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'''H.M.S. ''Niger''''' was a composite paddle-wheeler launched in 1880.  She was renamed ''Cockatrice'' in 1881 and renamed again to ''Moorhen'' in 1896. She was sold in 1899.
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'''H.M.S. ''Niger''''' was a composite paddle-wheeler launched in 1880.  She was renamed '''''Cockatrice''''' in 1881 and renamed again to '''''Moorhen''''' in 1896. She was sold in 1899.
  
 
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Commissioned at Sheerness as H.M.S. ''Cocktrice'' on 10 May, 1881.  By 1885, she was serving on the Danube.{{NLSep85|p. 201}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=13 January, 1881<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|end=10 May, 1881<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=13 January, 1881<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|end=10 May, 1881<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=10 May, 1881<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|end=3 January, 1883<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''|note=ship now renamed ''Cockatrice''}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=10 May, 1881<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|end=3 January, 1883<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''|note=ship now renamed ''Cockatrice''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=31 October, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 201}}|end=1888{{NLFeb88|p. 201}}{{NLJul90|p. 207}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Hayes|nick=John Hayes|appt=11 June, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 201}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe|nick=Fritz H. E. Crowe|appt=10 October, 1888{{NLJul90|p. 207}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=31 October, 1885<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.|D7588976}} f. 205.</ref>{{NLFeb88|p. 201}}|end=20 November, 1888<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.|D7588976}} f. 205.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Goldfinch Rason|nick=Ernest G. Rason|appt=15 October, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 210}}|end=c. late 1894|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe|nick=Fritz H. E. Crowe|appt=10 October, 1888{{NLJul90|p. 207}}|end=8 November, 1891|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Goldfinch Rason|nick=Ernest G. Rason|appt=15 October, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 210}}|ass=8 November, 1891|end=7 February, 1895|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmond John Warre Slade|nick=Edmond J. W. Slade|appt=1 January, 1895<ref>Slade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 111.</ref>|end=28 January, 1898<ref>Slade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 111.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmond John Warre Slade|nick=Edmond J. W. Slade|appt=1 January, 1895<ref>Slade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 111.</ref>|end=28 January, 1898<ref>Slade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 111.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Cocktrice''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 09:21, 20 October 2017

H.M.S. Niger (1880)
Launched: 1880
Sold: 1899

H.M.S. Niger was a composite paddle-wheeler launched in 1880. She was renamed Cockatrice in 1881 and renamed again to Moorhen in 1896. She was sold in 1899.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness as H.M.S. Cocktrice on 10 May, 1881. By 1885, she was serving on the Danube.[1]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
  2. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  3. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  4. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  5. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  6. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 201.
  7. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 201.
  9. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 207.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 210.
  12. Slade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 111.
  13. Slade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 111.