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==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Woodlark'' was recommissioned at Shanghai on 1 January, 1901.{{NLMay03|p. 315}}
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From August 1914 through some time in 1917, it appears that ''Woodlark'' was in a dormant state.
  
 
''Woodlark'' was commissioned at Shanghai on 17 December, 1917.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}
 
''Woodlark'' was commissioned at Shanghai on 17 December, 1917.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}
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She commissioned at Shanghai on 6 June, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 290}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Woodlark''" nat=UK>
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I ''Sp., Fr.''''')|name=Guy Ninian Whitelock Boyes|nick=Guy N. W. Boyes|appt=24 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 290}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ion Plunket Barton|nick=Ion P. Barton|appt=20 May, 1899|end=3 October, 1899|note=died while in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Eilbeck Hillman|nick=Henry E. Hillman|appt=4 October, 1899|end=1 October, 1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ronald Evered Chilcott|nick=Ronald E. Chilcott|appt=1 October, 1901|end=19 December, 1902}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cathcart Romer Wason|nick=Cathcart R. Wason|appt=19 December, 1902{{NLOct04|p. 400}}|end=9 January, 1905{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Frederick Knox|nick=John F. Knox|appt=9 January, 1905<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|D7602968}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 398}}|end=20 June, 1907<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|D7602968}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Renton Livingstone|nick=Guy R. Livingstone|appt=20 June, 1907|end=8 July, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Francis Arthur Mulock|nick=George F. A. Mulock|appt=8 July, 1909|end=7 October, 1912}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robin Wynell Mayow Lloyd|nick=Robin W. M. Lloyd|appt=7 October, 1912|end=August, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Stuart John Layton Bennett|nick=Stuart J. L. Bennett|appt=25 April, 1918<ref>Bennett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/13.|}} f. 12.</ref>|end=21 May, 1919<ref>Bennett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/13.|}} f. 12.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Roland Arbuthnot Clark|nick=Roland A. Clark|appt=21 May, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 901}}|end=21 July, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ivan Walter Whitehorn|nick=Ivan W. Whitehorn|appt=14 January, 1921{{NMI|Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621}}|end=25 January, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Rose St. George Tucker|nick=Colin R. St. G. Tucker|appt=January, 1923|ass=25 March, 1923|end=March, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bryan ffolliott Wingfield|nick=Bryan ff. Wingfield|appt=|end=c. September, 1927{{ToL|Gunboat Command Change|18 June 1927, p. 4}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Bidlake Wollocombe|nick=Henry B. Wollocombe|appt=5 September, 1927<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|end=c. 1928<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-Gannet}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 11:44, 9 August 2022

H.M.S. Woodlark (1898)
Pendant Number: N.0C (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 8 Apr, 1898[3]
Sold: Jul, 1928[4]
H.M.S. Woodlark was one of two Woodcock Class river gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Woodlark was recommissioned at Shanghai on 1 January, 1901.[5]

From August 1914 through some time in 1917, it appears that Woodlark was in a dormant state.

Woodlark was commissioned at Shanghai on 17 December, 1917.[6]

She commissioned at Shanghai on 6 June, 1925.[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. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 315.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 400.
  9. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 398.
  11. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  12. Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/13. f. 12.
  13. Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/13. f. 12.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 901.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621.
  16. "Gunboat Command Change." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1927, p. 4.
  17. Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  18. Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.


Woodcock Class River Gunboat
  Woodcock Woodlark