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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Joseph Lawson Sisson|nick=James J. L. Sisson|appt=9 December, 1878{{NMI|Tuesday, Dec 10, 1878; pg. 9; Issue 29434}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Brownlow Macdonald|nick=Charles B. Macdonald|appt=8 January, 1883<ref>Macdonald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/80.|D7601465}} f. 830.</ref>|end=|note=lent, to return to {{UK-Griffon}} upon ''Firebrand'' returning home}}}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Brownlow Macdonald|nick=Charles B. Macdonald|appt=8 January, 1883<ref>Macdonald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/80.|D7601465}} f. 830.</ref>|end=|note=lent, to return to {{UK-Griffon}} upon ''Firebrand'' returning home}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=David Louson Dickson|nick=David L. Dickson|appt=6 May, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 210}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=David Louson Dickson|nick=David L. Dickson|appt=6 May, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 210}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=6 January, 1887{{NLMar91|p. 220}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Denison|nick=John Denison|appt=6 January, 1887{{NLMar91|p. 220}}|end=}}

Revision as of 19:01, 30 November 2018

H.M.S. Firebrand (1877)
Builder: J. & G. Thomson[1]
Launched: 30 Apr, 1877[Citation needed]
Sold: 1905[2]

H.M.S. Firebrand was one of twelve Forester Class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1884.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 112.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 10, 1878; pg. 9; Issue 29434.
  5. Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/80. f. 830.
  6. Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/80. f. 830.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 220.
  9. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  10. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 224.
  12. Month COULD be May.

Bibliography


Forester Class Gunboat
Cygnet Express Contest Sheldrake Mallard
Moorhen Foxhound Forward Firm Forester
  Firebrand Firefly  
<– Ariel Class Small Fry (UK) Medina Class –>
<– Ariel Class Gunboats (UK) Medina Class –>