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==Service==
 
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Re-commissioned on 17 October, 1918.{{NLJan23|p. 786}}
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Built at a cost of £20,246.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}
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By November, 1886, she was identified as one of forty-one vessels of various types the Navy had decided to dispose of due to their lack of practical value in the event of war.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Burnaby Noble|nick=Frederick B. Noble|appt=25 January, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 346}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Hope|nick=John Hope|appt=10 February, 1876{{NLJul76|p. 190}}|end=18 July, 1877|note=invalided|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Ernest Vaughan|nick=Robert E. Vaughan|appt=8 May, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 347}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Melvin Carey|nick=William M. Carey|appt=28 July, 1877{{NLOct78|p. 225}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Victor Percy Alleyne|nick=Victor P. Alleyne|appt=14 January, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 786}}|end=January, 1923{{NLJan23|p. 786}}{{NLJul24|p. 256}}|note=obviously for a later ''Moorhen''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Henry Corfe|nick=James H. Corfe|appt=14 September, 1880{{NLApr83|p. 225}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis James Harold Dawson|nick=Francis J. H. Dawson|appt=27 January, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 256}}|end=|note=obviously for a later ''Moorhen''}}
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 26 September 2019

H.M.S. Moorhen (1875)
Builder: Robert Napier & Sons[1]
Launched: 13 Sep, 1875[Citation needed]
Sold: 1888[2]
H.M.S. Moorhen was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Built at a cost of £20,246.[3]

By November, 1886, she was identified as one of forty-one vessels of various types the Navy had decided to dispose of due to their lack of practical value in the event of war.[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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 09, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31912.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 190.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 225.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 225.

Bibliography


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