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<div name=fredbot:career>
{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Woodlark'' (1898)|fate2=
|fatedate=Jul, 1928{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|order=
|name=Woodlark
|launch=8 Apr, 1898{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 105}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=N.0C (Nov 1919){{DittColl|p. 105}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Woodlark''''' was one of two [[Woodcock Class Gunboat (1898)|''Woodcock'' Class river gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
''Woodlark'' was recommissioned at Shanghai on 1 January, 1901.{{NLMay03|p. 315}}

From August 1914 through some time in 1917, it appears that ''Woodlark'' was in a dormant state.

''Woodlark'' was commissioned at Shanghai on 17 December, 1917.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}

She commissioned at Shanghai on 6 June, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 290}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Woodlark''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ion Plunket Barton|nick=Ion P. Barton|appt=20 May, 1899|end=3 October, 1899|note=died while in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Eilbeck Hillman|nick=Henry E. Hillman|appt=4 October, 1899|end=1 October, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ronald Evered Chilcott|nick=Ronald E. Chilcott|appt=1 October, 1901|end=19 December, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cathcart Romer Wason|nick=Cathcart R. Wason|appt=19 December, 1902{{NLOct04|p. 400}}|end=9 January, 1905{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Frederick Knox|nick=John F. Knox|appt=9 January, 1905<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|D7602968}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 398}}|end=20 June, 1907<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|D7602968}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Renton Livingstone|nick=Guy R. Livingstone|appt=20 June, 1907|end=8 July, 1909}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Francis Arthur Mulock|nick=George F. A. Mulock|appt=8 July, 1909|end=7 October, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robin Wynell Mayow Lloyd|nick=Robin W. M. Lloyd|appt=7 October, 1912|end=August, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Stuart John Layton Bennett|nick=Stuart J. L. Bennett|appt=25 April, 1918<ref>Bennett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/13.|}} f. 12.</ref>|end=21 May, 1919<ref>Bennett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/13.|}} f. 12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Roland Arbuthnot Clark|nick=Roland A. Clark|appt=21 May, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 901}}|end=21 July, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ivan Walter Whitehorn|nick=Ivan W. Whitehorn|appt=14 January, 1921{{NMI|Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621}}|end=25 January, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Rose St. George Tucker|nick=Colin R. St. G. Tucker|appt=January, 1923|ass=25 March, 1923|end=March, 1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bryan ffolliott Wingfield|nick=Bryan ff. Wingfield|appt=|end=c. September, 1927{{ToL|Gunboat Command Change|18 June 1927, p. 4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Bidlake Wollocombe|nick=Henry B. Wollocombe|appt=5 September, 1927<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|end=c. 1928<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-Gannet}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Woodlark_(1898)}}
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==Footnotes==
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{{Footer Woodcock Class Gunboat (1898)}}

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{{CatShipMisc|UK}}