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'''H.M.S. ''Waterwitch''''' was a wooden survey vessel purchased by the [[Royal Navy]] in 1893.

==Service==
''Waterwitch'' arrived at Brisbane on 16 June, 1897 and would depart for Cooktown on the 20th.{{NMI|17 June 1897, p. 9}}

She arrived at Cairns on 26 October, 1897 and left on the 28th.{{NMI|27 Oct. 1897, p. 6}}

She left Sydney on 31 March, 1898.{{NMI|29 Mar. 1898, p. 11}}

She left Sydney on 14 May, 1898.{{NMI|16 May 1898, p. 12}}

She sank in Singapore Harbour when she was struck by ''Seamew'', the personal launch of the Governor of Singapore.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James William Combe|nick=James W. Combe|appt=12 June, 1894|end=21 April, 1897}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Willoughby Pudsey Dawson|nick=Willoughby P. Dawson|appt=mid 1897{{NMI|17 June 1897, p. 9}}|end=12 April, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Owen Lyne|nick=William O. Lyne|appt=16 February, 1900{{NMI|19 Feb. 1900, p. 9}}|end=15 May, 1902|note=Dawson appears to still be in command in ''The Times'' in May, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Clifford Hardy|nick=Ernest C. Hardy|appt=15 January, 1902<ref>Hardy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/363.|}} f. 427.</ref>{{NMI|30 May 1902, p. 10}}|end=1 February, 1905<ref>Hardy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/363.|}} f. 427.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Woodyear Glennie|nick=Robert W. Glennie|appt=1 February, 1905<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|}} f. 26.</ref>{{ToL|Vice-Admiral Glennie|15 Apr. 1930, p. 18}}|end=5 March, 1908<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|}} f. 26.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=6 March, 1908<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/224.|}} f. 255.</ref>{{NMI|5 May 1908, p. 14}}|end=7 January, 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Lionel Hancock|nick=Reginald L. Hancock|appt=7 January, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 396}}|end=April, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Algernon Reyne|nick=Frederick A. Reyne|appt=29 January, 1912{{NavAppts|8 Jan. 1912, p. 10}}|end=1 September, 1912|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost in a collision}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Waterwitch_(1892)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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