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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Wollaston Comyns Karslake|nick=Wollaston C. Karslake|appt=6 May, 1874{{NLOct75|p. 190}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Wollaston Comyns Karslake|nick=Wollaston C. Karslake|appt=6 May, 1874{{NLOct75|p. 190}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Evelyn William Shirley|nick=Evelyn W. Shirley|appt=16 November, 1875{{NLJan76|p. 190}}|end=}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=Orford Churchill|nick=Orford Churchill|appt=27 July, 1877|end=}} | {{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}} | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 24 September 2019
| H.M.S. Merlin (1871) | |
|---|---|
| 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 & Commander Edward F. Day, 12 December, 1872[4]
- Lieutenant & Commander Wollaston C. Karslake, 6 May, 1874[5]
- Lieutenant & Commander Evelyn W. Shirley, 16 November, 1875[6]
- Lieutenant (in Command?) Orford Churchill, 27 July, 1877
- Lieutenant & Commander William McC. Maturin, 4 July, 1885[7] – 1 September, 1888
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 194.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1875). p. 190.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1876). p. 190.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 217.
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 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
