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==Service==
==Service==
''Firebrand'' was commissioned at Devonport on 9 December, 1878 and went out to relieve {{UK-1Forester}} on the [[North America and West Indies Station]].{{NLOct81|p. 211}}
''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}}


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}}
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==
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<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


Forester Class Gunboat
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Moorhen Foxhound Forward Firm Forester
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