H.M.S. Redpole (1889)

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H.M.S. Redpole (1889)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 13 Jun, 1889[Citation needed]
Commissioned: 20 Nov, 1889[2]
Sold: 15 May, 1906[Citation needed]

H.M.S. Redpole was one of nine gunboats of the Redbreast class completed for the Royal Navy around 1890.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 20 November, 1889 under Lieutenant & Commander Frederick H. P. W. Freeman.[3]

In 1902, she was relieved on the China Station by the Mutine.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

[18]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 113.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 12, 1901; pg. 10; Issue 36636.
  5. Freeman Service Record, in our PDF for George Charles Frederick. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 484.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 248.
  7. Freeman Service Record, in our PDF for George Charles Frederick. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 484.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 248.
  9. Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 215.
  10. Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 215.
  11. Coode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/98. f. 105.
  12. Coode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/98. f. 105.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 22 Oct. 1898, p. 13.
  14. Haworth-Booth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/241. f. 252.
  15. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 297a.
  17. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  18. Haworth-Booth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/241. f. 252.

Bibliography


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