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H.M.S. Gossamer (1890)
Builder:	Sheerness DYd^[1]
Ordered:	Naval Defence Act
Laid down:	21 Jan, 1889^[2]
Launched:	9 Jan, 1890^[3]
Completed:	16 Jun, 1891^[4]
Sold:	20 Mar, 1920^[5]

H.M.S. Gossamer was one of thirteen Sharpshooter class torpedo gunboats.

Service

In 1908, she and the four other survivors were taken in hand for conversion to minesweepers.^[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant John Denison, 30 June, 1891^[7] – 7 October, 1891^[8] (for manoeuvres)
Commander Frederick G. C. Langdon, 21 July, 1892^[9] – 11 July, 1893 (for manoeuvres)
Commander Rowland E. Berkeley, 11 July, 1893^[10] – 25 August, 1893 (for manoeuvres)
Commander Alfred F. Welldon, 18 July, 1894 – 20 August, 1894 (for manoeuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander Francis G. T. Cole, 15 January, 1897^[11] – 1 September, 1900
Lieutenant & Commander Hector L. Watts-Jones, 21 July, 1903^[12] – 25 August, 1903^[13] (for manoeuvres)
Commander John I. Graham, 14 July, 1904^[14] – 1 October, 1904 (for manoeuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander George B. Brennan, 16 November, 1904^[15] – 1 May, 1907
Lieutenant & Commander Henry W. Osburn, June, 1906^[16] – c. August, 1906^[17] (for manoeuvres)
Commander Harold Escombe, 30 June, 1908 (for manoeuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander Reginald M. R. West, 7 November, 1908^[18] – 1 January, 1910^[19]^[20]
Lieutenant & Commander (I) Sydney H. Tennyson, 1 January, 1910^[21] – 15 January, 1912
Commander John F. H. Cole, 15 January, 1912^[22]^[23] – 29 July, 1912^[24]
Commander F. C. Guy St. Clair, 31 July, 1912^[25] – 17 July, 1915
Lieutenant-Commander Basil R. Brooke, 17 July, 1915^[26]^[27] – 20 November, 1915^[28]
Acting Commander Charles E. Aglionby, 20 November, 1915^[29] – 25 August, 1917
Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Thomas E. Coombs, 23 August, 1917^[30]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 64.
↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 64.
↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1900). p. 255.
↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.
↑ Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
↑ Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 322.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 322.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.
↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 321.
↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394k.
↑ Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394j.
↑ Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394b.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 804.

Bibliography

Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat

Royal Navy Ships

Boomerang

Gleaner

Gossamer

Karakatta

Salamander

Seagull

Sharpshooter

Sheldrake

Skipjack

Spanker

Speedwell

Royal Indian Marine Ships

Assaye

Plassey

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Grasshopper Class

Torpedo Gunboats (UK)

Alarm Class

–>

[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[4] Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.

[5] Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[7] Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 64.

[8] Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 64.

[9] "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.

[10] "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.

[11] The Navy List. (March, 1900). p. 255.

[12] Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.

[13] Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.

[14] "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.

[15] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.

[16] Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.

[17] Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.

[18] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 322.

[19] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 322.

[20] The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.

[21] The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.

[22] Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.

[23] The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 321.

[24] Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.

[25] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394k.

[26] Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.

[27] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394j.

[28] Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.

[29] The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394b.

[30] The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 804.

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