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In December 1873 while transitting from Suez to Gibraltar en route to Portsmouth, ''Serapis'' suffered two collisions.  One was with S.S. ''Paladin'' of Glasgow.  Another, on the 13th, was with S.S. ''Poe'' from Buenos Aires.{{NMI|20 Dec. 1873, p. 5}}
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Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 October, 1876.{{NLOct78|p. 256}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Philip Giffin Hicks|nick=Charles P. G. Hicks|appt=22 February, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 270}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Clark Soady|nick=John C. Soady|appt=16 April, 1867{{NLJul69|p. 225}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Duncan Grant|nick=Henry D. Grant|appt=7 August, 1870{{NLJan73|p. 191}}|end=1 June, 1873}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Edward Bickford|nick=James E. Bickford|appt=1 June, 1873{{NLJul73|p. 191}}|end=31 July, 1874}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Carr Glyn|nick=The Hon. Henry C. Glyn|appt=21 July, 1875<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|end=24 May, 1876<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Duncan George Davidson|nick=Duncan G. Davidson|appt=7 October, 1876{{NLOct78|p. 256}}|end=19 December, 1879}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Ouchterlony Twiss|nick=Guy O. Twiss|appt=30 December, 1879{{NLDec81|p. 255}}|end=17 February, 1883|note=detached from July to 10 August 1882}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Dupuis|nick=Arthur E. Dupuis|appt=17 February, 1883|end=8 January, 1884}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Archibald L. Douglas|appt=7 January, 1884{{NLJan87|p. 242}}|end=11 February, 1887}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Boardman|nick=Frederick R. Boardman|appt=11 February, 1887{{NLApr87|p. 242}}|end=22 February, 1890|note=lent out twice during this appointment}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Philip Giffin Hicks|nick=Charles P. G. Hicks|appt=22 February, 1890<ref>Hicks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1771.|}}  f. 625.</ref>{{NLApr91|p. 270}}|end=7 April, 1893<ref>Hicks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1771.|}}  f. 625.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth|nick=William C. C. Forsyth|appt=7 April, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 270}}|end=}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 29 May 2022

H.M.S. Serapis (1866)
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Ordered: 1865
Launched: 2 Sep, 1866
Sold: 23 Nov, 1894
H.M.S. Serapis was one of five Euphrates Class iron screw troopships completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In December 1873 while transitting from Suez to Gibraltar en route to Portsmouth, Serapis suffered two collisions. One was with S.S. Paladin of Glasgow. Another, on the 13th, was with S.S. Poe from Buenos Aires.[1]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 October, 1876.[2]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Dec. 1873, p. 5.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 256.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 225.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1873). p. 191.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 191.
  6. ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  7. ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 256.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 255.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1885) Corrected to 20 December, 1886. p. 242.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 242.
  12. ↑ Hicks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1771. f. 625.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 270.
  14. ↑ Hicks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1771. f. 625.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 270.


Euphrates Class Iron Screw Troopship
Serapis Jumna Euphrates Malabar Crocodile
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