H.M.S. Woodlark (1898)

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H.M.S. Woodlark (1898)
Pendant Number: N.0C (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 8 Apr, 1898[3]
Sold: Jul, 1928[4]

H.M.S. Woodlark was one of two Woodcock Class river gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Woodlark was recommissioned at Shanghai on 1 January, 1901.[5]

From August 1914 through some time in 1917, it appears that Woodlark was in a dormant state.

Woodlark was commissioned at Shanghai on 17 December, 1917.[6]

She commissioned at Shanghai on 6 June, 1925.[7]

Captains

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. (May, 1903). p. 315.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 400.
  9. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 398.
  11. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  12. Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/13. f. 12.
  13. Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/13. f. 12.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 901.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621.
  16. "Gunboat Command Change." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1927, p. 4.
  17. Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  18. Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.


Woodcock Class River Gunboat
  Woodcock Woodlark