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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Preedy|nick=Henry Preedy|appt=14 January, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 306}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Preedy|nick=Henry Preedy|appt=14 January, 1897<ref>Preedy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/311.|D7578953}} f. 1065.</ref>{{NLFeb00|p. 306}}|end=1900<ref>Preedy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/311.|D7578953}} f. 1065.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Norman Godfrey Macalister|nick=Norman G. Macalister|appt=24 April, 1900{{NLMay03|p. 308}}|end=1 April, 1903|note=invalided w/ blood poisoning}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Norman Godfrey Macalister|nick=Norman G. Macalister|appt=24 April, 1900{{NLMay03|p. 308}}|end=1 April, 1903|note=invalided w/ blood poisoning}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert James Ogilvy Millar|nick=Herbert J. O. Millar|appt=1 April, 1903{{NLNov05|p. 387}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert James Ogilvy Millar|nick=Herbert J. O. Millar|appt=1 April, 1903{{NLNov05|p. 387}}|end=}} | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 19 October 2017
| H.M.S. Torch (1894) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Sheerness Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 8 Dec, 1893[2] |
| Launched: | 28 Dec, 1894[3] |
| Completed: | Apr, 1896[4] |
| Commissioned: | 14 Jan, 1897[5] |
| Sold: | 1920[6] |
H.M.S. Torch was one of two Alert Class screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Sydney on 4 May, 1911.[7]
Captains
- Commander Henry Preedy, 14 January, 1897[8][9] – 1900[10]
- Commander Norman G. Macalister, 24 April, 1900[11] – 1 April, 1903 (invalided w/ blood poisoning)
- Commander Herbert J. O. Millar, 1 April, 1903[12]
- Commander George C. Quayle, 1 April, 1907[13] – 1 October, 1907[14]
- Commander Edmund C. Carver, 4 May, 1911[15][16] – 5 April, 1912[17] (to join upon arrival in Edgar)
- Commander John R. Le H. Ward, 5 April, 1912[18]
- Lieutenant in Command John N. Knox, 8 April, 1918[19] – 18 December, 1918
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 387.
- ↑ Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 306.
- ↑ Preedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/311. f. 1065.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 308.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 387.
- ↑ Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
- ↑ Quayle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/206. f. 223.
- ↑ Carver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/360. f. 395.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 387.
- ↑ Carver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/360. f. 395.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 387.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 921a.
Bibliography
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