HMS Waterwitch
The survey vessel HMS Waterwitch, during steam trial, Stokes Bay [Portsmouth], June 1894 Source Hume Family Collection, UQ Fryer Library 10, Album 11, Page 23 Copyright expired My father is currently cruising around the South and East China Sea and it reminded me that 115 years ago, his grandfather was also sailing in that general area on a very different kind of boat. Edwin Conner was on board the HMS Waterwitch . Wikipedia records several incarnations of the HMS Waterwitch . This one is the one that fits my ancestor's timeline. Edwin Conner's service record shows him being on board from 12 March 1910 to 4 April 1911. I have spent much of today trying to determine what HMS Waterwitch was up to at that time. But first, a bit of background. According to this meaty little article found on Trove, HMS Waterwitch was purchased by the Royal Navy from the Messrs James in 1893 for £10,000 and re-fitted and altered to suit her n...