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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cygnet''''' was one of twelve [[Forester Class Gunboat (1874)|''Forester'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cygnet''''' was one of twelve [[Forester Class Gunboat (1874)|''Forester'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Cygnet'' commissioned at Devonport on 8 July, 1875.{{NLOct78|p. 203}}
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Re-commissioned at Malta on 1 February, 1883.{{NLSep85|p. 204}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=24 September, 1877{{NLJul78|p. 203}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Frederick Hammick|nick=Robert F. Hammick|appt=8 July, 1875{{NLJul76|p. 188}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=24 September, 1877{{NLOct78|p. 203}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Cuthbert Dudley Ryder|nick=Hugh C. D. Ryder|appt=31 December, 1880{{NLDec81|p. 204}}|end=25 September, 1882}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Hastings Jauncey|nick=Henry H. Jauncey|appt=7 August, 1882<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|end=27 May, 1884<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|note=invalided}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Hastings Jauncey|nick=Henry H. Jauncey|appt=7 August, 1882<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|end=27 May, 1884<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|note=invalided}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Milne Gardiner|nick=Alexander M. Gardiner|appt=30 May, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 204}}|end=17 August, 1885}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Abraham Hamilton Lindesay|nick=Abraham H. Lindesay|appt=5 September, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 204}}|end=15 March, 1887}}
 
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Revision as of 08:13, 27 September 2019

H.M.S. Cygnet (1874)
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[1]
Launched: 30 May, 1874[Citation needed]
Broken up: 1889[2]
H.M.S. Cygnet was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Cygnet commissioned at Devonport on 8 July, 1875.[3]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 1 February, 1883.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 203.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 188.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 203.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 204.
  8. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
  9. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 204.
  11. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 204.

Bibliography


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