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==Captains==
==Captains==
Editor's note:  the ship was renamed ''President'' in 1903.  Our data below clearly shows men appointed in command of later ships, such as [[H.M.S. Gannet (1927)]], a river gunboat, which was commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 6 March, 1928.{{NLJul37|p. 242}}


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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Fogarty Fegen|nick=Frederick F. Fegen|appt=18 December, 1891<ref>Fegen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 445.</ref>|end=16 March, 1895}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Fogarty Fegen|nick=Frederick F. Fegen|appt=18 December, 1891<ref>Fegen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 445.</ref>|end=16 March, 1895}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Andrew Yule Catto|nick=Andrew Y. Catto|appt=25 July, 1917|end=9 May, 1919|note=and for Fleet diving duties}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Andrew Yule Catto|nick=Andrew Y. Catto|appt=25 July, 1917|end=9 May, 1919|note=and for Fleet diving duties}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Francis Locke Marx|nick=George F. L. Marx|appt=1 June, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 242}}|end=29 July, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Aubrey Basil Fanshawe|nick=Aubrey B. Fanshawe|appt=2 June, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 241}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donal Bernard O'Connell|nick=Donal B. O'Connell|appt=8 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 242}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Dyke Beauchamp James|nick=Arthur D. B. James|appt=24 May, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 243}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Dering Parker Evans|nick=Dering P. Evans|appt=6 February, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 243}}|end=}}
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Revision as of 15:00, 9 March 2019

H.M.S. Gannet (1878)
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 31 Aug, 1878[2]
Preserved:

H.M.S. Gannet was one of nine Doterel Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 3 September, 1885.[3]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 10 November, 1888.[4]

The vessel was restored in 1987 to her 1888 appearance. She resides at Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 212.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 209.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
  7. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 445.

Bibliography


Doterel Class Composite Screw Sloop
Doterel Dragon Espiegle Gannet Kingfisher
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