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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''G''')|name=Geoffrey Blake|nick=Geoffrey Blake|appt=1 March, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 311}}|note=also for Experimental Work}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=25 April, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 315}}|note=also for Experimental Work|end=12 April, 1915<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Foster Pitt Maton|nick=Reginald F. P. Maton|appt=26 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}|note=also for Experimental Work}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lancelot Ernest Holland|nick=Lancelot E. Holland|appt=17 May, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393''r''}}|note=also for Experimental Work}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lancelot Ernest Holland|nick=Lancelot E. Holland|appt=17 May, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393''r''}}|note=also for Experimental Work}}

Revision as of 14:05, 10 March 2015

H.M.S. Kite (1871)
Builder: Napier[1]
Launched: 8 Feb, 1871[2]
Sold: 18 May, 1920[3]
H.M.S. Kite was one of six Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

From the early 1880s through to at least 1914, Kite was at Portsmouth as a tender to the gunnery training school Excellent.[4][5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1883). p. 221.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  6. Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 236.
  8. Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  9. Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 266.
  11. Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 273.
  13. Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 337.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 311.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 312.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  19. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
  21. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393r.

Bibliography


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