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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Archer'' (1885)|comp=11 Dec, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 81}} |fatedate=1905{{Conways1860|p. 81}} |order= |name=Archer |launch=23 Dec, 1885{{Conways1860|p. 81}} |builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]], Glasgow{{Conways1860|p. 81}} |laid=2 Mar, 1885{{Conways1860|p. 81}} |fate=Sold |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Archer''''' was one of eight [[Archer Class Torpedo Cruiser (1885)|''Archer'' Class torpedo cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== ''Archer'' was first commissioned for the Jubilee Naval Review of 1887, on 7 July, 1887.{{ToL|The Forthcoming Naval Review|1 July 1887, p. 13}} ''Archer'' was commissioned at Devonport on 11 December, 1888 under Commander [[John Ferris]] for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLMar91|p. 199}} ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Archer''" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Rolleston Prickett|nick=John R. Prickett|appt=14 July, 1887<ref>Prickett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/292.|}} f. 1060.</ref>{{ToL|The Great Naval Review|22 July 1887, p. 3}}|end=|note=lent for Jubilee Review of 1887}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Leslie Pöe|nick=George L. Pöe|appt=4 July, 1888<ref>Pöe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/608.}} ff. 1050, 1083.</ref>{{NMI|Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10}}|end=30 August, 1888<ref>Pöe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/608.}} ff. 1050, 1083.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Ferris|nick=John Ferris|appt=11 December, 1888<ref>Ferris Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 448.</ref>|end=15 February, 1892<ref>Ferris Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 448.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald William Scott Rogers|nick=Reginald W. S. Rogers|appt=18 December, 1891<ref>Rogers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/370.|}} f. 1117.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 198}}|end=31 March, 1896<ref>Rogers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/370.|}} f. 1117.</ref>|note=this is perhaps not in command?}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Conyers Lang|nick=Conyers Lang|appt=1 November, 1894|end=26 August, 1895|note=invalided}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Edmund Kingsmill|nick=Charles E. Kingsmill|appt=27 August, 1895<ref>Kingsmill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/757.|D7601383}} f. 752.</ref>|ass=12 November, 1895<ref>Kingsmill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/757.|D7601383}} f. 752.</ref>|end=18 December, 1898<ref>Kingsmill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 353.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Holcombe Dare|nick=Charles H. Dare|appt=27 August, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 225}}<ref>Dare Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/396.|}} f. 298.</ref>}|end=1 June, 1899<ref>Dare Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/396.|}} f. 298.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Philip Rolleston|nick=John P. Rolleston|appt=30 August, 1900{{NLMay03|p. 227}}<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/370.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=25 March, 1904<ref>Rolleston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/370.|}} f. ?.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Archer_(1885)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Archer Class Torpedo Cruiser (1885)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Archer}} {{CatShipTorpedoCruiser|UK}}

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