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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Halcyon''''' was one of five torpedo gunboats of the [[Dryad Class Torpedo Gunboat (1893)|''Dryad'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]..
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Halcyon''''' was one of five torpedo gunboats of the [[Dryad Class Torpedo Gunboat (1893)|''Dryad'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]..
  
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==Construction & Service==
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The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}}
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On 29 July, 1917 ''Halcyon'' rammed and dropped a pair of depth charges off Yarmouth after sighting a periscope and was credited with sinking {{DE-UB27}}.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Halcyon''" nat="UK">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Dodgson|nick=Arthur Dodgson|appt=27 April, 1895<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 29 April, 1895.  Issue '''34563''', col D, p. 6.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Graham White|nick=William G. White|appt=16 May, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 227}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter George Stopford|nick=The Hon. Walter G. Stopford|appt=6 November, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 227}}<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1232.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter George Stopford|nick=The Hon. Walter G. Stopford|appt=6 November, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 227}}<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1232.</ref>|note=for Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Scott William Alfred Hamilton Gray|nick=Scott W. A. H. Gray|appt=15 March, 1898{{NLMar00|p. 255}}|end=1900}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Scott William Alfred Hamilton Gray|nick=Scott W. A. H. Gray|appt=15 March, 1898{{NLMar00|p. 255}}|end=15 September, 1900}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=Somerset A. G. Calthorpe|appt=15 September, 1900{{NLMar01|p. 261}}|end=7 May, 1901<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 272/548.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=Somerset A. G. Calthorpe|appt=15 September, 1900{{NLMar01|p. 261}}|end=7 May, 1901<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 272/548.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil Eustace Rooke|nick=Cecil E. Rooke|appt=16 February, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 322}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|nick=Edward F. B. Charlton|appt=18 June, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 322}}|end=8 February, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant|nick=Edmund P. F. G. Grant|appt=2 July, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 323}}<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 461.</ref>|end=20 January, 1903<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 461.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil Eustace Rooke|nick=Cecil E. Rooke|appt=16 February, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 322}}|end=5 March, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=1 September, 1908<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>|end=16 August, 1910<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Anthony Francis Gurney|nick=Anthony F. Gurney|appt=5 March, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 322}}|end=July, 1906{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant|nick=Edmund P. F. G. Grant|appt=2 July, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 323}}<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 461.</ref>|end=20 January, 1908<ref>Grant Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579098}} f. 461.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=1 September, 1908<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 323}}|end=16 August, 1910<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Roderick Segrave|nick=John R. Segrave|appt=16 August, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 321}}|end=23 January, 1912<ref>Segrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 226.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Roderick Segrave|nick=John R. Segrave|appt=16 August, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 321}}|end=23 January, 1912<ref>Segrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 226.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Astley Ellison|nick=Alfred A. Ellison|appt=23 January, 1912{{NLFeb14|p. 322''a''}}<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>|end=31 August, 1914<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Astley Ellison|nick=Alfred A. Ellison|appt=23 January, 1912{{NLFeb14|p. 322''a''}}<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>|end=31 August, 1914<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 516.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Norman Ballard|nick=George N. Ballard|appt=31 August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''k''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Norman Ballard|nick=George N. Ballard|appt=31 August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''k''}}|end=8 July, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bertrand Bannerman|nick=Bertrand Bannerman|appt=8 July, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 394''e''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bertrand Bannerman|nick=Bertrand Bannerman|appt=8 July, 1916<ref>Bannerman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/105.|D7576660}} ff. 54, 248.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 394''e''}}|end=1 February, 1918<ref>Bannerman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/105.|D7576660}} ff. 54, 248.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Michael Barne|nick=Michael Barne|appt=1 February, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 806}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Michael Barne|nick=Michael Barne|appt=1 February, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 806}}|end=15 March, 1919}}
 
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==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 14:52, 6 September 2019

H.M.S. Halcyon (1894)
Builder: Devonport[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act
Laid down: 2 Jan, 1893[2]
Launched: 6 Apr, 1894[3]
Completed: 16 May, 1895[4]
Sold: 6 Nov, 1919[5]
H.M.S. Halcyon was one of five torpedo gunboats of the Dryad class completed for the Royal Navy..

Construction & Service

The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897.[6]

On 29 July, 1917 Halcyon rammed and dropped a pair of depth charges off Yarmouth after sighting a periscope and was credited with sinking UB 27.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
  5. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
  6. ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 227.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 227.
  9. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1232.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1900). p. 255.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 261.
  12. ↑ Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 272/548.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 322.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 322.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 322.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 323.
  17. ↑ Grant Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 461.
  18. ↑ Grant Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 461.
  19. ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 323.
  21. ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.
  23. ↑ Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 322a.
  25. ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 516.
  26. ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 516.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394k.
  28. ↑ Bannerman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/105. ff. 54, 248.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394e.
  30. ↑ Bannerman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/105. ff. 54, 248.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 806.

Bibliography


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