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On 7 April, 1904, she arrived at Sydney in company with {{UK-Mutine}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Apr 08, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37363.</ref>
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Commissioned at Sydney on 4 May, 1911.{{NLAug12|p. 387}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Norman Godfrey Macalister|nick=Norman G. Macalister|appt=24 April, 1900{{NLMay03|p. 308}}|end=1 April, 1903|note=invalided w/ blood poisoning}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert James Ogilvy Millar|nick=Herbert J. O. Millar|appt=1 April, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 387}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Needham Knox|nick=John N. Knox|appt=8 April, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 921''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=May, 1906|end=7 October, 1906|note=lent}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=George Cuninghame Quayle|nick=George C. Quayle|appt=1 April, 1907<ref>Quayle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/206.|D7602543}}  f. 223.</ref>|end=1 October, 1907<ref>Quayle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/206.|D7602543}}  f. 223.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Clifton Carver|nick=Edmund C. Carver|appt=4 May, 1911<ref>Carver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/360.|D8112220}} f. 395.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 387}}|end=5 April, 1912<ref>Carver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/360.|D8112220}} f. 395.</ref>|note=to join upon arrival in {{UK-Edgar}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Richard Le Hunte Ward|nick=John R. Le H. Ward|appt=5 April, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 387}}|end=23 November, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Needham Knox|nick=John N. Knox|appt=8 April, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 921''a''}}|end=18 December, 1918}}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 18 August 2018

H.M.S. Torch (1894)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1893[2]
Launched: 28 Dec, 1894[3]
Completed: Apr, 1896[4]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1897[5]
Sold: 1920[6]
H.M.S. Torch was one of two Alert Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

On 7 April, 1904, she arrived at Sydney in company with Mutine.[7]

Commissioned at Sydney on 4 May, 1911.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 307.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 08, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37363.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 387.
  9. ↑ Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 306.
  11. ↑ Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 308.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 387.
  14. ↑ Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  15. ↑ Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  16. ↑ Carver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/360. f. 395.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 387.
  18. ↑ Carver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/360. f. 395.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 387.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 921a.

Bibliography


Alert Class Screw Sloop
  Alert Torch  
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