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''Widgeon'' was re-commissioned on 1 October, 1917.{{NLJul31|p. 289}}
 
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Jermyn Landon|nick=Arthur J. Landon|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 396}}|end=16 November, 1914}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Jermyn Landon|nick=Arthur J. Landon|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 396}}|end=16 November, 1914}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399'f''}}|end=October, 1917|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399'f''}}|end=October, 1917|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Russell Alfred Bell-Syer|nick=Russell A. Bell-Syer|appt=25 April, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 943}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Russell Alfred Bell-Syer|nick=Russell A. Bell-Syer|appt=25 April, 1918<ref>Bell-Syer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 943}}|end=22 January, 1919<ref>Bell-Syer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes|nick=Edward G. de S. Jukes Hughes|appt=22 January, 1919<ref>Jukes Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/160.|D7603866}} f. ?.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes|nick=Edward G. de S. Jukes Hughes|appt=22 January, 1919<ref>Jukes Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/160.|}} f. 364.</ref>|end=January, 1921{{NMI|20 July 1921, p. 6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=1 April, 1921{{NavAppts|8 Dec. 1920, p. 8}}<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.}} f. 252.</ref>|end=December, 1922<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.}} f. 252.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=1 April, 1921{{NavAppts|8 Dec. 1920, p. 8}}<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.}} f. 252.</ref>|end=December, 1922<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.}} f. 252.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=c. December, 1922{{NavAppts|13 Nov. 1922, p. 7}}|end=|note=and as S.N.O., Upper Yangtse}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=c. December, 1922{{NavAppts|13 Nov. 1922, p. 7}}|end=|note=and as S.N.O., Upper Yangtse}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leon Stopford Acheson|nick=Leon S. Acheson|appt=September, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 289}}|end=October, 1925}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leon Stopford Acheson|nick=Leon S. Acheson|appt=September, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 289}}|end=October, 1925}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=1 June, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 289}}{{NavAppts|29 May 1926, p. 7}}|end=April, 1928|note=and as S.N.O., Upper Yangtse}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=1 June, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 289}}{{NavAppts|29 May 1926, p. 7}}|end=April, 1928|note=and as S.N.O., Upper Yangtse}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Bidlake Wollocombe|nick=Henry B. Wollocombe|appt=July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 289}}|end=mid 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Edward Heaton|nick=Hugh E. Heaton|appt=6 May, 1928<ref>Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/56.|}}  f. 56.</ref>|end=August, 1928<ref>Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/56.|}}  f. 56.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Ormsby Troubridge Keeling|nick=Edward O. T. Keeling|appt=15 July, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 289}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Bidlake Wollocombe|nick=Henry B. Wollocombe|appt=July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 289}}|end=October 1929<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Ormsby Troubridge Keeling|nick=Edward O. T. Keeling|appt=15 July, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 289}}|end=August, 1931<ref>Keeling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/183.|}} f. 185.</ref>|note=vice Woolcombe}}
 
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Latest revision as of 20:26, 10 November 2022

H.M.S. Widgeon (1904)
Pendant Number: N.71 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Launched: 16 Apr, 1904[3]
Sold: Oct, 1931[4]

H.M.S. Widgeon was a river gunboat that served in the Royal Navy. She served on the China Station.

There was an earlier gunboat named Widgeon launched in 1889.

Construction and Service

Commissioned at Shanghai on 28 November, 1904.[5]

Widgeon was re-commissioned on 1 October, 1917.[6]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[7]

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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  5. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 397.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  7. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  8. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 397.
  9. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  10. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 397.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 396.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399'f.
  14. Bell-Syer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 943.
  16. Bell-Syer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  17. Jukes Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/160. f. 364.
  18. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1921, p. 6.
  19. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Dec. 1920, p. 8.
  20. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  21. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  22. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 13 Nov. 1922, p. 7.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 289.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
  26. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 May 1926, p. 7.
  27. Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/56. f. 56.
  28. Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/56. f. 56.
  29. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
  30. Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  32. Keeling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/183. f. 185.

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