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|launch=18 Aug, 1901{{DittColl|p. 105}}
 
|launch=18 Aug, 1901{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|builder=[[Yarrow]]{{DittColl|p. 105}}
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|builder=[[Yarrow & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 105}}
 
|fate=Sold
 
|fate=Sold
 
|pend=N.6A (Nov 1919){{DittColl|p. 105}}
 
|pend=N.6A (Nov 1919){{DittColl|p. 105}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Moorhen''''' was one of two [[Teal Class Gunboat (1901)|''Teal'' Class river gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Moorhen''''' was one of two [[Teal Class Gunboat (1901)|''Teal'' Class river gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].  She would serve for thirty-two years in the river waterways of China.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
Re-commissioned on 17 October, 1918.{{NLApr25|p. 256}}
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She re-commissioned on 17 October, 1918 and seemingly remained in continuous service until at least early 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 255}}
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She was replaced in service by the new gunboat [[H.M.S. Sandpiper (1933)|''Sandpiper'']] which was sent to China in sections for reassembly, and commissioned in August, 1933.<ref>"Royal Navy."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Nov 02, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46591.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Moorhen''" nat=UK>
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Moorhen''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Paul Irven|nick=John P. Irven|appt=1 January, 1902|end=22 December, 1903|precBy=New Command|note=perhaps he is in {{UK-Robin}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey George Webster|nick=Godfrey G. Webster|appt=18 February, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 282}}|end=30 January, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey George Webster|nick=Godfrey G. Webster|appt=18 February, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 282}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Burnaby Noble|nick=Frederick B. Noble|appt=26 January, 1904<ref>Noble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/248.|D7603034}} f. 282.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 346.  25 January given here}}|end=mid 1906{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Burnaby Noble|nick=Frederick B. Noble|appt=26 January, 1904<ref>Noble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/248.|D7603034}} f. 282.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 346.  25 January given here}}|end=mid 1906{{INF}}}}
{{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=Robert Ernest Vaughan|nick=Robert E. Vaughan|appt=8 May, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 347}}|end=16 January, 1908|note=invalided w/ dysentery}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Colpoys Cleland Walcott|nick=Colpoys C. Walcott|appt=3 March, 1908|end=19 April, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=19 April, 1909<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 347}}|end=10 October, 1912<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=19 April, 1909<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 347}}|end=10 October, 1912<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Robert Nash Marshall|nick=Robert N. Marshall|appt=13 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 848}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''I, ''Gr.''''')|name=Geoffrey Stewart Fleetwood Nash|nick=Geoffrey S. F. Nash|appt=10 October, 1912<ref>Nash Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/143.|}} f. 547.</ref>|end=December, 1912<ref>Nash Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/143.|}} f. 547.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Robert Nash Marshall|nick=Robert N. Marshall|appt=13 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 848}}|end=8 May, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Percival Clive Wickham Manwaring|nick=Percival C. W. Manwaring|appt=8 May, 1919|end=19 June, 1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Percival Clive Wickham Manwaring|nick=Percival C. W. Manwaring|appt=8 May, 1919|end=19 June, 1921}}
 
{{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}}}}
 
{{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}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis James Harold Dawson|nick=Francis J. H. Dawson|appt=27 January, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|D7605003}} f. 262.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 256}}|end=March, 1925<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|D7605003}} f. 262.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis James Harold Dawson|nick=Francis J. H. Dawson|appt=27 January, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|D7605003}} f. 262.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 256}}|end=March, 1925<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|D7605003}} f. 262.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Aubrey Basil Fanshawe|nick=Aubrey B. Fanshawe|appt=7 February, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 256}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Aubrey Basil Fanshawe|nick=Aubrey B. Fanshawe|appt=7 February, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 256}}|end=March, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cameron St. Clair Ingham|nick=Cameron St. C. Ingham|appt=4 February, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 256}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert William Wainewright|nick=Robert W. Wainewright|appt=18 February, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 255}}|end=August, 1933{{INF}}|succBy=Ship Decommissioned}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
There may be some confusion between Irven and Webster.
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:18, 9 January 2020

H.M.S. Moorhen (1901)
Pendant Number: N.6A (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Launched: 18 Aug, 1901[3]
Sold: Aug, 1933[4]
H.M.S. Moorhen was one of two Teal Class river gunboats completed for the Royal Navy. She would serve for thirty-two years in the river waterways of China.

Service

She re-commissioned on 17 October, 1918 and seemingly remained in continuous service until at least early 1933.[5]

She was replaced in service by the new gunboat Sandpiper which was sent to China in sections for reassembly, and commissioned in August, 1933.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 255.
  6. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Nov 02, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46591.
  7. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 282.
  8. Noble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/248. f. 282.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 346. 25 January given here.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 347.
  11. Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 347.
  13. Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  14. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/143. f. 547.
  15. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/143. f. 547.
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 848.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 786.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 786.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 256.
  20. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 262.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 256.
  22. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 262.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 256.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 256.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 255.


Teal Class River Gunboat
  Teal Moorhen