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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Linnet''''' was one of two [[Linnet Class Gunvessel (1879)|''Linnet'' Class gunvessels]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Linnet''''' was one of two [[Linnet Class Gunvessel (1879)|''Linnet'' Class gunvessels]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
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Commissioned at Chatham on 19 September, 1882.{{NLSep85|p. 221}}
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Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 25 January, 1889 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLMar91|p. 233}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Marrack|nick=William Marrack|appt=31 October, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 216}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Reynold Harris|nick=Charles R. Harris|appt=19 September, 1882{{NLMar83|p. 222}}|end=22 May, 1883|note=invalided with paralysis in right leg}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Archibald Tisdall|nick=Vernon A. Tisdall|appt=1 March, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 233}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George William Hill|nick=George W. Hill|appt=25 September, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 221}}|end=6 January, 1886}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Marrack|nick=William Marrack|appt=31 October, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 216}}|end=7 January, 1886<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/94.|}}  f. 861.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Archibald Tisdall|nick=Vernon A. Tisdall|appt=1 March, 1890<ref>Tisdall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>{{NLMar92|p. 233}}|end=15 February, 1892<ref>Tisdall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/539.| D7579001}} f. 1306.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Edward Bearcroft|nick=John E. Bearcroft|appt=25 August, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 232}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Edward Bearcroft|nick=John E. Bearcroft|appt=25 August, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 232}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Copland Sparkes|nick=Robert C. Sparkes|appt=12 August, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 236''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Copland Sparkes|nick=Robert C. Sparkes|appt=12 August, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 236''a''}}|ass=13 October, 1895|end=16 February, 1898}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Wyatt Smythe|nick=William W. Smythe|appt=22 February, 1898{{NLJan01|p. 275}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Wyatt Smythe|nick=William W. Smythe|appt=22 February, 1898{{NLJan01|p. 275}}|end=17 July, 1901}}
 
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 16 November 2018

H.M.S. Linnet (1880)
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Launched: 1880[2]
Sold: 1904[3]
H.M.S. Linnet was one of two Linnet Class gunvessels completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 19 September, 1882.[4]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 25 January, 1889 for service on the China Station.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 221.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 233.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 222.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 221.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 216.
  9. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/94. f. 861.
  10. Tisdall Service Record. The National Archives. D7579001 ADM 196/39/539. f. 1306.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 233.
  12. Tisdall Service Record. The National Archives. D7579001 ADM 196/39/539. f. 1306.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 232.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 236a.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 275.


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