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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=28 November, 1904|end=14 March, 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=28 November, 1904|end=14 March, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson|nick=Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson|appt=12 March, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 397}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson|nick=Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson|appt=12 March, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 397}}|end=20 June, 1907}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Cyril FitzRobert Borrett|nick=John C. F. Borrett|appt=March, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 397}}|end=15 January, 1914}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Cyril FitzRobert Borrett|nick=John C. F. Borrett|appt=March, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 397}}|end=15 January, 1914}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Jermyn Landon|nick=Arthur J. Landon|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 396}}|end=16 November, 1914}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Jermyn Landon|nick=Arthur J. Landon|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 396}}|end=16 November, 1914}}

Revision as of 11:34, 27 January 2020

H.M.S. Widgeon (1904)
Pendant Number: N.71 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Launched: 16 Apr, 1904[3]
Sold: Oct, 1931[4]

H.M.S. Widgeon was a river gunboat that served in the Royal Navy. She served on the China Station.

There was an earlier gunboat named Widgeon launched in 1889.

Construction and Service

Commissioned at Shanghai on 28 November, 1904.[5]

Widgeon was re-commissioned on 1 October, 1917.[6]

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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  5. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 397.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  7. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 397.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 397.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 396.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399'f.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 943.
  12. Jukes Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/160. f. ?.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 289.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.

Bibliography