H.M.S. Waterwitch (1878)
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Launched: | 1878 |
Collision: | 1 Sep, 1912 |
H.M.S. Waterwitch was a wooden survey vessel purchased by the Royal Navy in 1893.
Service
Waterwitch arrived at Brisbane on 16 June, 1897 and would depart for Cooktown on the 20th.[1]
She arrived at Cairns on 26 October, 1897 and left on the 28th.[2]
She left Sydney on 31 March, 1898.[3]
She left Sydney on 14 May, 1898.[4]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander James W. Combe, 12 June, 1894 – 21 April, 1897
- Lieutenant & Commander Willoughby P. Dawson, mid 1897[5]
- Lieutenant & Commander William O. Lyne, 16 February, 1900[6] (Dawson appears to still be in command in May)
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest C. Hardy, c. 1902[7]
- Commander Robert W. Glennie, c. 1906[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry P. Douglas, c. early 1908[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick A. Reyne, 29 January, 1912[10] – September, 1912
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 17 June 1897, p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 27 Oct. 1897, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 29 Mar. 1898, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 May 1898, p. 12.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 17 June 1897, p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 19 Feb. 1900, p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 30 May 1902, p. 10.
- ↑ "Vice-Admiral Glennie." The Times (London, England), 15 Apr. 1930, p. 18.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 May 1908, p. 14.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Jan. 1912, p. 10.
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