H.M.S. Plover (1888)
From The Dreadnought Project
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
H.M.S. Plover (1888) | |
---|---|
Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 18 Oct, 1888[Citation needed] |
Commissioned: | 3 Jul, 1889[2] |
Sold: | 27 Apr, 1927[Citation needed] |
H.M.S. Plover was one of six gunboats of the Pigmy class.
Service
She was commissioned at Devonport on 3 July, 1889. By 1891, she was assigned to the China Station.[3]
In 1913, she was in Gibraltar, busy with boom defence.[4]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest G. Rason, 3 July, 1889[5]
- Commander Lewis K. Bell, 3 January, 1891[6] – 13 November, 1892
- Lieutenant in Command Francis C. B. Addington, 1 September, 1892[7] – 26 November, 1895[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Spencer V. Y. de Horsey, 18 October, 1895[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander Carlton V. de Mornay Cowper, 23 July, 1898[10][11] – 30 July, 1901[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander Hector L. Watts-Jones, 30 July, 1901[13][14] – 5 July, 1902[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 420.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 244.
- ↑ 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. (March, 1896). p. 249.
- ↑ Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 293.
- ↑ Cowper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/262. f. 307.
- ↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 293.
- ↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
Bibliography
Pigmy Class Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pigmy | Pheasant | Partridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peacock | Pigeon | Plover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | Grasshopper Class | Small Fry (UK) | Redbreast Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | Bramble Class | Gunboats (UK) | Redbreast Class | –> |