H.M.S. Curlew (1885)

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H.M.S. Curlew (1885)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 5 Jan, 1885[2]
Launched: 23 Oct, 1885[3]
Completed: 22 Jun, 1886[4]
Sold: 1906[5]

H.M.S. Curlew was one of two Curlew Class gunvessels completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 22 June, 1886 under the command of Captain Anthony Kingscote.[6]

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

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 214.
  7. "Sales By Auction." The Times (London, England), 16 June 1906, p. 17.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 204.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 214.
  10. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  12. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  13. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  14. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  15. Freeman Service Record, in our PDF for George Charles Frederick. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 484.
  16. Freeman Service Record, in our PDF for George Charles Frederick. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 484.
  17. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  18. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 246.


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