H.M.S. Goshawk (1872)
| H.M.S. Goshawk (1872) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Launched: | 23 Jan, 1872[Citation needed] |
| Sold: | 1906[2] |
H.M.S. Goshawk was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Goshawk returned to Queenstown on 2 November 1878 after an unsuccessful search for survivors of the wreck of the Fanny.[3] This ship, or the fact that she had gone missing on a trip to Greenock, was a fiction created as a ruse by Navigating Sub-Lieutenant James Calrow Coyte, who was arrested in April, 1879 for twice causing his ship to sortie – once in pursuit of the reportedly overdue ship, and later setting out for Vigo, though she stopped at France and came back – on supposed Admiralty instruction on the basis of fake telegram orders Coyte had mailed to Cork from Queenstown.[4] Coyte was dismissed the service by Court Martial on 5 May, 1879.[5]
She was relieved on the Irish coast by Wasp in July, 1881. Her crew went over to Wasp, and she returned to Devonport.[6]
Commissioned at Sheerness on 22 November, 1883.[7]
Re-commissioned at Gibraltar on 21 April, 1890.[8]
Captains
- Lieutenant (in Command?) William M. Lang, 1 September, 1873[9]
- Commander Alfred T. Bagge, 5 January, 1876 – 25 March, 1878
- Lieutenant & Commander Thomas Suckling, 12 April, 1878[10]
- Commander Thomas Suckling, 15 January, 1881[11] – 30 November, 1882
- Lieutenant & Commander William J. Moore, 22 November, 1883[12][13] – 18 March, 1887[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander John H. Pelly, 18 January, 1887[15] – 31 December, 1888
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward P. Chapman, 7 January, 1889[16] – 8 January, 1892 (left for some time to attend to a pressing domestic issue)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward H. Currey, 8 January, 1892[17] – 15 July, 1892
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 06, 1878; pg. 5; Issue 29405.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 10, 1879; pg. 5; Issue 29538.
- ↑ Coyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/77/957. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 19, 1881; pg. 7; Issue 30250.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 213.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1876). p. 190.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 214.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 17, 1881; pg. 8; Issue 30093. Name given here as "Lucking", but subsequent stories get it right.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/331. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 213.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/331. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 223.
Bibliography
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