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  • ...9, and in February 1860 he was promoted commander in command of the paddle-sloop ''Vixen'' on the China station. He brought home and paid off this vessel in ...was appointed commodore and senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, {{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}.
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  • ...rved with the Baltic fleet from January 1855 to February 1856 in the steam sloop Desperate. He was then appointed to command the gunboat Haughty, and reache ...he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 29 May, 1
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  • ...dbot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...e="Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK">
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  • ...On 17 October, 1883, he was appointed Acting {{LieutRN}} to the gunboat {{UK-1Flirt}} on the Cape station. He was formally promoted to the rank of Lieut ...S.S. ''Cuzco'', arriving back on 9 June. He was appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Mersey}} for the annual manœuvres from 4 July to 22 August, then com
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  • On 29 August, 1881, he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-2Achilles}} in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]]. He He was appointed to the corvette {{UK-1Sapphire}} on 18 January, 1883.
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  • The '''First Sloop Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Sloop|sloops]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...sh naval history, however — the next flotilla created would be the {{UK-SloopF|10}}, in February, 1916.
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  • ...pass, and in May obtained a Third Class pass in Torpedo work and a Second Class pass in Gunnery work in August. ...rigade for garrison duties in Upper Egypt and as first lieutenant of the {{UK-Dolphin}}, served with the Eastern Sudan field force, being chosen by the G
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  • ...remain in his blood, as on 8 August, 1882, he was appointed Commander of {{UK-Vernon}}.{{NLDec84|p. 258}} Durnford was appointed in command of the composite-hulled sloop ''Mariner'' on 19 March, 1885.{{NLOct86|p. 222}}
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  • ...] on 28 November, 1890. Subsequently he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-1Dreadnought}} on 24 November. ...UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer {{UK-1Decoy}} in the [[Devonport Flotilla]].
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  • ...es Miraflores] in 1881. In May, 1883 he received command of the composite sloop ''Miranda'' on the Australian Station, and among his other duties on that s ...adron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]]. He afterwards commanded the first-class cruiser [[H.M.S. Edgar (1890)|''Edgar'']] in the Mediterranean before takin
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  • ...was appointed Acting {{SubRN}}. On 23 January, 1880 he received a Second Class Gunnery Certificate. On 7 February he was appointed to the ''Wolverine'', As the sloop ''Mutine'' was returning to England from the China Station in early 1891, B
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  • On 10 January, 1896, Field was appointed in command of the sloop [[H.M.S. Penguin (1876)|''Penguin'']], which was functioning as a survey sh ...George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of
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  • On 17 May, 1887, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Starling|f=t}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments With this hurdle cleared, he was appointed to the screw sloop {{UK-Dolphin}} on 11 August, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official
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  • The September 1863 intake term added, for the first time, Second-Class Naval Cadetships, which had been authorized by new regulations distributed ...ths seniority, six months for a Second-Class pass, and nothing for a Third-Class. Naval Cadets were supposed to be discharged to a sea-going training ship
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  • ...certificate in Gunnery. He was appointed to ''Victory'' for command of {{UK-TB82}} on 11 July, 1893, for the annual manoeuvres, but owing to sickness d ...ships of the Second Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]] and {{UK-CS|2}}.<ref>Result of Battle Practice of His Majesty's Fleet, 1910''. p. 5
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  • ...ot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...edbot:officeDSuper otitle="Deputy Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK">
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  • |{{UK-Briton|f=p}}||corvette||6 Nov, 1869||Sold 1887 |{{UK-2Encounter|f=p}}||corvette||1 Jan, 1873||Sold 1888
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  • |{{UK-DukeOfWellington|f=p}}||receiving ship||14 Sep, 1852||Broken up 1904 |{{UK-2Amazon|f=p}}||wooden screw sloop||23 May, 1865||Sunk 1866
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  • ...October, 1880, he was appointed Acting {{SubRN}}, having obtained a First Class Certificate in Seamanship, with 940 marks. He was appointed to [[H.M.S. Ex ...ilee Review of 1887, Pakenham was appointed to ''Vernon'' for command of {{UK-1TB29}}, commanding her on manoeuvres from 1 July.<ref>"Naval & Military In
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  • ...rthumberland. He entered the [[Royal Navy]] in 1860, being appointed to {{UK-1Britannia}} at Portsmouth. ...S. Eclipse (1860)|''Eclipse'']]. In February, 1873, he was appointed to {{UK-Excellent}}. A Court of Enquiry was convened to probe the Lieutenant's obj
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  • |{{UK-1Mastiff|f=p}}||gunboat||4 Apr, 1871||Sold 28 Nov, 1931 |{{UK-Bloodhound|f=p}}||gunboat||22 Apr, 1871||Sold 28 Jun, 1921
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  • ...''Blenheim'']] for the annual manœuvres on 10 July. He obtained a first class certificate in Parts I and II of the College examinations (Navigation) in A ...January, 1901, and a first in Torpedo in March. For attaining five first class certificates he was awarded a £10 prize.
