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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Devonport on 10 September, 1878.{{NLOct78|p. 204}}
Commissioned at Devonport on 10 September, 1878.{{NLOct78|p. 204}}
The ship visited the port of [[Mahon]] in Minorca, Spain from 12-15 October, 1883, while under the command of Lt. [[Henry Charles Bigge]].<ref>Naval historian Antonio Moreno García, document mailed to us 20240426.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Hext|nick=John Hext|appt=1872<ref>"Rear-Admiral Sir John Hext - Service in the East" (Obituaries). The Times (London). Friday, 9 May 1924. (43647), col C, p. 16.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Hext|nick=John Hext|appt=30 October, 1872{{NLJul73|p. 193}}<ref>Hext Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1745.|}} ff. 603, 620.</ref>|end=28 January, 1874<ref>Hext Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1745.|}} ff. 603, 620.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Victor Edward John Brenton von Donop|nick=Victor E. J. B. von Donop|appt=10 September, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 204}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Hayes|nick=John Hayes|appt=7 May, 1874{{NLJul76|p. 188}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=14 February, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>|end=18 March, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Victor Edward John Brenton von Donop|nick=Victor E. J. B. von Donop|appt=10 September, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 204}}|end=16 July, 1880}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Pechell Henderson|nick=George P. Henderson|appt=June, 1880|end=October, 1880|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Victor Edward John Brenton von Donop|nick=Victor E. J. B. von Donop|appt=23 September, 1880|end=12 February, 1881|note=swept overboard en route to Malta and drowned}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Ricketts|nick=William Ricketts|appt=14 February, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>|end=18 March, 1881<ref>Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1106.</ref>|note=temporary, I assume}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Herbert Boldero|nick=Arthur H. Boldero|appt=16 February, 1881{{NMI|Thursday, Feb 17, 1881; pg. 5; Issue 30120}}|end=September, 1882}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edmund Grindall Festing|nick=Edmund G. Festing|appt=7 August, 1882<ref>Festing Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1113.|D7598400}} f. ?.</ref>|end=January, 1883<ref>Festing Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1113.|D7598400}} f. ?.</ref>|note=hospitalised at end}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Charles Bigge|nick=Henry C. Bigge|appt=11 February, 1883<ref>Bigge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/102.|}} f. 102.</ref>|end=23 May, 1884<ref>Bigge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/102.|}} f. 102.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Howard Fitzgerald Hay|nick=Howard F. Hay|appt=23 May, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 205}}|end=3 February, 1885}}
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Latest revision as of 23:06, 26 April 2024

H.M.S. Decoy (1871)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 12 Oct, 1871[Citation needed]
Sold: 1885[2]

H.M.S. Decoy was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 10 September, 1878.[3]

The ship visited the port of Mahon in Minorca, Spain from 12-15 October, 1883, while under the command of Lt. Henry Charles Bigge.[4]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 204.
  4. ↑ Naval historian Antonio Moreno García, document mailed to us 20240426.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 193.
  6. ↑ Hext Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1745. ff. 603, 620.
  7. ↑ Hext Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1745. ff. 603, 620.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 188.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 204.
  10. ↑ Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.
  11. ↑ Ricketts Service Record in our PDF for Frederick St. George Rich. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1106.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 17, 1881; pg. 5; Issue 30120.
  13. ↑ Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1113. f. ?.
  14. ↑ Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1113. f. ?.
  15. ↑ Bigge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/102. f. 102.
  16. ↑ Bigge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/102. f. 102.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 205.

Bibliography


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