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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Penguin'' (1876)|fate2=
|hullno=
|fatedate=1924{{Conways1860|p. 57}}
|order=
|name=Penguin
|launch=25 Mar, 1876{{Conways1860|p. 57}}
|builder=[[Robert Napier & Sons]], Glasgow{{Conways1860|p. 57}}
|fate=Sold
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Penguin''''' was one of five [[Osprey Class Sloop (1876)|''Osprey'' Class composite screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
''Penguiin'' was commissioned at Devonport on 23 August, 1877.{{NLOct78|p. 230}}

Commissioned at Sheerness on 14 January, 1890 for surveying work.{{NLMar91|p. 242}}

Described as a "late screw survey vessel", ''Penguin'' was serving as a depot and receiving ship at Sydney in 1911.{{NLApr11|p. 355}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Penguin''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Cecil Henry Paget|nick=Arthur C. H. Paget|appt=23 August, 1877{{NLOct78|p. 230}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Hulton Haygarth|nick=Francis H. Haygarth|appt=27 January, 1886{{NLApr87|p. 223}}|end=1 January, 1888}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=George F. K. Hall|appt=4 January, 1888<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 577.</ref>|end=14 July, 1889<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 577.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Usborne Moore|nick=William U. Moore|appt=14 January, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 242}}|end=23 February, 1893}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Andrew Francis Balfour|nick=Andrew F. Balfour|appt=1 March, 1893{{NLMar96|p. 248}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Mostyn Field|nick=Arthur M. Field|appt=10 January, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 278}}|end=10 April, 1899{{CN}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James William Combe|nick=James W. Combe|appt=1 February, 1899{{NLMay02|p. 290}}|end=1902|note=I am not sure he was in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Willoughby Pudsey Dawson|nick=Willoughby P. Dawson|appt=17 August, 1902{{NLOct04|p. 356}}|end=25 March, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cortland Herbert Simpson|nick=Cortland H. Simpson|appt=24 March, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 355}}|end=31 August, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Philip Rolleston|nick=John P. Rolleston|appt=16 January, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 355}}|end=|note=and for charge of Naval Establishments, Sydney}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ferdinand Henderson|nick=Charles F. Henderson|appt=7 December, 1912{{NLApr15|p. 399''l''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Herbert MacIver Edwards|nick=Herbert MacI. Edwards|appt=24 July, 1920{{NLJan23|p. 902}}|note=and as Commodore Superintendent Naval Establishments and Senior Naval Officer at Sydney}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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