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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]].
  
 
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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}}
  
 
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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}}
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{{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}}<ref>Lindesay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/39.|}} f. 794.</ref>|end=15 March, 1887<ref>Lindesay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/39.|}} f. 794.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:17, 14 December 2021

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.
  12. ↑ Lindesay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/39. f. 794.
  13. ↑ Lindesay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/39. f. 794.

Bibliography


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