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==Service==
 
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Upon the conclusion of the Newfoundland fishery season in October 1892, ''Emerald'' returned to England to be paid out of nine years continuous service on station.{{NMI|Monday, Aug 22, 1892; pg. 8; Issue 33723}}  She arrived at Plymouth on 20 October.  Pending the result of a steam trial to assess her machinery, it was felt it was unlikely she would again be commissioned.{{NMI|Friday, Oct 21, 1892; pg. 5; Issue 33775}}
 
Upon the conclusion of the Newfoundland fishery season in October 1892, ''Emerald'' returned to England to be paid out of nine years continuous service on station.{{NMI|Monday, Aug 22, 1892; pg. 8; Issue 33723}}  She arrived at Plymouth on 20 October.  Pending the result of a steam trial to assess her machinery, it was felt it was unlikely she would again be commissioned.{{NMI|Friday, Oct 21, 1892; pg. 5; Issue 33775}}
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In June 1906, she was listed for sale at a July 10th Portsmouth auction of "Obsolete War Vessels and Other Craft" as "Lot 6".{{ToL|Sales By Auction|16 June 1906, p. 17}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Maxwell|nick=William H. Maxwell|appt=2 July, 1878{{NLDec81|p. 209}}|end=2 September, 1882<ref>Maxwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/107.|D7587816}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Horace Hamond|nick=Richard H. Hamond|appt=2 March, 1886<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>|end=1 April, 1889<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Horace Hamond|nick=Richard H. Hamond|appt=2 March, 1886<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>|end=1 April, 1889<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet|nick=Sir Baldwin W. Walker|appt=1 March, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 218}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet|nick=Sir Baldwin W. Walker|appt=1 March, 1889{{NLMar92|p. 218}}|end=}}

Latest revision as of 13:34, 26 August 2023

H.M.S. Emerald (1876)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 18 Aug, 1876[2]
Completed: Jun, 1878[3]
Sold: 1906[4]

H.M.S. Emerald was one of six Emerald Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Upon the conclusion of the Newfoundland fishery season in October 1892, Emerald returned to England to be paid out of nine years continuous service on station.[5] She arrived at Plymouth on 20 October. Pending the result of a steam trial to assess her machinery, it was felt it was unlikely she would again be commissioned.[6]

In June 1906, she was listed for sale at a July 10th Portsmouth auction of "Obsolete War Vessels and Other Craft" as "Lot 6".[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 22, 1892; pg. 8; Issue 33723.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 21, 1892; pg. 5; Issue 33775.
  7. ↑ "Sales By Auction." The Times (London, England), 16 June 1906, p. 17.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 209.
  9. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/107. f. ?.
  10. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  11. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 218.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 307.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 307.

Bibliography


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