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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Raven'''''  was one of eleven gunboats of the [[Banterer Class Gunboat (1880)|''Banterer'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] around 1880.
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Raven'''''  was one of eleven gunboats of the [[Banterer Class Gunboat (1880)|''Banterer'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] around 1880.
  
==Service==Commissioned at Sheerness on 26 April, 1888.{{NLSep85|p. 232}}
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Commissioned at Sheerness on 26 April, 1888.{{NLSep85|p. 232}}
  
 
In 1913, she was in Portsmouth acting as a tender to {{UK-Excellent}}.{{NLMar13|p. 365}}
 
In 1913, she was in Portsmouth acting as a tender to {{UK-Excellent}}.{{NLMar13|p. 365}}
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Harry Leith Ross|nick=Harry L. Ross|appt=26 April, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 232}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Harry Leith Ross|nick=Harry L. Ross|appt=26 April, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 232}}|end=26 October, 1886}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank William Wyley|nick=Frank W. Wyley|appt=27 April, 1886{{NLJul90|p. 244}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank William Wyley|nick=Frank W. Wyley|appt=27 April, 1886{{NLJul90|p. 244}}|end=22 November, 1890}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Somerset|nick=William H. Somerset|appt=12 January, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 253}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Eckstein Stewart|nick=Alexander E. Stewart|appt=11 July, 1893|end=27 August, 1893|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Meldrum|nick=Alexander Meldrum|appt=2 November, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 288}}|end=1900}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Somerset|nick=William H. Somerset|appt=12 January, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 253}}|end=2 November, 1897|note=including Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Joseph Bain|nick=Edward J. Bain|appt=13 November, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 297}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Meldrum|nick=Alexander Meldrum|appt=2 November, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 288}}|end=12 November, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Arthur Bruce Nesling|nick=Arthur B. Nesling|appt=25 January, 1907{{NLJul09|p. 365}}|end=28 August, 1909{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Joseph Bain|nick=Edward J. Bain|appt=13 November, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 297}}|end=|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Andrew Yule Catto|nick=Andrew Y. Catto|appt=28 August, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 365}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Arthur Bruce Nesling|nick=Arthur B. Nesling|appt=25 January, 1907{{NLJul09|p. 365}}|end=28 August, 1909}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Henry Hawkes|nick=Henry Hawkes|appt=12 March, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 365}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Andrew Yule Catto|nick=Andrew Y. Catto|appt=28 August, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 365}}|end=12 March, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Henry Hawkes|nick=Henry Hawkes|appt=12 March, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 365}}|end=12 September, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Benjamin Richardson|nick=Benjamin Richardson|appt=1 September, 1922|end=6 February, 1923}}
 
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Latest revision as of 21:02, 31 December 2019

H.M.S. Raven (1882)
Builder: Samuda Brothers[1]
Launched: 18 May, 1882[Citation needed]
Sold: 1925[2]

H.M.S. Raven was one of eleven gunboats of the Banterer class completed for the Royal Navy around 1880.

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 26 April, 1888.[3]

In 1913, she was in Portsmouth acting as a tender to Excellent.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 232.
  4. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 365.
  5. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 232.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 244.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 253.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 288.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 297.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 365.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 365.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 365.

Bibliography


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