H.B.M. SQUADRON IN CHINA AND JAFAN
ROBIN. Twin Screw Shallow Draught Steamer for River Service.
85 Tons. I.H.P. (240 N.D.) CHINA
Lt. & Com.-John White........ 3 Mar. '08 Surgeon-Leonard Warren, M.B.14 Jan. '08 (Re-commissioned at Hongkong, 13th March, 1907.) (Attached to Chatham.)
SANDPIPER. Twin Screw Shallow Draught Steamer for River Service 85 Tons. I.H.P. (240 N.D.) CHINA
...
Lt. & Comdr.-H. R. Tickell 5 Feb. '07 Surgeon Sheldon F. Dudley...21 Sep. '09
(Re-commissioned at Hongkong,
13th March, 1907.) (Attached to Chatham.)
SNIPE. Twin Screw Shallow Draught Steamer for River Service
85 Tons. I.H.P. (240 N.D.) CHINA
Lt. & Com.-Alan Dixon.....
......16 Oct. '07 Surgeon James L. Barford ...21 Oct. '07
(Re-commissioned at Shanghai,
10th May, 1904.)
New books opened 1st October, 1906. (Attached to Devonport.)
TAKU, Twin Screw Torpedo Boat Destroyer.
305 Tons. I.H.P. (6,000 F.D.) HONGKONG
Gunner in Command-(T) Wm.
Barlow ...20 July '08 Chief Artif. Eng.-M. J. Speer21 May '08
(Borne in "Tamār.”)
TAMAR. Receiving Ship.
4,650 Tons HONGKONG
Captain--Herbert Lyon, Ad. C.18 Aug. '08
(Commodore of the 2nd class.) Secretary-E. C. Blanchflower 5 Mar. '07 Clerk to Sec.-E. C. Oliver ...18 Aug. '08 Com.-(1) Fitzmaurice Acton...22 May '09 Lieut. (N) Henry Butterworth 1 May '06 Do. Arthur A. Mellin....... 2 Aug. '07 Lieut, R.M.—Ed. P. II. Pardoe (6 Jan. 09) 17 Mar. 09
(And for duty as Musketry Instructor) Fleet Surg.-Ernest A. Shaw,
..26 Dec. '06 Staff Paym.-R. P. Walker ...14 May '08 Surgeon-Percy F. Minett .22 Dec. '08 Asst. Paym.-N. D'A. Thompson 1 Oct. 207
Do. -Lionel D. McKean- Gunner-Charles Pallot
.26 Mar. '08 Boatswain-E. J. Marshall......18 Feb. '08
M.B., B.A...
'08
(For Mail Duties.)
1511
The following Officers are borne for various services:
For Hongkong Yard.
Commander (N) M. H. Penfold 2 Apr. 07 Lieut.-(T) Lionel E. H. Royle...20 Oct. 208 Eng. Com. -Francis W. Highton 8 July '09 (Chief Engineer of Yard.)
Eng. Com.-Mark Rundle ......27 Aug. '09 (First Assistant to the Chief Engineer.) Eng. Lieut. Wm. M.McDonald16 Nov. '07 (For Hongkong Yard.)
Do. -Charles Main......17 May '07 (And for service with Gun mountings of the Fleet.)
Chap.-Rev. Octavins R.
R. F. Hughes, M.A. ......10 Feb. '09 (And for Hongkong Hospital.) Surgeon Archibald D. Spalding 25 Feb. 209 Boatswain-William Booley ...12 Mar. '09 Carpenter-C. T. Ridgway....24 Aug. '09 For service at Wei-hai-wei, Comdr. (Retired)—E. W. Yorke.20 Aug. '02 (King's Harbour Master, Wei-hai-wei.)
5 Mar. '08 Eng. Com. Wm. R. Parker
'09
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(27 July '09) 8 May '07
Lieut. R.M.-R. G. Burton... Fleet Surg.-F. D. Lumley Asst. Paymaster in Charge-
L. J. P. G. McSheehy-
'08
'09
For Miscellaneous Service. Lieut.--(G) Robert R. Rosoman Maj. R.M.-Horace C. Evans...(28 Mar. '08) f 5 June '08
Lieut. R.M. (1) Gerald H. FA
'09
Abraham í (19 June '09) Eng. Com.-Wm. W. Hardwick 10 Nov. '08 (For charge of machinery of “Wivern,” and for Fleet Duties at Hongkong.) (For charge of Stores and duty with T. B.'s and to assist. Eng. Com.)
Lieut. R.M.-C. F. Jerram..... 17 Mar. '07 ((10 Jan. '07) (For service in Senior Officer's Ship
Yangtsze River.)
Gunner-Georg J. L. Stroud...12 May '09
(For “Wivern.”) (T) Henry Gibson
9 July '09
Do.
(For charge of T. stores at Hongkong.) (Commissioned at Hongkong, 1st October, 1897) TENDERS.
Handy, Janus, Virago, Hart, Otter, Fame, and Whiting.
TEAL Twin Screw Shallow Draught Steamer for River Service 180 Tons. 1.H.P. (800 N.D.) CHINA
Lt. & Com.-H. B. Godfrey...... 5 Feb. '07 Surgeon-Wm. W. D. Chilcott 27 Mar. '08-