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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson|nick=The Hon. Patrick M. Hely-Hutchinson|appt=17 November, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 254}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Patrick Maurice Hely-Hutchinson|nick=The Hon. Patrick M. Hely-Hutchinson|appt=17 November, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 254}}|end=27 January, 1893|note=died while in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=31 January, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 256}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=31 January, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 256}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Winstanley Pochin|nick=James W. Pochin|appt=20 September, 1900{{NLMar01|p. 303''a''}}|end=4 January, 1901{{INF}}{{NLJan04|p. 378}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Arthur Hardinge|nick=The Hon. George A. Hardinge|appt=16 July, 1900<ref>Hardinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/187.|D7602126}} f. 219.</ref>|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Francis Benwell|nick=William F. Benwell|appt=5 January, 1901{{NLJan04|p. 378}}|end=1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Winstanley Pochin|nick=James W. Pochin|appt=20 September, 1900{{NLMar01|p. 303''a''}}|end=5 July, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Alexander Thomas|nick=Edward A. Thomas|appt=30 June, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 378}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Archibald Bellenden Purvis|nick=Archibald B. Purvis|appt=9 June, 1901|end=5 July, 1901{{INF}}|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic William Dean|nick=Frederic W. Dean|appt=17 November, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 378}}|end=4 July, 1906{{INF}}{{NLJan07|p. 377}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Francis Benwell|nick=William F. Benwell|appt=5 July, 1901<ref>Benwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}} f. 215.</ref>|end=30 June, 1904<ref>Benwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}}  f. 215.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=5 July, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 377}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Alexander Thomas|nick=Edward A. Thomas|appt=30 June, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 378}}|end=17 November, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Blake Gellibrand|nick=Henry B. Gellibrand|appt=10 January, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 377}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic William Dean|nick=Frederic W. Dean|appt=17 November, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 378}}|end=15 February, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest George William Davidson|nick=Ernest G. W. Davidson|appt=22 September, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 377}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert William Dalgety|nick=Robert W. Dalgety|appt=16 February, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 377}}|end=5 July, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Charles O'Grady Cochrane|nick=William C. O'G. Cochrane|appt=16 January, 1911{{NLJul11|p. 377}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=5 July, 1906<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 377}}|end=10 January, 1908<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Basil Richard Brooke|nick=Basil R. Brooke|appt=28 February, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 377}}|end=7 August, 1913{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Blake Gellibrand|nick=Henry B. Gellibrand|appt=10 January, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 377}}|end=22 September, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Aubrey Edward Duncombe Moore|nick=Aubrey E. D. Moore|appt=7 August, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 376}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest George William Davidson|nick=Ernest G. W. Davidson|appt=22 September, 1908<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/20.|D7602808}} f. 21.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 377}}|end=16 January, 1911<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/20.|D7602808}} f. 21.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Daniel McDowell|nick=Daniel McDowell|appt=22 May, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''c''}}|end=23 June, 1915{{NLApr15|p. 398''c''}}{{NLOct15|p. 398''c''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Charles O'Grady Cochrane|nick=William C. O'G. Cochrane|appt=16 January, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 377}}|end=29 July, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Walter Harbord|nick=Eric W. Harbord|appt=23 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 398''c''}}|end=after December, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 910}}|note=reappointed several times}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Basil Richard Brooke|nick=Basil R. Brooke|appt=28 February, 1913<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 377}}|end=9 August, 1913<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Aubrey Edward Duncombe Moore|nick=Aubrey E. D. Moore|appt=9 August, 1913<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>|end=28 March, 1914<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Cook Underwood|nick=Alexander C. Underwood|appt=28 March, 1914<ref>Underwood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/30.|D7603736}} f. 234.</ref>|end=22 May, 1914<ref>Underwood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/30.|D7603736}}  f. 234.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Daniel McDowell|nick=Daniel McDowell|appt=22 May, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''c''}}|end=23 June, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Walter Harbord|nick=Eric W. Harbord|appt=23 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 398''c''}}|end=November, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Robert Cunningham Warden|nick=Robert C. Warden|appt=19 December, 1918<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/106.|}} f. 106.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 910}}|end=9 April, 1919<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/106.|}} f. 106.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 20 April 2022

H.M.S. Speedwell (1889)
Builder: Devonport DYd[1]
Laid down: 18 Apr, 1888[2]
Launched: 15 Mar, 1889[3]
Completed: 1 Jul, 1890[4]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1920[5]

H.M.S. Speedwell was one of thirteen Sharpshooter class torpedo gunboats.

Service

In 1908, she and the four other survivors were taken in hand for conversion to minesweepers.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 254.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 256.
  9. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 303a.
  11. Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  12. Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 378.
  14. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 378.
  15. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 377.
  16. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 377.
  18. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 377.
  20. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/20. f. 21.
  21. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 377.
  22. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/20. f. 21.
  23. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 377.
  24. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 377.
  26. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  27. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  28. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  29. Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/30. f. 234.
  30. Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/30. f. 234.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398c.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398c.
  33. Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/106. f. 106.
  34. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 910.
  35. Warden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/106. f. 106.

Bibliography


Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat
Royal Navy Ships
Boomerang Gleaner Gossamer Karakatta Salamander
  Seagull Sharpshooter Sheldrake  
  Skipjack Spanker Speedwell  
Royal Indian Marine Ships
  Assaye Plassey  
<– Grasshopper Class Torpedo Gunboats (UK) Alarm Class –>