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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Speedwell''''' was one of 13 torpedo gunboats of the [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|Sharpshooter class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Speedwell''''' was one of thirteen [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|''Sharpshooter'' class torpedo gunboats]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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In 1908, she and the four other survivors were taken in hand for conversion to minesweepers.{{Conways1860|p. 89}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson|nick=The Hon. Patrick M. Hely-Hutchinson|appt=17 November, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 254}}|end=27 January, 1893|note=died while in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=31 January, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 256}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Arthur Hardinge|nick=The Hon. George A. Hardinge|appt=16 July, 1900<ref>Hardinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/187.|D7602126}} f. 219.</ref>|end=|note=manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Winstanley Pochin|nick=James W. Pochin|appt=20 September, 1900{{NLMar01|p. 303''a''}}|end=5 July, 1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Archibald Bellenden Purvis|nick=Archibald B. Purvis|appt=9 June, 1901|end=5 July, 1901{{INF}}|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Francis Benwell|nick=William F. Benwell|appt=5 July, 1901<ref>Benwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}}  f. 215.</ref>|end=30 June, 1904<ref>Benwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}}  f. 215.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Alexander Thomas|nick=Edward A. Thomas|appt=30 June, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 378}}|end=17 November, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic William Dean|nick=Frederic W. Dean|appt=17 November, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 378}}|end=15 February, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert William Dalgety|nick=Robert W. Dalgety|appt=16 February, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 377}}|end=5 July, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=5 July, 1906<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 377}}|end=10 January, 1908<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Blake Gellibrand|nick=Henry B. Gellibrand|appt=10 January, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 377}}|end=22 September, 1908}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest George William Davidson|nick=Ernest G. W. Davidson|appt=22 September, 1908<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/20.|D7602808}} f. 21.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 377}}|end=16 January, 1911<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/20.|D7602808}} f. 21.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Charles O'Grady Cochrane|nick=William C. O'G. Cochrane|appt=16 January, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 377}}|end=29 July, 1912}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Basil Richard Brooke|nick=Basil R. Brooke|appt=28 February, 1913<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 377}}|end=9 August, 1913<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Aubrey Edward Duncombe Moore|nick=Aubrey E. D. Moore|appt=9 August, 1913<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>|end=28 March, 1914<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Cook Underwood|nick=Alexander C. Underwood|appt=28 March, 1914<ref>Underwood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/30.|D7603736}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=22 May, 1914<ref>Underwood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/30.|D7603736}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Daniel McDowell|nick=Daniel McDowell|appt=22 May, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''c''}}|end=23 June, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Walter Harbord|nick=Eric W. Harbord|appt=23 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 398''c''}}|end=November, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Robert Cunningham Warden|nick=Robert C. Warden|appt=19 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 910}}|end=9 April, 1919}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 09:52, 13 June 2019

H.M.S. Speedwell (1889)
Builder: Devonport DYd[1]
Laid down: 18 Apr, 1888[2]
Launched: 15 Mar, 1889[3]
Completed: 1 Jul, 1890[4]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1920[5]
H.M.S. Speedwell 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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 254.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 256.
  9. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 303a.
  11. Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  12. Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 378.
  14. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 378.
  15. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 377.
  16. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 377.
  18. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 377.
  20. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/20. f. 21.
  21. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 377.
  22. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/20. f. 21.
  23. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 377.
  24. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 377.
  26. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  27. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  28. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  29. Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/30. f. ?.
  30. Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/30. f. ?.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398c.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398c.
  33. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 910.

Bibliography


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