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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Fitzgerald Day|nick=Edward F. Day|appt=12 December, 1872{{NLJul73|p. 194}}|end=}} | |||
{{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={{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=}} |
Revision as of 14:13, 24 September 2019
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 & Commander Edward F. Day, 12 December, 1872[4]
- Lieutenant & Commander Wollaston C. Karslake, 6 May, 1874[5]
- Lieutenant (in Command?) Orford Churchill, 27 July, 1877
- Lieutenant & Commander William McC. Maturin, 4 July, 1885[6] – 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 | –> |