Sheerness Royal Dockyard
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Shipbuilding
Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
H.M.S. Briton | corvette | 6 Nov, 1869 | Sold 1887 |
H.M.S. Encounter | corvette | 1 Jan, 1873 | Sold 1888 |
H.M.S. Diamond | corvette | 26 Aug, 1874 | Sold 1889 |
H.M.S. Osprey | composite screw sloop | 5 Aug, 1876 | Sold 1890 |
H.M.S. Gannet | composite screw sloop | 31 Aug, 1878 | Preserved 2015 |
H.M.S. Kingfisher | composite screw sloop | 16 Dec, 1879 | Sold 1919 |
H.M.S. Satellite | corvette | 13 Aug, 1881 | Sold 1904 |
H.M.S. Caroline | corvette | 25 Nov, 1882 | Sold 1929 |
H.M.S. Pylades | corvette | 5 Nov, 1884 | Sold 1906 |
H.M.S. Swallow | screw sloop | 27 Oct, 1885 | Sold 1904 |
H.M.S. Buzzard | screw sloop | 10 May, 1887 | Sold 1921 |
H.M.S. Grasshopper | torpedo gunboat | 30 Aug, 1887 | Sold 1905 |
H.M.S. Daphne | screw sloop | 29 May, 1888 | Sold 1904 |
H.M.S. Pigmy | gunboat | 27 Jul, 1888 | Sold 4 Apr, 1905 |
H.M.S. Basilisk | screw sloop | 6 Apr, 1889 | Sold 1905 |
H.M.S. Barracouta | third class protected cruiser | 16 May, 1889 | Sold 1905 |
H.M.S. Goldfinch | gunboat | 18 May, 1889 | Sold 14 May, 1907 |
H.M.S. Gleaner | torpedo gunboat | 9 Jan, 1890 | Sold 4 Apr, 1905 |
H.M.S. Gossamer | torpedo gunboat | 9 Jan, 1890 | Sold 20 Mar, 1920 |
H.M.S. Brilliant | second class protected cruiser | 24 Jun, 1891 | Blockship 23 Apr, 1918 |
H.M.S. Circe | torpedo gunboat | 14 Jun, 1892 | Sold 30 Jul, 1920 |
H.M.S. Hebe | torpedo gunboat | 15 Jun, 1892 | Sold 22 Oct, 1919 |
H.M.S. Alarm | torpedo gunboat | 13 Sep, 1892 | Sold 9 Apr, 1907 |
H.M.S. Leda | torpedo gunboat | 13 Sep, 1892 | Broken up 1922 |
H.M.S. Charybdis | second class protected cruiser | 15 Jun, 1893 | Sold 27 Jan, 1922 |
H.M.S. Alert | screw sloop | 28 Dec, 1894 | Sold 1926 |
H.M.S. Torch | screw sloop | 28 Dec, 1894 | Sold 1920 |
H.M.S. Proserpine | third class protected cruiser | 5 Dec, 1896 | Sold 30 Nov, 1919 |
H.M.S. Pelorus | third class protected cruiser | 15 Dec, 1896 | Sold 6 May, 1920 |
H.M.S. Pomone | third class protected cruiser | 25 Nov, 1897 | Sold 25 Oct, 1922 |
H.M.S. Condor | sloop | 17 Dec, 1898 | Foundered 3 Dec, 1901 |
H.M.S. Rosario | sloop | 17 Dec, 1898 | Sold 11 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Shearwater | sloop | 10 Feb, 1900 | Sold May, 1922 |
H.M.S. Vestal | sloop | 10 Feb, 1900 | Sold 21 Oct, 1921 |
H.M.S. Espiegle | sloop | 8 Dec, 1900 | Sold 17 Sep, 1923 |
H.M.S. Fantome | sloop | 23 Mar, 1901 | Sold 30 Jan, 1925 |
H.M.S. Merlin | sloop | 30 Nov, 1901 | Sold 3 Aug, 1923 |
H.M.S. Odin | sloop | 30 Nov, 1901 | Sold 12 Nov, 1920 |
H.M.S. Clio | sloop | 14 Mar, 1903 | Sold 12 Nov, 1920 |
H.M.S. Cadmus | sloop | 29 Apr, 1903 | Sold 1 Sep, 1921 |
Captains Superintendent
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, 9 January, 1875[1] – 1877
- Captain Thomas Brandreth, 9 January, 1877 – 4 January, 1879
- Captain Theodore M. Jones, 4 January, 1879 – 1 January, 1883
- Captain John O. Hopkins, January, 1883 – c. 6 April, 1883[Inference]
- Captain William Codrington, 6 April, 1883 – 17 July, 1885
- Captain Henry F. Nicholson, 17 July, 1885[2]
- Captain Robert H. M. Molyneux, 1886
- Captain Charles G. Fane, 1 June, 1888[3]
- Captain Richard Duckworth-King, 1 August, 1890[4]
- Captain Armand T. Powlett, 25 January, 1892[5] – 1 January, 1894
- Captain John Fellowes, 1 January, 1894[6]
- Captain John C. Burnell, 15 January, 1895[7]
- Captain Andrew K. Bickford, 11 January, 1898[8] – 29 June, 1899[9]
- Captain Reginald F. H. Henderson, 28 June, 1899[10] – 21 June, 1902[11]
- Captain Walter H. B. Graham, 20 August, 1902[12][13] – 1 January, 1905[14]
