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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Swift''''' was one of two [[Linnet Class Gunvessel (1879)|''Linnet'' Class gunvessels]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Swift''''' was one of two [[Linnet Class Gunvessel (1879)|''Linnet'' Class gunvessels]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 15 August, 1884 under Commander [[Arthur Charles Burgoyne Bromley|Arthur C. B. Bromley]] for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLSep85|p. 239}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Collins|nick=William Collins|appt=15 March, 1881<ref>Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/16.|D7587725}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLJul84|p. 243}}|end=21 August, 1883<ref>Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/16.|D7587725}} f. 15.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Collins|nick=William Collins|appt=20 October, 1883<ref>Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/16.|D7587725}} f. 15.</ref>|end=14 August, 1884<ref>Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/16.|D7587725}} f. 15.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Charles Burgoyne Bromley|nick=Arthur C. B. Bromley|appt=21 June, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 239}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Bingham|nick=Richard Bingham|appt=17 November, 1887|end=18 April, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis George Kirby|nick=Francis G. Kirby|appt=8 February, 1892{{NLMar92|p. 256}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 23 August 2019

H.M.S. Swift (1879)
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Launched: 1879[2]
Sold: 1902[3]

H.M.S. Swift was one of two Linnet Class gunvessels completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 15 August, 1884 under Commander Arthur C. B. Bromley for service on the China Station.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 239.
  5. ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 243.
  7. ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  8. ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  9. ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/16. f. 15.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 239.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 256.


Linnet Class Gunvessel
  Linnet Swift  
<– Medina Class Small Fry (UK) Banterer Class –>
  Gunvessels (UK) Algerine Class –>
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