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'''H.M.S. ''Columbine''''' was formerly the ancient screw sloop ''Wild Swan'', renamed as ''Clyde'' in 1904 before taking her final name in 1912.  

==Service==
Destroyers in the {{UK-DF|3}} and {{UK-DF|13}} were tender to her during the war.  She was to serve as home to King's Harbour Master, Rosyth.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment given.

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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gauntlett Dicken|nick=Charles G. Dicken|appt=20 July, 1893<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=11 August, 1893<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 147.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres|as=Captain of ''Wild Swan''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=12 August, 1897<ref>Williamson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 22.</ref>{{NLOct98|p. 239}}|end=1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=15 June, 1900<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 299}}|end=25 April, 1903<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur George Kennedy Hill|nick=Arthur G. K. Hill|appt=25 April, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 295}}|end=4 November, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=1 July, 1913{{NLApr14|pp. 296-7}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Purefoy FitzGerald Purefoy|nick=Richard P. F. Purefoy|appt=12 August, 1914<ref>Purefoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 617.</ref>|end=3 March, 1915<ref>Purefoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 617.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Andrew Fountaine|nick=Charles A. Fountaine|appt=30 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 393''a''}}|end=21 March, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=20 November, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 749}}<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|end=20 November, 1921<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|note=and as Captain in Charge of Port Edgar Base}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=20 November, 1921<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=2 November, 1922<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|note=and as Captain in Charge of Port Edgar Base}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=1 November, 1922<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=15 October, 1924<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|note=and as Captain in Charge of Port Edgar Base}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=15 October, 1924<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 226}}|end=|note=and as Captain in Charge of Port Edgar Base}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Columbine_(1876)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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