- Captain Frederick L. Campbell, 1 January, 1905[15][16] – 25 January, 1906[17] (died in fox hunting accident)
- Captain James Startin, 31 January, 1906[18] – 4 May, 1907[19]
- Captain John Casement, 4 May, 1907[20] – 1 July, 1908
- Captain Robert H. Johnston Stewart, 13 June, 1908[21] – 15 December, 1909[22]
- Captain Henry H. Torlesse, 15 December, 1909[23][24] – 17 November, 1911[25]
- Captain Robert J. Prendergast, 1 December, 1911[26] – 21 September, 1915[27]
- Rear-Admiral E. Hyde Smith, 21 September, 1915[28] – 15 April, 1919[29]
- Captain Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer, 15 April, 1919[30] – 14 March, 1922
- Captain Herbert N. Garnett, 15 March, 1922[31] – 31 March, 1923[32]
- Captain Frederick C. Fisher, 26 February, 1925 – 12 April, 1927
- Captain Dashwood F. Moir, 26 March, 1927[33] – c. April, 1929[Inference]
- Captain Benjamin Wingate Barrow, 1 April, 1929[34] – 15 July, 1930[35]
- Captain Hugh D. Hamilton, 15 July, 1930[36] – 15 July, 1932[37]
- Captain Robert S. MacFarlan, 15 July, 1932[38] – 16 July, 1934[39]
- Captain Henry B. Maltby, 4 September, 1935[40] – 15 December, 1937
- Commodore, Second Class Hugh R. Marrack, 15 December, 1937[41] – 9 July, 1943[42]
King's Harbour Master
- Commander Thomas M. Brounger, 1 April, 1927 – 9 August, 1929
- Commander Kenneth N. Humphreys, 23 November, 1939[43] – 20 January, 1940[44] (and as Commander of Dockyard, "vice Moore")
- Captain Alban E. T. Tate, 20 January, 1940 – 5 September, 1943 (died in this post)
Assistant King's Harbour Master
- Commander Sydney K. Smyth, 29 April, 1921 – 24 April, 1923
- Commander Frank G. L. Bullock, 31 January, 1935 – 1937
Footnotes
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 471.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 304.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 354.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
- ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 4 August, 1902. Issue 36837, col C, p. 4.
- ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 December, 1904. Issue 37578, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
- ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
- ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 16 March, 1907. Issue 38282, col E, p. 14.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 619.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 619.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 November, 1909. Issue 39113, col A, p. 4.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
- ↑ Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
- ↑ Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 242.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 554.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 16 April, 1919. Issue 42076, col B, p. 7.
- ↑ Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
- ↑ Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
- ↑ "Naval And Military." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 24, 1927; pg. 7; Issue 44514.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
- ↑ MacFarlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 176.
- ↑ MacFarlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 176.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 196.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ Humphreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/165. f. ?.
- ↑ Humphreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/165. f. ?.
See Also
- Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org
- Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.