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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Kingfisher''''' was one of nine [[Doterel Class Sloop (1878)|''Doterel'' Class composite screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Kingfisher''''' was one of nine [[Doterel Class Sloop (1878)|''Doterel'' Class composite screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Lark''''' in 1892, and '''H.M.S. ''Cruizer''''' in 1893. | |||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=8 November, 1901<ref>Kennedy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>|end=31 March, 1903<ref>Kennedy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. Cruizer}} | |||
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Revision as of 15:17, 28 February 2015
| H.M.S. Kingfisher (1879) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Launched: | 16 Dec, 1879[2] |
| Sold: | 1919[3] |
H.M.S. Kingfisher was one of nine Doterel Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
She was renamed H.M.S. Lark in 1892, and H.M.S. Cruizer in 1893.
Service
Captains
- Commander Francis W. Kennedy, 8 November, 1901[4] – 31 March, 1903[5]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
Bibliography
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