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==Service==
==Service==
Ready for sea at Devonport on 18 January, 1879,{{NMI|Friday, Jan 17, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29467}} 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}}
''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}}
Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1884.{{NLSep85|p. 210}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Firebrand''" nat="UK">
<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=1883|precBy=New Command}}
{{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=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=David Louson Dickson|nick=David L. Dickson|appt=6 May, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 210}}|end=}}
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{{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={{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={{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={{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>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>



Latest revision as of 13:54, 31 August 2021

H.M.S. Firebrand (1877)
Builder: J. & G. Thomson[1]
Launched: 30 Apr, 1877[Citation needed]
Sold: 1905[2]

H.M.S. Firebrand was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Firebrand was commissioned at Devonport on 9 December, 1878.[3] Ready for sea at Devonport on 18 January, 1879,[4] she was slated to venture first to Sierra Leone to relieve the gun vessel Boxer.[5]

She next went to relieve Forester on the North America and West Indies Station.[6]

Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1884.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 211.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 17, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29467.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 15, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29492.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 211.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 211.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 10, 1878; pg. 9; Issue 29434.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 211.
  11. Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/80. f. 830.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 05, 1883; pg. 10; Issue 30786.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 220.
  15. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  16. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 224.
  18. Month COULD be May.
  19. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  20. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396l.
  22. Bryant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/811. f. 369.
  23. Bryant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/811. f. 369.

Bibliography


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