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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Blazer'' (1870)|fatedate=19 Aug, 1919{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|order=
|name=Blazer
|launch=7 Dec, 1870{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=5{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Blazer''''' was one of six [[Ant Class Gunboat (1870)|''Ant'' class]] gunboats completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==

{{UK-2Comet}} and ''Blazer'' were put through trials over a measured mile in Stokes Bay off Portsmouth on 14-15 March, 1871 under the command of Captain [[Edward Bridges Rice|E. B. Rice]], achieving mean speeds of 8.741 and 8.734 knots, respectively.{{NMI|Thursday, Mar 16, 1871; pg. 5; Issue 27012}}  

''Blazer'' was renamed ''Charm'' at some point before April, 1915.{{NLApr15|p. 392''r''}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Blazer''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Benjamin William Pitt|nick=Benjamin W. Pitt|appt=13 July, 1905{{NLJan08|p. 285}}|end=13 July, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Benjamin Richardson|nick=Benjamin Richardson|appt=13 July, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 285}}|end=15 July, 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Charles Edward Bryant|nick=Charles E. Bryant|appt=15 July, 1910<ref>Bryant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34/811.|}} f. 369.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 285}}|end=15 June, 1912<ref>Bryant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34/811.|}} f. 369.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command (retired)|name=Edward Davis|nick=Edward Davis|appt=24 February, 1915{{NLOct16|p. 392''m''}}|end=late 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=William Cooper|nick=William Cooper|appt=18 September, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 392''m''}}|ass=late 1916{{INF}}|end=18 November, 1916{{FC}}|note=assumed command from [[Edward Davis]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} (retired)|name=Edward Davis|nick=Edward Davis|appt=24 February, 1915{{NLAug17|p. 391''u''}}|ass=18 November, 1916|note=resumed command from [[William Cooper]] after 18 November, 1916}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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