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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Firebrand'' (1877)|fatedate=1905{{Conways1860|p. 112}}
|name=Firebrand
|launch=30 Apr, 1877{{CN}}
|builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]]{{Conways1860|p. 112}}
|fate=Sold
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Firebrand''''' was one of twelve [[Forester Class Gunboat (1874)|''Forester'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
''Firebrand'' was commissioned at Devonport on 9 December, 1878.{{NLOct81|p. 211}}  Ready for sea at Devonport on 18 January, 1879,{{NMI|Friday, Jan 17, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29467}} she was slated to venture first to Sierra Leone to relieve the gun vessel [[H.M.S. Boxer (1868)|''Boxer'']].{{NMI|Saturday, Feb 15, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29492}}

She next went to relieve {{UK-1Forester}} on the [[North America and West Indies Station]].{{NLOct81|p. 211}}

Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1884.{{NLSep85|p. 210}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Firebrand''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Joseph Lawson Sisson|nick=James J. L. Sisson|appt=9 December, 1878{{NLOct81|p. 211}}{{NMI|Tuesday, Dec 10, 1878; pg. 9; Issue 29434}}|end=early 1883|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''N''') in Command|name=John William McFarlane|nick=John W. McFarlane|appt=6 February, 1883{{NLApr83|p. 211}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Brownlow Macdonald|nick=Charles B. Macdonald|appt=8 January, 1883<ref>Macdonald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/80.|D7601465}} f. 830.</ref>|end=before April, 1883{{NMI|Thursday, Apr 05, 1883; pg. 10; Issue 30786}}|note=lent, to return to {{UK-Griffon}} upon ''Firebrand'' returning home}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=David Louson Dickson|nick=David L. Dickson|appt=6 May, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 210}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=6 January, 1887{{NLMar91|p. 220}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Lionel Grant Tufnell|nick=Lionel G. Tufnell|appt=1 January, 1892<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1335.</ref>|end=21 January, 1895<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1335.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Vernon Maud|nick=Vernon Maud|appt=21 January, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 224}}|end=31 March, 1897<ref>Month COULD be May.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=9 April, 1901<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 235.</ref>|end=29 April, 1902<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 235.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Benjamin William Pitt|nick=Benjamin W. Pitt|appt=26 September, 1911|end=5 May, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alfred Henry Hollis|nick=Alfred H. Hollis|appt=26 May, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 396''l''}}|end=29 April, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Charles Edward Bryant|nick=Charles E. Bryant|appt=3 June, 1916<ref>Bryant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34/811.|}} f. 369.</ref>|end=14 August, 1916<ref>Bryant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34/811.|}} f. 369.</ref>|note=temporary}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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