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==Shipbuilding==
 
==Shipbuilding==
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
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|{{UK-Briton|f=p}}||corvette||6 Nov, 1869{{Conways1860|p. 49}}||Sold 1887
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|{{UK-2Encounter|f=p}}||corvette||1 Jan, 1873{{Conways1860|p. 51}}||Sold 1888
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|{{UK-2Diamond|f=p}}||corvette||26 Aug, 1874||Sold 1889
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|{{UK-1Osprey|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||5 Aug, 1876{{Conways1860|p. 57}}||Sold 1890
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|{{UK-Gannet|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||31 Aug, 1878{{Conways1860|p. 57}}||Preserved 2015
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|{{UK-Kingfisher|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||16 Dec, 1879{{Conways1860|p. 57}}||Sold 1919
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|{{UK-Satellite|f=p}}||corvette||13 Aug, 1881{{Conways1860|p. 53}}||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-1Caroline|f=p}}||corvette||25 Nov, 1882{{Conways1860|p. 53}}||Sold 1929
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|{{UK-1Pylades|f=p}}||corvette||5 Nov, 1884{{Conways1860|p. 53}}||Sold 1906
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|{{UK-1Swallow|f=p}}||screw sloop||27 Oct, 1885{{Conways1860|p. 58}}||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-Buzzard|f=p}}||screw sloop||10 May, 1887{{Conways1860|p. 58}}||Sold 1921
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|{{UK-1Grasshopper|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||30 Aug, 1887{{Conways1860|p. 88}}||Sold 1905
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|{{UK-1Daphne|f=p}}||screw sloop||29 May, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 58}}||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-Pigmy|f=p}}||gunboat||27 Jul, 1888{{CN}}||Sold 4 Apr, 1905
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|{{UK-2Basilisk|f=p}}||screw sloop||6 Apr, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 59}}||Sold 1905
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|{{UK-Barracouta|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||16 May, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 81}}||Sold 1905
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|{{UK-1Goldfinch|f=p}}||gunboat||18 May, 1889{{CN}}||Sold 14 May, 1907
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|{{UK-Gleaner|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||9 Jan, 1890{{Conways1860|p. 89}}||Sold 4 Apr, 1905
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|{{UK-Gossamer|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||9 Jan, 1890{{Conways1860|p. 89}}||Sold 20 Mar, 1920
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|{{UK-1Brilliant|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||24 Jun, 1891{{Conways1860|p. 76}}||Blockship 23 Apr, 1918
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|{{UK-Circe|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||14 Jun, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}}||Sold 30 Jul, 1920
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|{{UK-Hebe|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||15 Jun, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}}||Sold 22 Oct, 1919
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|{{UK-1Alarm|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||13 Sep, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}}||Sold 9 Apr, 1907
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|{{UK-Leda|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||13 Sep, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 89}}||Broken up 1922
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|{{UK-Charybdis|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||15 Jun, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 77}}||Sold 27 Jan, 1922
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|{{UK-Alert|f=p}}||screw sloop||28 Dec, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 59}}||Sold 1926
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|{{UK-1Torch|f=p}}||screw sloop||28 Dec, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 59}}||Sold 1920
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|{{UK-Proserpine|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||5 Dec, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 83}}||Sold 30 Nov, 1919
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|{{UK-Pelorus|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||15 Dec, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 83}}||Sold 6 May, 1920
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|{{UK-Pomone|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||25 Nov, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 83}}||Sold 25 Oct, 1922
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|{{UK-Condor|f=p}}||sloop||17 Dec, 1898{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 278}}||Foundered 3 Dec, 1901
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|{{UK-Rosario|f=p}}||sloop||17 Dec, 1898{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 278}}||Sold 11 Nov, 1921
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|{{UK-Shearwater|f=p}}||sloop||10 Feb, 1900{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold May, 1922
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|{{UK-Vestal|f=p}}||sloop||10 Feb, 1900{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold 21 Oct, 1921
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|{{UK-Espiegle|f=p}}||sloop||8 Dec, 1900{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold 17 Sep, 1923
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|{{UK-Fantome|f=p}}||sloop||23 Mar, 1901{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold 30 Jan, 1925
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|{{UK-Merlin|f=p}}||sloop||30 Nov, 1901{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold 3 Aug, 1923
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|{{UK-1Odin|f=p}}||sloop||30 Nov, 1901{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold 12 Nov, 1920
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|{{UK-Clio|f=p}}||sloop||14 Mar, 1903{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold 12 Nov, 1920
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|{{UK-Cadmus|f=p}}||sloop||29 Apr, 1903{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 279}}||Sold 1 Sep, 1921
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==Captains Superintendent==
 
==Captains Superintendent==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:officeCaptSuper otitle="Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard" nat="UK">
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<div name=fredbot:officeCaptSuper otitle="Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley|nick=Fitzgerald A. C. Foley|appt=9 January, 1875<ref>Foley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=1877}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley|nick=Fitzgerald A. C. Foley|appt=9 January, 1875<ref>Foley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=1877}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Brandreth|nick=Thomas Brandreth|appt=9 January, 1877|end= 4 January, 1879}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Brandreth|nick=Thomas Brandreth|appt=9 January, 1877|end= 4 January, 1879}}
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==King's Harbour Master==
 
==King's Harbour Master==
  
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==Assistant King's Harbour Master==
 
