H.M.S. Penguin (1876)

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H.M.S. Penguin (1876)
Builder: Robert Napier & Sons, Glasgow[1]
Launched: 25 Mar, 1876[2]
Sold: 1924[3]

H.M.S. Penguin was one of five Osprey Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Penguiin was commissioned at Devonport on 23 August, 1877.[4]

Commissioned at Sheerness on 14 January, 1890 for surveying work.[5]

Described as a "late screw survey vessel", Penguin was serving as a depot and receiving ship at Sydney in 1911.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 230.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 242.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 355.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 230.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 223.
  9. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  10. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 242.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 248.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 278.
  14. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 290.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 356.
  16. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 355.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 355.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399l.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 902.

Bibliography


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