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<div name=fredbot:career>
{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Halcyon'' (1894)|comp=16 May, 1895{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}}
|fatedate=6 Nov, 1919{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}}
|order=[[Naval Defence Act]]
|name=Halcyon
|launch=6 Apr, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 90}}
|builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard|Devonport]]{{Conways1860|p. 90}}
|laid=2 Jan, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 90}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Halcyon''''' was one of five torpedo gunboats of the [[Dryad Class Torpedo Gunboat (1893)|''Dryad'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]..

==Construction & Service==

The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}}

On 29 July, 1917 ''Halcyon'' rammed and dropped a pair of depth charges off Yarmouth after sighting a periscope and was credited with sinking {{DE-UB27}}.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Halcyon''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Graham White|nick=William G. White|appt=16 May, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 227}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter George Stopford|nick=The Hon. Walter G. Stopford|appt=6 November, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 227}}<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1232.</ref>|note=for Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Scott William Alfred Hamilton Gray|nick=Scott W. A. H. Gray|appt=15 March, 1898{{NLMar00|p. 255}}|end=15 September, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=Somerset A. G. Calthorpe|appt=15 September, 1900{{NLMar01|p. 261}}|end=7 May, 1901<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 272/548.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=18 June, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 322}}|end=8 February, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil Eustace Rooke|nick=Cecil E. Rooke|appt=16 February, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 322}}|end=5 March, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Anthony Francis Gurney|nick=Anthony F. Gurney|appt=5 March, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 322}}|end=July, 1906{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant|nick=Edmund P. F. G. Grant|appt=2 July, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 323}}<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 461.</ref>|end=20 January, 1908<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 461.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=1 September, 1908<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 323}}|end=16 August, 1910<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Roderick Segrave|nick=John R. Segrave|appt=16 August, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 321}}|end=23 January, 1912<ref>Segrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 226.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Astley Ellison|nick=Alfred A. Ellison|appt=23 January, 1912{{NLFeb14|p. 322''a''}}<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>|end=31 August, 1914<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Norman Ballard|nick=George N. Ballard|appt=31 August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''k''}}|end=8 July, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bertrand Bannerman|nick=Bertrand Bannerman|appt=8 July, 1916<ref>Bannerman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/105.|D7576660}} ff. 54, 248.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 394''e''}}|end=1 February, 1918<ref>Bannerman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/105.|D7576660}} ff. 54, 248.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Michael Barne|nick=Michael Barne|appt=1 February, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 806}}|end=15 March, 1919}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Halcyon_(1894)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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{{Footer Dryad Class Torpedo Gunboat (1893)}}

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