==Assistant King's Harbour Master==
  
<div name=fredbot:officeAKHM otitle="Assistant King's Harbour Master, Sheerness" nat="UK">
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<div name=fredbot:officeAKHM otitle="Assistant King's Harbour Master, Sheerness" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Keith Smyth|nick=Sydney K. Smyth|appt=29 April, 1921|end=24 April, 1923}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Keith Smyth|nick=Sydney K. Smyth|appt=29 April, 1921|end=24 April, 1923}}
 
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Revision as of 09:54, 26 April 2018

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
H.M.S. Briton corvette 6 Nov, 1869[1] Sold 1887
H.M.S. Encounter corvette 1 Jan, 1873[2] Sold 1888
H.M.S. Diamond corvette 26 Aug, 1874 Sold 1889
H.M.S. Osprey composite screw sloop 5 Aug, 1876[3] Sold 1890
H.M.S. Gannet composite screw sloop 31 Aug, 1878[4] Preserved 2015
H.M.S. Kingfisher composite screw sloop 16 Dec, 1879[5] Sold 1919
H.M.S. Satellite corvette 13 Aug, 1881[6] Sold 1904
H.M.S. Caroline corvette 25 Nov, 1882[7] Sold 1929
H.M.S. Pylades corvette 5 Nov, 1884[8] Sold 1906
H.M.S. Swallow screw sloop 27 Oct, 1885[9] Sold 1904
H.M.S. Buzzard screw sloop 10 May, 1887[10] Sold 1921
H.M.S. Grasshopper torpedo gunboat 30 Aug, 1887[11] Sold 1905
H.M.S. Daphne screw sloop 29 May, 1888[12] Sold 1904
H.M.S. Pigmy gunboat 27 Jul, 1888[Citation needed] Sold 4 Apr, 1905
H.M.S. Basilisk screw sloop 6 Apr, 1889[13] Sold 1905
H.M.S. Barracouta third class protected cruiser 16 May, 1889[14] Sold 1905
H.M.S. Goldfinch gunboat 18 May, 1889[Citation needed] Sold 14 May, 1907
H.M.S. Gleaner torpedo gunboat 9 Jan, 1890[15] Sold 4 Apr, 1905
H.M.S. Gossamer torpedo gunboat 9 Jan, 1890[16] Sold 20 Mar, 1920
H.M.S. Brilliant second class protected cruiser 24 Jun, 1891[17] Blockship 23 Apr, 1918
H.M.S. Circe torpedo gunboat 14 Jun, 1892[18] Sold 30 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Hebe torpedo gunboat 15 Jun, 1892[19] Sold 22 Oct, 1919
H.M.S. Alarm torpedo gunboat 13 Sep, 1892[20] Sold 9 Apr, 1907
H.M.S. Leda torpedo gunboat 13 Sep, 1892[21] Broken up 1922
H.M.S. Charybdis second class protected cruiser 15 Jun, 1893[22] Sold 27 Jan, 1922
H.M.S. Alert screw sloop 28 Dec, 1894[23] Sold 1926
H.M.S. Torch screw sloop 28 Dec, 1894[24] Sold 1920
H.M.S. Proserpine third class protected cruiser 5 Dec, 1896[25] Sold 30 Nov, 1919
H.M.S. Pelorus third class protected cruiser 15 Dec, 1896[26] Sold 6 May, 1920
H.M.S. Pomone third class protected cruiser 25 Nov, 1897[27] Sold 25 Oct, 1922
H.M.S. Condor sloop 17 Dec, 1898[28] Foundered 3 Dec, 1901
H.M.S. Rosario sloop 17 Dec, 1898[29] Sold 11 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Shearwater sloop 10 Feb, 1900[30] Sold May, 1922
H.M.S. Vestal sloop 10 Feb, 1900[31] Sold 21 Oct, 1921
H.M.S. Espiegle sloop 8 Dec, 1900[32] Sold 17 Sep, 1923
H.M.S. Fantome sloop 23 Mar, 1901[33] Sold 30 Jan, 1925
H.M.S. Merlin sloop 30 Nov, 1901[34] Sold 3 Aug, 1923
H.M.S. Odin sloop 30 Nov, 1901[35] Sold 12 Nov, 1920
H.M.S. Clio sloop 14 Mar, 1903[36] Sold 12 Nov, 1920
H.M.S. Cadmus sloop 29 Apr, 1903[37] Sold 1 Sep, 1921

Captains Superintendent

Dates of appointment given:

King's Harbour Master

Assistant King's Harbour Master

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 49.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  9. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  10. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  11. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  12. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  13. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  14. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  15. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  16. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  17. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  18. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  19. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  20. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  21. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  22. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  23. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  24. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
  25. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  26. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  27. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
  28. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
  29. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
  30. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  31. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  32. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  33. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  34. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  35. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  36. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  37. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  38. Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 471.
  39. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 304.
  40. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  41. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 354.
  42. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  43. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  44. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  45. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  46. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  47. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  48. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  49. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 4 August, 1902. Issue 36837, col C, p. 4.
  50. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
  51. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 December, 1904. Issue 37578, col E, p. 10.
  52. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
  53. Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
  54. Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
  55. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 16 March, 1907. Issue 38282, col E, p. 14.
  56. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 619.
  57. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 619.
  58. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 November, 1909. Issue 39113, col A, p. 4.
  59. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
  60. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
  61. Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
  62. Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
  63. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 554.
  64. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
  65. "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 16 April, 1919. Issue 42076, col B, p. 7.
  66. Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
  67. Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
  68. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  69. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  70. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
  71. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
  72. MacFarlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 176.
  73. MacFarlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 176.
  74. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  75. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  76. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.

See Also

  • Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org
  • Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.