Command at sea, 1892-1909
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==Command at sea, 1892-1909==
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==Command at sea, 1892-1909==
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[[File:Admiralty Chart No 1475 Tasmania – South Coast. Port Arthur, Published 1893.jpg|thumb|
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[[File:Admiralty Chart No 1475 Tasmania – South Coast. Port Arthur, Published 1893.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Admiralty Chart of Port Arthur, Tasmania, surveyed by Purey-Cust in 1893]]
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Purey-Cust’s first command was {{HMS|Dart|1882|6}}, based in Australia from 1892. He was promoted to Commander in 1894.<ref name=Day/> While surveying in the New Hebrides, now [[Vanuatu]], there was a major volcanic eruption on the island of [[Ambrym]]. Survey work was interruped, and Dart helped to provide assistance to the islanders. Purey-Cust published an account of his observations of the eruption.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Purey-Cust |first1=H.E. |title=The Eruption of Ambrym Island, New Hebrides, South-West Pacific, 1894 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1896 |volume=8 |pages=585-602 |jstor=1774221 |url=https://scholar.archive.org/work/e7qca6elkrbdthrcz526rgu2bq/access/ia_file/crossref-pre-1909-scholarly-works/10.2307%252F1193243.zip/10.2307%252F1774221.pdf}}</ref> He then returned to England, and spent two years as a naval assistant in the Hydrographic Department before re-joining ”Rambler” in 1897, this time in command. Surveys were carried out over a wide area, including the [[West Indies]], [[Africa]], and the [[Red Sea]]. He was promoted to Captain in 1900.<ref name=ODNB/><ref name=Day/>
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Purey-Cust’s first command was {{HMS|Dart|1882|6}}, based in Australia from 1892. He was promoted to Commander in 1894.<ref name=Day/> While surveying in the New Hebrides, now [[Vanuatu]], there was a major volcanic eruption on the island of [[Ambrym]]. Survey work was interruped, and Dart helped to provide assistance to the islanders. Purey-Cust published an account of his observations of the eruption.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Purey-Cust |first1=H.E. |title=The Eruption of Ambrym Island, New Hebrides, South-West Pacific, 1894 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1896 |volume=8 |pages=585-602 |jstor=1774221 |url=https://scholar.archive.org/work/e7qca6elkrbdthrcz526rgu2bq/access/ia_file/crossref-pre-1909-scholarly-works/10.2307%252F1193243.zip/10.2307%252F1774221.pdf}}</ref> He then returned to England, and spent two years as a naval assistant in the Hydrographic Department before re-joining ”Rambler” in 1897, this time in command. Surveys were carried out over a wide area, including the [[West Indies]], [[Africa]], and the [[Red Sea]]. He was promoted to Captain in 1900.<ref name=ODNB/><ref name=Day/>
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