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|launch=28 Jun, 1877{{CN}}
 
|launch=28 Jun, 1877{{CN}}
|builder=[[Thomson]]{{Conways1860|p. 112}}
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|builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]]{{Conways1860|p. 112}}
 
|fate=Sold
 
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Firefly''''' 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. ''Firefly''''' was one of twelve [[Forester Class Gunboat (1874)|''Forester'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
She was working in boom defence in 1904. Renamed ''Egmont'' in 1914 or so and finally renamed ''Firefly 1'' in March, 1923.
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She was working in boom defence in 1904.  
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She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Egmont''''' c. April 1914 and finally renamed ''Firefly 1'' in March, 1923.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Firefly''" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Firefly''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Henry Cherry|nick=George H. Cherry|appt=6 January, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 208}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Harry Francis Hughes-Hallett|nick=Harry F. Hughes-Hallett|appt=c. 31 May, 1879{{NMI|31 May 1879, p. 9}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Harris|nick=Henry Harris|appt=7 January, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 220}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Purves Cochran|nick=Reginald P. Cochran|appt=14 February, 1880<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>|end=22 March, 1880<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.  Month MAY be May</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Purves Cochran|nick=Reginald P. Cochran|appt=4 January, 1892{{NLMar92|p. 220}}|end=1892}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Gilbert Francis Law|nick=Edward G. F. Law|appt=12 March, 1880{{NLApr83|p. 211}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Augustus Lempriere Knapton Knapton|nick=Augustus L. K. Knapton|appt=1 January, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 221}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce|nick=Robert D. B. Bruce|appt=14 April, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 210}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Bingham Powell|nick=George B. Powell|appt=13 March, 1913{{NLOct16|p. 394''b''}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Henry Cherry|nick=George H. Cherry|appt=6 January, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 208}}|end=31 December, 1888}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Christopher John Francis Eddis|nick=Christopher J. F. Eddis|appt=|end=1 December, 1915{{HepperLosses|p. 47}}|note=ship stranded and captured under his command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Harris|nick=Henry Harris|appt=7 January, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 220}}|end=31 December, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Christopher John Francis Eddis|nick=Christopher J. F. Eddis|appt=c. late February, 1917{{HepperLosses|p. 47}}|note=resuming command after ship's recapture!}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Purves Cochran|nick=Reginald P. Cochran|appt=4 January, 1892<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>{{NLMar92|p. 220}}|end=1 January, 1893<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Augustus Lempriere Knapton Knapton|nick=Augustus L. K. Knapton|appt=1 January, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 221}}|end=13 July, 1894|succBy=Eventually to be base ship ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Bingham Powell|nick=George B. Powell|appt=c. April 1914|end=1 November, 1916|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''|note=Ship now '''H.M.S. ''Egmont'''''|precBy=[[H.M.S. Achilles (1863)|H.M.S. ''Achilles'']] as ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Rawdon Veale|nick=Henry R. Veale|appt=1 November, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 393''i''}}|end=28 September, 1918|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Trewby|nick=George Trewby|appt=28 September, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 783}}|end=December, 1919|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Drummond Gilbert|nick=Thomas D. Pratt|appt=December, 1919|end=21 December, 1921|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Seeds Monroe|nick=Hubert S. Monroe|appt=1 January, 1923{{NLJan23|p. 753}}|end=15 January, 1925|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=15 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 236}}|end=December, 1926|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''|note=now based in former {{UK-Bullfrog|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne|nick=Edward O. B. S. Seymour Osborne|appt=28 December, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 235}}|end=11 March, 1928|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne|nick=Edward O. B. S. Osborne|appt=9 April, 1928|ass=9 April, 1928|end=January, 1929|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clinton Francis Samuel Danby|nick=Clinton F. S. Danby|appt=28 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 235}}|end=7 January, 1931|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Egmont''}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Latest revision as of 12:07, 17 February 2022

H.M.S. Firefly (1877)
Builder: J. & G. Thomson[1]
Launched: 28 Jun, 1877[Citation needed]
Sold: 1931[2]
H.M.S. Firefly was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She was working in boom defence in 1904.

She was renamed H.M.S. Egmont c. April 1914 and finally renamed Firefly 1 in March, 1923.

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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 31 May 1879, p. 9.
  4. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  5. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242. Month MAY be May
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 211.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 208.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 220.
  10. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 220.
  12. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 221.
  14. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393i.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 783.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 753.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 236.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 235.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 235.

Bibliography


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