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Britain bought the ship ''Pioneer'' in November of 1900, converted her to a gunboat, renaming her '''H.M.S. ''Kinsha''''' for service on the [[China Station]].
Britain bought the ship ''Pioneer'' in November of 1900, converted her to a gunboat, renaming her '''H.M.S. ''Kinsha''''' for service on the [[China Station]].


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==Armament==
==Armament==
* two 12-pdrs
* two 12-pdrs
==Service==
''Kinsha'' re-commissioned at Shanghai about late May 1906 for further service, with her old crew being slatedd to return to England.{{NMI|Wednesday, May 16, 1906, Issue 38021, p.12}}
She was re-commissioned at Woosung on 19 March, 1910.{{NLMar13|p. 337}}
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=10 March, 1903|end=28 November, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Crabtree|nick=Percy Crabtree|appt=8 February, 1906|ass=26 April, 1906|end=9 October, 1907|note=died in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''I''')|name=Sydney Harold Tennyson|nick=Sydney H. Tennyson|appt=16 October, 1907|end=27 October, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas John Spence Lyne|nick=Thomas J. S. Lyne|appt=28 July, 1908|end=August, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Clive Charles Henry Maitland-Addison|nick=Clive C. H. Maitland-Addison|appt=15 August, 1911|end=26 October, 1911|note=died of pneumonia and heart failure}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=27 October, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 337}}|end=5 August, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=25 April, 1918|end=April, 1919|note=and as S.N.O., Yangtze}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Bibby Hartford|nick=George B. Hartford|appt=17 April, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 798}}|ass=25 June, 1919<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Kinsha.htm Ship's Log].</ref>|end=30 April, 1921|succBy=Vessel Sold}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Kinsha.htm Transcribed Ship's Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kinsha}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kinsha}}
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Latest revision as of 12:50, 30 August 2019

H.M.S. Kinsha (1900)
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[1]
Purchased: Nov, 1900[2]
Launched: 1900[3]
Sold: 30 Apr, 1921[4]
Fate: at Shanghai

Britain bought the ship Pioneer in November of 1900, converted her to a gunboat, renaming her H.M.S. Kinsha for service on the China Station.

Design

The ship were as follows:[5]

  • 616 tons
  • 192 feet overall (180 between perpendiculars)
  • 6.5 foot draught
  • 30 foot beam
  • 14 knots on 1200 I.H.P.

Armament

  • two 12-pdrs

Service

Kinsha re-commissioned at Shanghai about late May 1906 for further service, with her old crew being slatedd to return to England.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Woosung on 19 March, 1910.[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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 16, 1906, Issue 38021, p.12.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 337.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 337.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 798.

Bibliography


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