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  • |{{UK-1Minstrel|f=p}}||wooden gunboat||16 Feb, 1865||Discarded 1907 |{{UK-Cherub|f=p}}||wooden gunboat||29 Mar, 1865||Sold 1890
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  • ...r, 1872.{{NLMar74|p. 152}} At the end of this appointment, he went to the sloop ''Dryad'', in command, on 13 August, 1874,{{NLJun75|p. 140}} remaining in h Domvile was appointed to command the corvette {{UK-1Dido}} on 20 September, 1879, a month after Captain [[Arthur Richard Wrigh
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  • ...s flag-ship, a first-class protected cruiser, and certain second and third-class cruisers. The Board have decided to withdraw from the station the less eff ...e sea-going training ships for cadets, youths, and boys. This forms the {{UK-CS|4}}.<ref>''Redistribution of the Fleet&mdash;Arrangements Consequent on
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  • Dale was appointed to command the ''Doterel''-class sloop {{UK-1Espiegle}} on 11 October, 1881, remaining in her only until 20 October, 18 He was appointed to command the ''Amethyst''-class corvette {{UK-2Diamond}} on 25 October, 1881, remaining in her until 29 March, 1885.<ref>
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  • ...gate [[H.M.S. Emerald (1856)|''Emerald'']] in September, and served in the sloop [[H.M.S. Rattler (1862)|''Rattler'']] and the frigate [[H.M.S. Euryalus (18 ...Queen's birthday, Stephenson was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) on
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  • ...royer|destroyers]] of the '''''Beagle'' Class''' (re-designated the '''"G" class''' in October 1913{{Conways1906|p. 73}}) were ordered as part of the 1908-1 ...Flotilla]]. In 1911, they were sent to the Mediterranean to become the {{UK-DF|5}} during the Dardanelles operation. {{Conways1906|p. 73}}
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  • ...''Andromeda''''' was one of eight [[Diadem Class Cruiser (1896)|''Diadem'' class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] around the turn of the century. There was a [[H.M.S. Andromeda (1917)|sloop launched in 1917]] that took on the name ''Andromeda''.
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  • * The First [[Town Class Cruiser (1909)|Town Class]]: 1908-31 (Part 1 of 3), by David Lyon * The ''Littorio'' Class, by Aldo Fraccaroli/Antony Preston
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  • |{{UK-1Bellona|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||29 Aug, 1890||Sold 1906 |{{UK-1Sunfish|f=p}}||destroyer||23 May, 1895||Broken up 1920
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  • ...econd class protected cruisers of the [[Iris Class Cruiser (1877)|''Iris'' class]]. There was also a sloop named {{UK-Iris}} launched in 1915.
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  • ...class protected cruisers of the [[Leander Class Cruiser (1882)|''Leander'' class]] completed between 1885 and 1887. There was also a light cruiser named {{UK-Phaeton}} that fought in the Great War.
