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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Bramble''''' was one of four gunboats of the [[Bramble Class Gunboat (1886)|''Bramble'' class of 1886]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Bramble''''' was one of four gunboats of the [[Bramble Class Gunboat (1886)|''Bramble'' class of 1886]].  She was renamed '''''Cockatrice''''' in 1896 and sold in 1906.


There was a later gunboat named {{UK-Bramble}}.
There was a later gunboat named {{UK-Bramble}}.


==Service==
==Service==
She was commissioned at Devonport on 21 October, 1887.  In 1891 she was serving on the Southeast coast of Africa.{{NLMar91|p. 206}}
She was one of twelve obsolete vessels sold at auction at Chatham Dockyard on 3 April, 1906.  She fetched £3,800.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 04, 1906; pg. 7; Issue 37985.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gilbert Elliot Harrison|nick=Gilbert E. Harrison|appt=21 October, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 199}}|end=15 May, 1889|note=invalided due to fever}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon|nick=Frederick G. C. Langdon|appt=15 May, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 206}}|end=15 October, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Hamilton Currey|nick=Edward H. Currey|appt=15 July, 1892<ref>Currey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/38/327.|}} ff. 280, 278.</ref>|end=15 November, 1895{{FC}}|note=appointment transferred from command of {{UK-1Goshawk}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Neville Rolfe|nick=Herbert N. Rolfe|appt=1 January, 1898{{NLJan01|p. 240}}|end=18 September, 1899|ass=21 January, 1898|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cockatrice''|note=ship now named ''Cockatrice''}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 3 October 2021

H.M.S. Bramble (1886)
Builder: Harland & Wolff[1]
Launched: 11 Dec, 1886
Commissioned: 21 Oct, 1887[2]
Sold: 1906[3]

H.M.S. Bramble was one of four gunboats of the Bramble class of 1886. She was renamed Cockatrice in 1896 and sold in 1906.

There was a later gunboat named Bramble.

Service

She was commissioned at Devonport on 21 October, 1887. In 1891 she was serving on the Southeast coast of Africa.[4]

She was one of twelve obsolete vessels sold at auction at Chatham Dockyard on 3 April, 1906. She fetched £3,800.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 206.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 206.
  5. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 04, 1906; pg. 7; Issue 37985.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 199.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 206.
  8. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/327. ff. 280, 278.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 240.

Bibliography


Bramble Class Gunboat
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