H.M.S. Kite (1871)

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H.M.S. Kite (1871)
Builder: Robert Napier & Sons[1]
Launched: 8 Feb, 1871[2]
Sold: 18 May, 1920[3]

H.M.S. Kite was one of six Ant class gunboats completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

From the early 1880s through to at least 1914, Kite was at Portsmouth as a tender to the gunnery training school Excellent.[4][5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1883). p. 221.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  6. Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 231.
  8. Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 455.
  9. Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 455.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 236.
  11. Murray-Aynsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42/362. f. 374.
  12. Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  13. Dent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 266.
  15. Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 274.
  17. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 276a.
  18. Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 337.
  20. Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
  21. Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
  22. Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/369. f. 417.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 311.
  24. Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/369. f. 417.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 312.
  26. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  27. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  28. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
  29. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  30. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
  31. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
  32. Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
  33. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393r.
  34. Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
  35. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/160. f. 517.
  36. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/160. f. 517.

Bibliography


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