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After leaving the Nore in early November, 1901 to relieve the {{UK-Icarus|f=t}} on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]], ''Shearwater'' ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902.  Although a Court of Enquiry assigned no blame for the incident, the Admiralty scolded navigational lieutenant [[Philip Sidney Ronayne Conron|Conron]].<ref>Conron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 512.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Umfreville|nick=Charles H. Umfreville|appt=24 October, 1901<ref>"Naval & military intelligence"
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''The Times'' (London). Friday, 25 October 1901. (36595), p. 8.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allen Thomas Hunt|nick=Allen T. Hunt|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allen Thomas Hunt|nick=Allen T. Hunt|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=1 April, 1910<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|end=24 April, 1912<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=1 April, 1910<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|end=24 April, 1912<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>}}

Revision as of 12:29, 7 June 2015

H.M.S. Shearwater (1900)
Builder: Sheerness DYd[1]
Laid down: 1899[2]
Launched: 10 Feb, 1900[3]
Completed: 1900[4]
Commissioned: 24 Oct, 1901[5]
Sold: May, 1922[6]
Fate: Mercantile
H.M.S. Shearwater was one of six Condor Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

After leaving the Nore in early November, 1901 to relieve the destroyer Icarus on the Pacific Station, Shearwater ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902. Although a Court of Enquiry assigned no blame for the incident, the Admiralty scolded navigational lieutenant Conron.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 376.
  6. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  7. ↑ Conron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 512. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  8. ↑ "Naval & military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 25 October 1901. (36595), p. 8.
  9. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  10. ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  11. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  12. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.

Bibliography


Condor Class Sloop
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