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On 25 July, 1879, he was appointed to the {{UK-Bacchante|f=tp}} of the Detached Squadron. He was rated Midshipman on 8 Ja He was appointed to the screw corvette {{UK-1Canada}} on the [[North America and West Indies Station]] in May, 1883 and

...August, 1861. After fourteen months at ''Excellent'', he was placed in {{UK-1Warrior}} in April 1863 for an additional fourteen months service. ...l August, 1869, spending two and a half years in charge of her tender, the gunboat [[H.M.S. Stork (1855)|''Stork'']] and being granted another first-class cer

...sel in 1861. From March 1862 to January 1866 he commanded the ''Dart'', a gunboat, on the west coast of Africa, and on his return he was promoted to the rank ...was appointed commodore and senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, {{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}.

...Wemyss. p. 35.</ref> On 18 February, 1890, Wemyss was appointed to the {{UK-1Undaunted|f=t}} in the Mediterranean, captained by Captain [[Charles Willi ...was paid off on 29 August, and on 11 September he joined the battleship {{UK-EmpressOfIndia}} in the Channel Squadron,<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. f. 223.<

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...nry Smith as A.d.C. during the Kaffir war of 1851–2. In 1857 he took the gunboat ''Slaney'' out to China, and in her took part in the capture of Canton on 2 {{CatPerson|UK|1828|1901}}

...ry 1856 in the steam sloop Desperate. He was then appointed to command the gunboat Haughty, and reached the Far East in time to participate in the second Chin *[http://collections.rmg.co.uk/archive/objects/491782.html Papers in the possession of the National Mariti

...dbot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...e="Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK">

...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 man&oelig;uvres from 4 July to 22 August, then com

...First World War]]. An officer of undoubted ability, he died leading the {{UK-BCS|3}} in action at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. ..., 1886, then in the ''Minotaur'' until January, 1887, when he joined the {{UK-2Calliope}}, and in her was present at Samoa in the hurricane of 16 March,

He was appointed Lieutenant and Commander of the gunboat [[H.M.S. Bustard (1855)|''Bustard'']] from 14 December, 1855 to 4 September In June, 1868, he was chosen to be the first commanding officer of the new {{UK-1Hercules|f=t}}, which would operate as part of the Channel Fleet. His thr

...] 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]].

|{{UK-1Swiftsure|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||15 Jun, 1870||Sold 1908 |{{UK-1Triumph|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||27 Sep, 1870||Sold 1921

...s, eight destroyers and three submarines. The pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-Triumph}} had been in reserve at the start of the war, but was quickly reco ...n and a gunboat that had landed part of her armament. The Germans sank the gunboat and bombarded the town but did not enter the harbour in case it was mined,

On 4 July, 1888, he was appointed to the torpedo gunboat ''Spider'' for the annual man&oelig;uvres, and paid off on 28 August. He w ...from a spell in ''Curlew'' for the annual man&oelig;uvres of 1892 and in {{UK-TB87}} in those of 1893,<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres". ''The Times''. Monda

He was appointed in command of the schooner gunboat [[H.M.S. Undine (1881)|''Undine'']] on the [[Australian Station]] on 18 Jul In March of 1900, he was placed in command of {{UK-Victorious}}, remaining there for nearly three years.

...ittee from February to July of 1878, and then received an appointment to {{UK-Cormorant}}. He was invalided from her on 15 December 1881 and permitted t ...0}} On 29 December 1900, he was thanked for services rendered to a French gunboat.

...January, 1896}} On 5 March, 1896, he was appointed as Commander of the {{UK-Imperieuse}}, flagship of the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Statio ...''Halcyon'' paid off on 7 May, 1901. He was appointed in command of the {{UK-2Pandora|f=t}} for the man&oelig;uvres on 16 July, and on 30 September was

...ot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...edbot:officeDSuper otitle="Deputy Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK">

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