H.M.S. Redbreast (1889)

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H.M.S. Redbreast (1889)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 25 Apr, 1889[Citation needed]
Commissioned: 27 Feb, 1890[2]
Sold: 1910[Citation needed]

H.M.S. Redbreast was one of nine gunboats of the Redbreast class completed around 1890.

Service

She commissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1890.[3]

Redbreast arrived at Basra under the command of Lt. Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville on Sunday, 15 October, 1905. he would turn her over to Lt. Walter Hose on New Year's Day, 1906.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 113.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 17 Oct. 1905, p. 11.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 244.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 248.
  7. Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1065.
  8. Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
  9. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1246.
  10. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1246.
  11. Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/187. f. 593.
  12. Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/187. f. 593.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 287.
  14. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  15. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  16. Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  17. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 297a.
  18. Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
  19. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  20. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/361. f. 361.
  21. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 366.
  22. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  23. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.

Bibliography


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