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H.M.S. Circe (1892)
Builder:	Sheerness^[1]
Ordered:	Naval Defence Act
Laid down:	21 Jan, 1890^[2]
Launched:	14 Jun, 1892^[3]
Completed:	11 Feb, 1893^[4]
Sold:	30 Jul, 1920^[5]

H.M.S. Circe was one of eleven Alarm class torpedo gunboats built for the Royal Navy.

Service

Left Sheerness on 14 June 1914 for Welsh waters to join the Minesweeping Flotilla, which was then listed simply as a list of six "Mine-sweeping Gunboats" in the Navy List.^[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Henry J. Keane, 11 July, 1893^[7] – 28 August, 1893 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1893)
Commander Algernon B. G. Grenfell, 18 July, 1894^[8] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
Commander Francis C. B. Addington, 3 March, 1896^[9] – 3 February, 1897^[10] (in command for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
Lieutenant & Commander William H. du C. Chads, 3 February, 1897^[11] (including the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
Lieutenant & Commander George S. Q. Carr, 29 March, 1899^[12] – 24 March, 1902 (dismissed the ship by Court Martial)
Lieutenant & Commander Stewart A. Perry-Ayscough, 31 March, 1902^[13] – before December, 1902
Lieutenant & Commander Godfrey E. Corbett, 30 June, 1904^[14]^[15] – 1 September, 1906^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander Charles P. Mansel, 1 September, 1906^[17] – 13 November, 1908
Lieutenant & Commander Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy, 13 November, 1908^[18] – 23 July, 1909^[19]
Lieutenant-Commander Hubert H. Holland, 23 July, 1909^[20] – January 1912^[Inference]^[21] (listed as "temporary" in Navy List of January 1912^[22])
Lieutenant & Commander Percy G. Brown, 6 January, 1912^[23] – 8 April, 1912^[24]
Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. Alcock, 6 April, 1912^[25] – 6 March, 1914
Lieutenant & Commander Francis P. Saunders, 9 June, 1914^[26]
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Harold G. Innes, 23 June, 1915 – 19 August, 1915
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Ralph Tindal, 19 August, 1915^[27] – 4 May, 1917
Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Thomas P. Webb, 4 May, 1917^[28] – October 1917^[Inference]^[29]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Harry V. Seddall, October 1917^[30]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
↑ "Movements in Home Waters." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 15, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40550.
↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.
↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
↑ Addington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/10. f. 17.
↑ Addington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/10. f. 17.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 238.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 239.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 02, 1902; pg. 8; Issue 36731.
↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 294.
↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.
↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 293.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). pp. 293.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). pp. 102, 293.
↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435
↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1914). p. 294.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392s.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393b.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392k.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 757.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 757.

Bibliography

Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat

Alarm

Antelope

Circe

Hebe

Jaseur

Jason

Leda

Niger

Onyx

Renard

Speedy

<–

Redbreast Class

Small Fry (UK)

Dryad Class

–>

<–

Sharpshooter Class

Torpedo Gunboats (UK)

Dryad Class

–>

[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[2] Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[4] Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.

[5] Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.

[6] "Movements in Home Waters." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 15, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40550.

[7] "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.

[8] "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.

[9] Addington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/10. f. 17.

[10] Addington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/10. f. 17.

[11] The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 238.

[12] The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 239.

[13] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 02, 1902; pg. 8; Issue 36731.

[14] Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.

[15] The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 294.

[16] Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.

[17] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.

[18] Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.

[19] Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.

[20] The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 293.

[21] The Navy List. (January, 1912). pp. 293.

[22] The Navy List. (January, 1912). pp. 102, 293.

[23] Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435

[24] Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435

[25] The Navy List. (March, 1914). p. 294.

[26] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392s.

[27] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393b.

[28] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392k.

[29] The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 757.

[30] The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 757.

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