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'''H.M.S. ''Widgeon''''' was a river gunboat that served in the [[Royal Navy]].  She served on the [[China Station]].

There was an [[H.M.S. Widgeon (1889)|earlier gunboat named ''Widgeon'']] launched in 1889.

==Construction and Service==
Commissioned at Shanghai on 28 November, 1904.{{NLJun06|p. 397}}

''Widgeon'' was re-commissioned on 1 October, 1917.{{NLJul31|p. 289}}

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=28 November, 1904|end=14 March, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson|nick=Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson|appt=12 March, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 397}}|end=20 June, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Frederick Knox|nick=John F. Knox|appt=20 June, 1907<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|D7602968}} f. ?.</ref>|end=14 March, 1910<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|D7602968}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Cyril FitzRobert Borrett|nick=John C. F. Borrett|appt=March, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 397}}|end=15 January, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Jermyn Landon|nick=Arthur J. Landon|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 396}}|end=16 November, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399'f''}}|end=October, 1917|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Russell Alfred Bell-Syer|nick=Russell A. Bell-Syer|appt=25 April, 1918<ref>Bell-Syer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 943}}|end=22 January, 1919<ref>Bell-Syer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes|nick=Edward G. de S. Jukes Hughes|appt=22 January, 1919<ref>Jukes Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/160.|}} f. 364.</ref>|end=January, 1921{{NMI|20 July 1921, p. 6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=1 April, 1921{{NavAppts|8 Dec. 1920, p. 8}}<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.}} f. 252.</ref>|end=December, 1922<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.}} f. 252.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=c. December, 1922{{NavAppts|13 Nov. 1922, p. 7}}|end=|note=and as S.N.O., Upper Yangtse}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Salisbury Hamilton Simpson|nick=Salisbury H. Simpson|appt=26 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 289}}|end=January, 1925|note=and as S.N.O., Upper Yangtse}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leon Stopford Acheson|nick=Leon S. Acheson|appt=September, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 289}}|end=October, 1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=1 June, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 289}}{{NavAppts|29 May 1926, p. 7}}|end=April, 1928|note=and as S.N.O., Upper Yangtse}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Edward Heaton|nick=Hugh E. Heaton|appt=6 May, 1928<ref>Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/56.|}}  f. 56.</ref>|end=August, 1928<ref>Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/56.|}}  f. 56.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Bidlake Wollocombe|nick=Henry B. Wollocombe|appt=July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 289}}|end=October 1929<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Ormsby Troubridge Keeling|nick=Edward O. T. Keeling|appt=15 July, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 289}}|end=August, 1931<ref>Keeling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/183.|}} f. 185.</ref>|note=vice Woolcombe}}
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==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Widgeon.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Widgeon_(1904)}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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