H.M.S. Gannet (1878)

H.M.S. Gannet was one of nine Doterel Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy. She was renamed H.M.S. President in the early 1900s. A river gunboat by the same name was launched in 1927.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 3 September, 1885.^[3]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 10 November, 1888.^[4]

In early 1895, Dryad relieved Gannet in the Mediterranean, which returned to Englad to be taken out of service.^[5]

The vessel was restored in 1987 to her 1888 appearance. She resides at Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Commander Edmund G. Bourke, 17 April, 1879^[6] – 20 July, 1883
Commander Barton R. Bradford, 3 September, 1885^[7] – 9 November, 1888
Commander James H. Corfe, 10 October, 1888^[8] – 25 January, 1892
Captain Frederick F. Fegen, 18 December, 1891^[9] – 16 March, 1895 (vessel taken out of service afterward)
Lieutenant in Command Andrew Y. Catto, 25 July, 1917 – 9 May, 1919 (and for Fleet diving duties)

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 212.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 5, 1895, Issue 34466, p.10.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 213.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 209.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 445.