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==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Charles Hastings Dent|nick=Francis C. H. Dent|appt=30 October, 1871{{NLSep72|p. 194}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Charles Hastings Dent|nick=Francis C. H. Dent|appt=30 October, 1871{{NLJul73|p. 194}}|end=6 November, 1874}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bouverie Francis Clark|nick=Bouverie F. Clark|appt=3 November, 1874{{NLOct75|p. 191}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Hugh Wilder Cornwall|nick=Robert H. W. Cornwall|appt=10 December, 1875{{NLOct78|p. 228}}|end=1 January, 1879{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick John Rendell|nick=Frederick J. Rendell|appt=1 January, 1879{{NLOct81|p. 229}}|end=26 September, 1881{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick John Rendell|nick=Frederick J. Rendell|appt=1 January, 1879{{NLOct81|p. 229}}|end=26 September, 1881{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Raymond Barron Needham|nick=Raymond B. Needham|appt=26 September, 1881{{NLMar83|p. 229}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Bingham|nick=Richard Bingham|appt=5 July, 1883|end=6 July, 1884}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Bingham|nick=The Hon. Richard Bingham|appt=5 July, 1883{{NLJul84|p. 229}}|end=6 July, 1884}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Gilbert Francis Law|nick=Edward G. F. Law|appt=3 July, 1884{{NLApr87|p. 222}}|end=mid 1887}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Gilbert Francis Law|nick=Edward G. F. Law|appt=3 July, 1884{{NLApr87|p. 222}}|end=14 August, 1887}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=14 August, 1887<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>|end=1 September, 1888<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 234.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 24 November 2021

H.M.S. Orwell (1866)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 27 Dec, 1866[Citation needed]
Discarded: 1890[2]

H.M.S. Orwell was one of fifteen Britomart Class wooden gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Construction

Two guns, 330 tons, 228 H.P..[3]

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 23 February, 1876 for coastal service.[4]

After some years on the West Coast of Ireland, Orwell paid off into the fourth division of the Steam Reserve in mid-August, 1889. Having been found unfit for further service, she was to be sold or broken up.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 17, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32780.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 228.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 17, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32780.
  6. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (October, 1871). p. 193.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 194.
  8. ↑ Clark Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/749. ff. 231, 223.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1875). p. 191.
  10. ↑ Clark Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/749. ff. 231, 223.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 228.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 229.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 229.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 229.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 222.
  16. ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
  17. ↑ Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 234.
  18. ↑ Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/570. ff 1350, 1346.
  19. ↑ Underwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/570. ff 1350, 1346.

Bibliography


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