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|name=Melita
|name=Melita
|launch=20 Mar, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 58}}
|launch=20 Mar, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 58}}
|builder=[[Malta Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 58}}
|builder=[[Malta Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 58}}
|fate=Sold
|fate=Sold
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Melita''''' was one of six [[Mariner Class Sloop (1883)|''Mariner'' Class screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Melita''''' ('''''Ringdove''''' after 1915) was one of six [[Mariner Class Sloop (1883)|''Mariner'' Class screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at [[Malta]] on 29 October, 1889.{{NLMar91|p. 235}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=George F. King-Hall|appt=29 October, 1889<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 577.</ref>|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=George F. King-Hall|appt=29 October, 1889{{NLJul90|p. 231}}<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 577.</ref>|end=31 December, 1891<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 577.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=4 January, 1892{{NLMar92|p. 235}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Morris Henderson|nick=George M. Henderson|appt=4 January, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 235}}|end=mid 1894}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Alfred Simons|nick=Ernest A. Simons|appt=28 August, 1894<ref>Simons Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1189.</ref>|end=September, 1897<ref>Simons Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 22.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Alfred Simons|nick=Ernest A. Simons|appt=28 August, 1894<ref>Simons Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1189.</ref>|end=September, 1897<ref>Simons Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 22.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Athol Scudamore Stanhope|nick=The Hon. Henry A. S. Stanhope|appt=11 January, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 271}}|end=7 October, 1898|note=invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ian Mackenzie Fraser|nick=Ian M. Fraser|appt=13 October, 1898{{NLJan01|p. 280}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Montagu Roberts West|nick=Reginald M. R. West|appt=11 December, 1915<ref>West Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/128.}} f. 129.</ref>|end=17 December, 1915<ref>West Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/128.}} f. 129.</ref>|note=for passage from Rosyth to Liverpool}}
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 18 January 2022

H.M.S. Melita (1888)
Builder: Malta Dockyard[1]
Launched: 20 Mar, 1888[2]
Commissioned: 29 Oct, 1889[3]
Sold: 1920[4]

H.M.S. Melita (Ringdove after 1915) was one of six Mariner Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Malta on 29 October, 1889.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  3. ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 235.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 231.
  7. ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  8. ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 235.
  10. ↑ Simons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1189.
  11. ↑ Simons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 22.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 271.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 280.
  14. ↑ West Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/128. f. 129.
  15. ↑ West Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/128. f. 129.

Bibliography


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