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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=Orford Churchill|nick=Orford Churchill|appt=27 July, 1877|end=}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William McCarthy Maturin|nick=William McC. Maturin|appt=4 July, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 217}}|end=1 September, 1888}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William McCarthy Maturin|nick=William McC. Maturin|appt=4 July, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 217}}|end=1 September, 1888}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:08, 16 November 2018
H.M.S. Merlin (1871) | |
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Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 24 Nov, 1871[Citation needed] |
Sold: | 1891[2] |
H.M.S. Merlin was one of nine Ariel Class composite gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Devonport on 3 May, 1883.[3]
Captains
- Lieutenant (in Command?) Orford Churchill, 27 July, 1877
- Lieutenant & Commander William McC. Maturin, 4 July, 1885[4] – 1 September, 1888
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
Ariel Class Composite Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ariel | Coquette | Decoy | Foam | Goshawk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merlin | Mosquito | Swinger | Zephyr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | Ant Class | Small Fry (UK) | Forester Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | Ant Class | Gunboats (UK) | Forester Class | –> |