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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
She commissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 248}}
 
She commissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 248}}
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''Redbreast'' arrived at Basra under the command of Lt. [[Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville]] on Sunday, 15 October, 1905.  he would turn her over to Lt. [[Walter Hose]] on New Year's Day, 1906.{{NMI|17 Oct. 1905, p. 11}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Redbreast''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis William Keary|nick=Francis W. Keary|appt=27 February, 1890{{NLJul90|p. 244}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis William Keary|nick=Francis W. Keary|appt=27 February, 1890{{NLJul90|p. 244}}|end=1 January, 1891|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Preedy|nick=Henry Preedy|appt=3 January, 1891{{NLMar91|p. 248}}<ref>Preedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578953}} f. 1065.</ref>|end=15 August, 1892<ref>Preedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578953}} f. 1065.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Preedy|nick=Henry Preedy|appt=3 January, 1891{{NLMar91|p. 248}}<ref>Preedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|D7578953}} f. 1065.</ref>|end=15 August, 1892<ref>Preedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/311.|D7578953}} f. 1065.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart|nick=Robert H. J. Stewart|appt=15 August, 1892<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1246.</ref>|end=16 May, 1896<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1246.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart|nick=Robert H. J. Stewart|appt=15 August, 1892<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1246.</ref>|end=16 May, 1896<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1246.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Harrington Martin|nick=Edward H. Martin|appt=17 May, 1896<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20/187.|}} f. 593.</ref>|end=27 March, 1898<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20/187.|}} f. 593.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Eaton Travers|nick=Francis E. Travers|appt=20 January, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 287}}|end=30 June, 1899{{FC}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=19 March, 1900<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>|end=30 June, 1901<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=19 March, 1900<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>|end=30 June, 1901<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville|nick=Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville|appt=28 May, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 366}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Cuninghame Quayle|nick=George C. Quayle|appt=24 August, 1901<ref>Quayle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/206.|D7602543}}  f. 223.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 297''a''}}|end=22 August, 1903<ref>Quayle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/206.|D7602543}}  f. 223.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Hose|nick=Walter Hose|appt=1 January, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 366}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville|nick=Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville|appt=14 April, 1904<ref>Somerville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/361.|D7576559}} f. 361.</ref>|ass=28 May, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 366}}|end=1 January, 1906<ref>Somerville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/361.|D7576559}} f. 361.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Joseph Armand Shuter|nick=Joseph A. Shuter|appt=28 March, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 366}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Hose|nick=Walter Hose|appt=1 January, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 366}}|end=27 March, 1908}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Joseph Armand Shuter|nick=Joseph A. Shuter|appt=7 February, 1908<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>|ass=28 March, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 366}}|end=11 March, 1910<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Russell Dodington|nick=John R. Dodington|appt=11 March, 1910{{INF}}|end=17 August, 1910|note=invalided w/ hemiplegia}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Orlando Beaconsfield Bridgeman|nick=Richard O. B. Bridgeman|appt=18 August, 1910|end=11 May, 1911}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Latest revision as of 14:23, 1 September 2021

H.M.S. Redbreast (1889)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 25 Apr, 1889[Citation needed]
Commissioned: 27 Feb, 1890[2]
Sold: 1910[Citation needed]

H.M.S. Redbreast was one of nine gunboats of the Redbreast class completed around 1890.

Service

She commissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1890.[3]

Redbreast arrived at Basra under the command of Lt. Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville on Sunday, 15 October, 1905. he would turn her over to Lt. Walter Hose on New Year's Day, 1906.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 113.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 17 Oct. 1905, p. 11.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 244.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  7. Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1065.
  8. Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
  9. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1246.
  10. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1246.
  11. Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/187. f. 593.
  12. Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/187. f. 593.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 287.
  14. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  15. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  16. Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  17. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 297a.
  18. Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  19. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  20. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  21. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 366.
  22. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  23. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.

Bibliography


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