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  • ...ranked eighth in order of merit of thirty-six candidates accepted as first-class Naval Cadets following the entrance examinations.<ref>"Naval And Military I On 22 May, 1892, he was appointed in command of the screw sloop [[H.M.S. Cruiser (1852)|''Cruiser'']].<ref>Routh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM
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  • ...class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boat (1882)|''T.B. 39'' class]]. ...nt north to [[Esquimalt]] to defend Canada's Pacific coast as tenders to {{UK-1Swiftsure|f=t}}, then serving as flagship of the Pacific Station.{{BrownSt
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  • The flotilla was comprised of two depot ships and twelve "C" class submarines.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}} {|width=75% class="toccolours"
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  • ...cember of 1914, using a depot ship and three submarines pared off of the {{UK-SF|7}}, though it may have existed as early as August, when {{RearRN}} [[Ar {|width=75% class="toccolours"
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  • ...class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boat (1882)|''T.B. 39'' class]]. ...nt north to [[Esquimalt]] to defend Canada's Pacific coast as tenders to {{UK-1Swiftsure|f=t}}, then serving as flagship of the Pacific Station.{{BrownSt
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  • ...H.M.S. ''E 16''''' was one of fifty-seven [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class submarines]] completed in Britain before and during the [[Great War]]. ...g a German auxiliary ship protected by a screen of a torpedo boat, a small sloop, 4 trawlers, several tugs & small craft, on 22/12/15. The attack was very
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  • ...''H.M.S. ''H 8''''' was one of forty-four [["H" Class Submarine (1915)|"H" class submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1910s. ...t experiments with being towed in a completely submerged state by "Q" ship sloop ''Q 12''. The tests were suspended when ''Q 12'' was lost to a torpedo in
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  • '''H.M.S. ''Rosario''''' was completed as a sloop, but was converted to a submarine depot ship before the [[Great War]]. <div name=fredbot:officeCapts otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rosario''" nat="UK">
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  • Retired, Perkins was given command of the ''Anchusa'' class sloop {{UK-Bergamot}} 5th June, 1917, and survived her sinking on 13th August 1917 whe Perkins was appointed in command of the {{UK-PC43|f=t}} on 3 October, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 860}}
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  • Worsley underwent examinations for in July, 1897 and gained entrance to {{UK-1Britannia}}'s term of August, 1897, his 1348 marks placing him sixteenth a Worsley was appointed in command of the {{UK-TB8|f=t}} on 19 October, 1909.{{NLApr10|p. 399}}
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  • |{{UK-1Mallard|f=p}}||gunboat||4 Aug, 1875||Sold 1889 |{{UK-1Turquoise|f=p}}||corvette||22 Apr, 1876||Sold 1892
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  • ...in 1818 which built several of the [[Insect Class Gunboat (1915)|"Insect" class gunboats]] and assorted sloops for the [[Royal Navy]]. |{{UK-Foxglove|f=p}}||sweeping sloop||30 Mar, 1915||Sold Sep, 1946
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  • |{{UK-1BlackPrince|f=p}}||armoured frigate||27 Feb, 1861||Sold 21 Feb, 1923 |{{UK-Malabar|f=p}}||iron screw troopship||8 Dec, 1866||Sold Jan, 1918
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  • ...P" Class Patrol Boat (1915)|"P"]] and [["PC" Class Patrol Boat (1916)|"PC" class patrol boats]] for the [[Royal Navy]], as well as two monitors. |{{UK-Victorian|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||25 Aug, 1904||
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  • ...e [["P" Class Patrol Boat (1915)|"P" class]] patrol boats as well as the {{UK-PrinceRupert|f=t}}. |{{UK-PrinceRupert|f=p}}||monitor||20 May, 1915||Sold May, 1923
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  • ...erations in Egypt".<ref>''The London Gazette'': [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25169/page/5173 (Supplement) no. 25169. p. 5173.] 17 November, Hamilton was appointed to the composite-hulled sloop ''Dragon'' operating in the East Indies on 10 December, 1882.{{NLNov83|p. 2
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  • ...stletoe''''' was one of three [[Albacore Class Gunboat (1883)|''Albacore'' class gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid-1880s. There was also a sloop named {{UK-Mistletoe}} launched in 1917.
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