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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Nymphe''''' was one of four [[Nymphe Class Sloop (1885)|''Nymphe'' Class screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Nymphe''''' was one of four [[Nymphe Class Sloop (1885)|''Nymphe'' Class screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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+ | She was renamed '''''Wildfire''''' in 1906, '''''Gannet''''' in 1916, and finally became H.M.S. '''''Pembroke''''' in 1917. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Nymphe'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 July, 1889.{{NLMar91|p. 238}} | ||
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+ | ''Nymphe{{'}}s'' captain, Cdr. [[Henry James Daniel Laxton]] was thought to have been at fault after she collided with the {{UK-2Basilisk|f=t}} around early 1901. | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Nymphe''" nat="UK"> | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Nymphe''" nat="UK"> |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Tatton Turner|nick=Charles T. Turner|appt=3 July, 1889{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Tatton Turner|nick=Charles T. Turner|appt=3 July, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 239}}|end=24 November, 1892{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Huntingford|nick=George Huntingford|appt=22 September, 1892{{NLMar96|p. 244}}|end=2 April, 1896}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Pipon Montgomery|nick=James P. Montgomery|appt=17 September, 1896|end=14 October, 1896}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Joseph Honner|nick=Joseph Honner|appt=15 October, 1896<ref>Honner Service Record. {{TNA|196/38.}} f. 649.</ref>|end=22 December, 1896<ref>Honner Service Record. {{TNA|196/38.}} f. 649.</ref>|note=left upon medical unfitness due to climate}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Joseph Honner|nick=Joseph Honner|appt=15 October, 1896<ref>Honner Service Record. {{TNA|196/38.}} f. 649.</ref>|end=22 December, 1896<ref>Honner Service Record. {{TNA|196/38.}} f. 649.</ref>|note=left upon medical unfitness due to climate}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Langdale Ottley|nick=Charles L. Ottley|appt=11 January, 1897<ref>Ottley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 988.</ref>|end=17 July, 1899<ref>Ottley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 988.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Langdale Ottley|nick=Charles L. Ottley|appt=11 January, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 275}}<ref>Ottley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 988.</ref>|end=17 July, 1899<ref>Ottley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 988.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=18 July, 1899<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 445.</ref>|end=16 February, 1900<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 446.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=18 July, 1899<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 445.</ref>|end=16 February, 1900<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 446.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry James Daniel Laxton|nick=Henry J. D. Laxton|appt=4 September, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 285}}|end=20 May, 1901}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Purefoy Ellis Jervoise|nick=Edmund P. E. Jervoise|appt=20 May, 1901{{NLMay03|p. 285}}|end=11 August, 1904}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Benjamin George Carroll|nick=Benjamin G. Carroll|appt=December, 1904{{NLJun06|p. 350}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=John Battersby Thomas|nick=John B. Thomas|appt=30 January, 1908{{NLJul09|p. 397}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Wildfire''}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=John Hayes|nick=John Hayes|appt=30 January, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 397}}|end=30 January, 1912|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Wildfire''}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Walter Cock|nick=Charles W. Cock|appt=30 January, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 397}}|end=5 March, 1914|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Wildfire''}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:33, 4 May 2020
H.M.S. Nymphe (1888) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 5 Jul, 1887[2] |
Launched: | 1 May, 1888[3] |
Completed: | Feb, 1889[4] |
Commissioned: | 3 Jul, 1889[5] |
Sold: | 1920[6] |
She was renamed Wildfire in 1906, Gannet in 1916, and finally became H.M.S. Pembroke in 1917.
Service
Nymphe was commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 July, 1889.[7]
Nymphe's captain, Cdr. Henry James Daniel Laxton was thought to have been at fault after she collided with the screw sloop Basilisk around early 1901.
Captains
- Commander Charles T. Turner, 3 July, 1889[8] – 24 November, 1892[Inference]
- Commander George Huntingford, 22 September, 1892[9] – 2 April, 1896
- Commander James P. Montgomery, 17 September, 1896 – 14 October, 1896
- Commander Joseph Honner, 15 October, 1896[10] – 22 December, 1896[11] (left upon medical unfitness due to climate)
- Captain Charles L. Ottley, 11 January, 1897[12][13] – 17 July, 1899[14]
- Captain Richard B. Farquhar, 18 July, 1899[15] – 16 February, 1900[16]
- Commander Henry J. D. Laxton, 4 September, 1900[17] – 20 May, 1901
- Commander Edmund P. E. Jervoise, 20 May, 1901[18] – 11 August, 1904
- Gunner in Command Benjamin G. Carroll, December, 1904[19]
- Chief Gunner in Command John B. Thomas, 30 January, 1908[20]
- Chief Gunner in Command John Hayes, 30 January, 1910[21] – 30 January, 1912
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles W. Cock, 30 January, 1912[22] – 5 March, 1914
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 238.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 244.
- ↑ Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
- ↑ Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 275.
- ↑ Ottley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 988.
- ↑ Ottley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 988.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 445.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 446.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 397.
Bibliography
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