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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Orwell''''' was one of fifteen [[Britomart Class Gunboat (1860)|''Britomart'' Class wooden gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Orwell''''' was one of fifteen [[Britomart Class Gunboat (1860)|''Britomart'' Class wooden gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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+ | ==Construction== | ||
+ | Two guns, 330 tons, 228 H.P..{{NMI|Saturday, Aug 17, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32780}} | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | Commissioned at Devonport on 23 February, 1876.{{NLSep85|p. 228}} | + | Commissioned at Devonport on 23 February, 1876 for coastal service.{{NLSep85|p. 228}} |
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+ | After some years on the West Coast of Ireland, ''Orwell'' paid off into the fourth division of the Steam Reserve in mid-August, 1889. Having been found unfit for further service, she was to be sold or broken up.{{NMI|Saturday, Aug 17, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32780}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Gilbert Francis Law|nick=Edward G. F. Law|appt=3 July, 1884{{NLApr87|p. 222}}|end=mid 1887}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Gilbert Francis Law|nick=Edward G. F. Law|appt=3 July, 1884{{NLApr87|p. 222}}|end=mid 1887}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=14 August, 1887<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|end=1 September, 1888<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=14 August, 1887<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|end=1 September, 1888<ref>Cochran Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Powell Cecil Underwood|nick=Powell C. Underwood|appt=1 September, 1888<ref>Underwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/570.|D7579009}} ff 1350, 1346.</ref>|end=14 August, 1889<ref>Underwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/570.|D7579009}} ff 1350, 1346.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Powell Cecil Underwood|nick=Powell C. Underwood|appt=1 September, 1888<ref>Underwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/570.|D7579009}} ff 1350, 1346.</ref>|end=14 August, 1889<ref>Underwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/570.|D7579009}} ff 1350, 1346.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Retired}} |
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Revision as of 09:16, 13 August 2018
H.M.S. Orwell (1866) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 27 Dec, 1866[Citation needed] |
Discarded: | 1890[2] |
Construction
Two guns, 330 tons, 228 H.P..[3]
Service
Commissioned at Devonport on 23 February, 1876 for coastal service.[4]
After some years on the West Coast of Ireland, Orwell paid off into the fourth division of the Steam Reserve in mid-August, 1889. Having been found unfit for further service, she was to be sold or broken up.[5]
Captains
- Lieutenant & Commander Robert H. W. Cornwall, 10 December, 1875[6] – 1 January, 1879[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick J. Rendell, 1 January, 1879[7] – 26 September, 1881[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Raymond B. Needham, 26 September, 1881[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward G. F. Law, 3 July, 1884[9] – mid 1887
- Commander Charles H. Cochran, 14 August, 1887[10] – 1 September, 1888[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander Powell C. Underwood, 1 September, 1888[12] – 14 August, 1889[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 17, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32780.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 228.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 17, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32780.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 228.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 222.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
- ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
- ↑ Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/570. ff 1350, 1346.
- ↑ Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/570. ff 1350, 1346.
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