H.M.S. Cherub (1865)
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H.M.S. Cherub (1865) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 29 Mar, 1865[Citation needed] |
Sold: | 1890[2] |
H.M.S. Cherub was one of fifteen Britomart Class wooden gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Captains
- Lieutenant & Commander Spencer R. Huntley, 14 April, 1866[3] – 10 March, 1869[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Leonard Dacres, 10 March, 1869[4] – 30 July, 1869[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Noel S. F. Digby, 30 July, 1869[5]
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis C. R. Baker, 4 June, 1872[6]
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. Fullerton, February, 1879[7]
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur F. Gresley, 8 January, 1881[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. Haszard, 2 January, 1882 – 29 January, 1885
- Commander John L. Burr, 29 July, 1885[9] – 14 August, 1887
- Lieutenant & Commander Abraham H. Lindesay, 14 August, 1887[10] – 17 April, 1888 (died of meningitis)
- Lieutenant in Command John L. Marx, 23 April, 1888[11] – July, 1889
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1869). p. 226.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 226.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (October, 1871). p. 191.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1872) Corrected to 20th August, 1872. p. 192.
- ↑ His Obituary.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 201.
- ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
Bibliography
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