– Ant Class Small Fry (UK) Forester Class –>
<– Ant Class Gunboats (UK) Forester Class –>