Editing Gilbert and Ellice Islands (section)

===United Kingdom===
Ships of the [[Royal Navy]], on the [[Australian Station]], were involved in suppressing the coercive labour recruitment practices, known as [[blackbirding]] in the South Pacific Ocean.

1872, from 10 to 14 October, the [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]]  {{HMS|Blanche|1867}}, under Captain Cortland Herbert Simpson, visited Tawara, Abaiang and Butaritari. Also in 1872, the sloop {{HMS|Basilisk|1848|3}}, under Captain [[John Moresby]],<ref name="JM">{{cite web| last =  Beale | first = Howard |title= John Moresby (1830–1922) |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5 |page=|year =2006|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moresby-john-4241 | accessdate=21 March 2024}}</ref> visited the Gilberts, and the [[corvette]] {{HMS|Barossa|1860}}, under Captain Lewis James Moore, visited Tabiteuea.

1873, from 28 to 30 June, the [[schooner]] {{HMS|Alacrity|1872}}, under Captain Francis W. Sanders, lands islanders on Tabiteuea and Maiana who had been kidnapped in 1871 by the brig ''Carl''.<ref name="AC">{{cite journal |last=|title= The Pacific Labour Trade |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5871969 |date=20 September 1873 |journal= The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.)|pages=6}}</ref> The [[Steam frigate|screw sloop]] {{HMS|Dido|1869}} also visited the Gilberts in 1873.

1874, in August, the screw sloop {{HMS|Rosario|1860}}, under Commander Arthur Edward Dupuis, visited Tawara and Abaiang searching for [[Bully Hayes|William "Bully" Hayes]], who was notorious for his [[blackbirding]] activities.<ref name="AR1">{{cite book|first= Alfred |last= Restieaux |title = Recollections of a South Seas Trader – Reminiscences of Alfred Restieaux |publisher= National Library of New Zealand, MS 7022-2}}</ref><ref name="AR2">{{cite book|first= Alfred |last= Restieaux |title = Reminiscences - Alfred Restieaux Part 2 (Pacific Islands) |publisher= National Library of New Zealand, MS-Papers-0061-079A}}</ref>

1875, the survey ship {{HMS|Myrmidon|1867}}, under Commander Richard Hare, visited the Gilberts.

1876, from April to June, the schooner {{HMS|Renard|1873}}, under Lieutenant Horace J. M. Pugh, visited Abaiang and Tawara, regarding the murders in 1874, of Cornelius Sullivan on Tarawa, and St. John C. Keyes on Abaiang. The screw sloop {{HMS|Sappho|1873}}, under Commander Noel Stephen Fox Digby, was also sent to the Gilberts in support of HMS ''Renard''.

1881, from 13 May to 6 June, the corvette HMS {{HMS|Emerald|1876|3}}, under Captain [[William Henry Maxwell (Royal Navy)|William Maxwell]], visited the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

1883, from 26 May to 10 June, the sloop {{HMS|Espiegle|1880}}, under Captain [[Cyprian Bridge]], visited the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

1884, from 13 June to 26 July, the survey ship {{HMS|Dart|1882}}, under Lieutenant-Commander W. W. Moore, visited the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.<ref name="DAR">	Moore, W.U., Lt. Reports of Proceedings of H.M.S. 'Dart' in the Fiji, Ellice, Gilbert, Marshall, New Britain, &c., Gr oups, from May to September, 1884. in: RNAS XVI, 26. Government Printer, Sydney.</ref>

1886, from 10 May to 26 June, the sloop {{HMS|Miranda|1879|6}}, under Commander Eustace Rooke, visited the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.<ref name="JRCD">{{cite book|first= |last= |title = The proceedings of H.M.S. "Royalist", Captain E.H.M. Davis, R.N., May-August, 1892, in the Gilbert, Ellice and Marshall Islands}}</ref><ref name="ROO">	Rooke, Eustace. Reports of Commander Eustace Rooke, HMS Miranda, of Proceedings when visiting Islands of the Union Group, Sophia and Rotuman Islands, the Ellice Group and the Gilbert Group. April to July 1886. 29pp (NS National Archives). Royal Navy, Australian Station, Gov't Printer, Sydney.</ref>

1892, from 14 April to 30 August, the screw sloop {{HMS|Royalist|1883|6}}, under Captain [[Edward H. M. Davis|Edward Davis]], visited the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.<ref name="JRCD"/><ref name="BM">{{cite web|title = Admiral Edward H M Davis (Biographical details)|url= https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=40382|year=2019  |publisher= The British Museum }}</ref>